Historical Presentation of Augustinism and Pelagianism From the Original Sources e-bog

Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. Whoever, then, shall kindly and dispassionately afford some real aid in fixing the just import of names employed in waging holy or unholy warfare, and thus shall aid those, whose business it may be, more justly to assign the names - and others to appreciate them may well hope to be regarded as a son of peace, however humble his labor. And here it may just he remarked, that Often it is as important to ascertain the genuine import of a good as of a bad name - the nature of a shield, as of a spear. For the last score of years, the terms Pelagian and Pelagianism have been very freely used. Opposite terms have also been assum ed Or applied with perhaps equal frequency. But with how much justness, in either case, it would here be premature to inquire. We. Must first ascertain the true import of such names.