Excerpt from De Spiritu Et Littera [pelagius, ] the British - born heresiarch, who under a Grecised name acquired so unhappy a notoriety, had previously, during his long residence2 in Rome, been highly esteemed as a 'monk3' of devout life, a 'holy man, an advanced Christian a friend of Paulinus the pious bishop of Nola 5. The ascetic habits of his profession would foster in him a genuine indignation against indolent Christians 6, who pleaded weakness as an excuse for practical inconsistency. He would say of such persons, ...
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Excerpt from De Spiritu Et Littera [pelagius, ] the British - born heresiarch, who under a Grecised name acquired so unhappy a notoriety, had previously, during his long residence2 in Rome, been highly esteemed as a 'monk3' of devout life, a 'holy man, an advanced Christian a friend of Paulinus the pious bishop of Nola 5. The ascetic habits of his profession would foster in him a genuine indignation against indolent Christians 6, who pleaded weakness as an excuse for practical inconsistency. He would say of such persons, 'what they want is not power, but will and he insisted, it seems, very strongly on the principle, affirmed by a long tradition of Christian teachers of different schools of thought 3, that under the Divine moral government man is treated as free. We are told9 that he was greatly. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at ... This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
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