A Treatise on the Grace of Christ and on Original Sin

by Augustine of Hippo

— A Classic — Includes Active Table of Contents — Includes Religious Illustrations

“After the conviction and condemnation of the Pelagian heresy with its authors by the bishops of the Church of Rome,—first Innocent, and then Zosimus,—with the co-operation of letters of African councils, I wrote two books against them: one On the Grace of Christ, and the other On Original Sin. The work began with the following words: How greatly we rejoice on account of your bodily, and, above all, because of your Spiritual welfare.’“

Aeterna Press

Genres: Theology, Religion

90 pages, Kindle Edition

First published January 1, 418

About the author

Early church father and philosopher Saint Augustine served from 396 as the bishop of Hippo in present-day Algeria and through such writings as the autobiographical Confessions in 397 and the voluminous City of God from 413 to 426 profoundly influenced Christianity, argued against Manichaeism and Donatism, and helped to establish the doctrine of original sin.

An Augustinian follows the principles and doctrines of Saint Augustine.

People also know Aurelius Augustinus in English of Regius (Annaba). From the Africa province of the Roman Empire, people generally consider this Latin theologian of the greatest thinkers of all times. He very developed the west. According to Jerome, a contemporary, Augustine renewed "the ancient Faith."

The Neo-Platonism of Plotinus afterward heavily weighed his years. After conversion and his baptism in 387, Augustine developed his own approach to theology and accommodated a variety of methods and different perspectives. He believed in the indispensable grace to human freedom and framed the concept of just war. When the Western Roman Empire started to disintegrate from the material earth, Augustine developed the concept of the distinct Catholic spirituality in a book of the same name. He thought the medieval worldview. Augustine closely identified with the community that worshiped the Trinity. The Catholics and the Anglican communion revere this preeminent doctor. Many Protestants, especially Calvinists, consider his due teaching on salvation and divine grace of the theology of the Reformation. The Eastern Orthodox also consider him. He carries the additional title of blessed. The Orthodox call him "Blessed Augustine" or "Saint Augustine the Blessed."

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Reviews

[Allan Claydon · Rating 3 out of 5]

Great translation, three stars because Pelagius was right and Augustine wrong

[John · Rating 3 out of 5]

Another of Augustine's writings against the Pelagians, as many of his writings, are. This time it is about the Grace of Christ, that the Pelagians deny, other than in our capacity, and not in volition and action. This book sometimes borders to the inspirational and teaching of the true Christian view on this and sometimes less about the Pelagian view. The Pelagian writing excerpts here are quite a few, and Augustine elaborates it on many pages.

The second book here, "On Original Sin" is as the title hints considering the Pelagian view on original sin, if we are born with sin and if sin is present in the womb. It begins quite differently with reports from two synods where these things were discussed, one where the Pelagians were not condemned and the other where they were. After this initial reporting, Augustine turns to the arguments and the view of the Church, and goes on about it for quite a time.