Led by the Spirit: Augustinian Responses to Pelagianism and Predestination
Led by the Spirit: Augustinian Responses to Pelagianism and Predestination
This chapter is the first of several which detail one pattern of the reception of Augustine which marks the 5th century. It argues that Pelagius offers something of an ascetic pneumatology, but that he never used it to his advantage in the controversy over his theology. Augustine, on the other hand, did wed his pneumatology to his response to Pelagius. Prosper of Aquitaine came to understand Augustine’s pneumatological response to Pelagianism only later in his life. While Prosper’s early position closely resembles Pelagius’s, his mature position developed an understanding of the human will as cooperative with the Holy Spirit. Prosper’s mature theology was not as influential as his earlier arguments. The chapter also argues that the Synod of Orange (520) adopts two canons that follow Prosper’s earlier Augustinianism.
Keywords: Pelagius, Pelagianism, Predestination, Augustine, reception of Augustine, Prosper of Aquitaine, Voluntas Spiritalis, Synod of Orange
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