Monergism Books

Description: On Nature and Grace and On the Proceedings of Pelagius both date from A.D. 415-16 and constitute two of Augustine’s most extensive treatments of the actual words of Pelagius. On the Predestination of the Saints and O n the Gift of Perseverance were probably written in A.D. 428, near the end of Augustine’s life. Augustine’s opponents in his writings, he admits, are not really Pelagains at all but were monks of Provence, led by John Cassian, the semi-pelagian.

This voilume affords much insight into the fifth-century status of many theological questions that are alive today, such as the extent of the damage done to human nature by sin, the theology of original sin, and the true meaning and scope of God’s salvific will. These treatises include some of Augustine’s most significant statements on grace. The flesh of the sinful Adam, being no longer what God made it at first, - Faultless and sound, - Requires the aid of grace, in order that it may be redeemed from the wrath of God and regulated for the perfection of righteousness

This is Volume 5 from the Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers: 14 Volume First Series.