Egyptian God Rhetorical Analysis
1.0 INRODUCTION
Heresy is a doctrinal belief held in opposition to the recognized atandardds of an established system of thought. Theologically, it means an oopinion ta variance with the authorized teachings of any Church, notably the Christian (Catholic), and especially when this promotes separation from the body of faithful believers. So, anyone who after baptism, pertinaciuosly desires or doubts any of the truths; that must be believed with divine and Catholic faith is considered a herectic. Thus, this write-up is going to explore one of such heresies as propagated by Pelagius and how it was refuted by St. Augustine.
2.0 PELAGIANISM
Theologically, Pelagianism designates a heretical position with regard to the problems of grace and freedom. …show more content…
Hence Augustine referred hm to the words of our Lord, “Without me you can do nothing.” (Jn 15:5.) And he comments, “Christ did not say: Without me it will be hard but: Without me you can do nothing.” To support this thesis, Augustine appealed to several texts of Scripture: “The King’s heart… is in the hand of the Lord.” (Prov 21; 1); “God is at work in you, both to will and to work for good pleasure.” (Phil 2:13); “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to claim from; our sufficiency is from God” (2Cor 3; 5). He argued that perseverance in good is still more obviously a gift of …show more content…
Augustine, “No one has anything of his own save sin and the lie.” Also, that “Man can do no good without God. God does great good in man withouut any action on man’s part, but man does not enable him to do.” (D. 193,193). Hence, no one is good of one self unless he who alone is good makes him share in himself. “Can we henceforth expect anything good from people who think they can attribute to themselves the fact that they are good without considering him whose grace they receive every day, and who trust that without him they are able to achieve so much?” (Epistola in Requirendis,
Heresy is a doctrinal belief held in opposition to the recognized atandardds of an established system of thought. Theologically, it means an oopinion ta variance with the authorized teachings of any Church, notably the Christian (Catholic), and especially when this promotes separation from the body of faithful believers. So, anyone who after baptism, pertinaciuosly desires or doubts any of the truths; that must be believed with divine and Catholic faith is considered a herectic. Thus, this write-up is going to explore one of such heresies as propagated by Pelagius and how it was refuted by St. Augustine.
2.0 PELAGIANISM
Theologically, Pelagianism designates a heretical position with regard to the problems of grace and freedom. …show more content…
Hence Augustine referred hm to the words of our Lord, “Without me you can do nothing.” (Jn 15:5.) And he comments, “Christ did not say: Without me it will be hard but: Without me you can do nothing.” To support this thesis, Augustine appealed to several texts of Scripture: “The King’s heart… is in the hand of the Lord.” (Prov 21; 1); “God is at work in you, both to will and to work for good pleasure.” (Phil 2:13); “Not that we are sufficient of ourselves to claim from; our sufficiency is from God” (2Cor 3; 5). He argued that perseverance in good is still more obviously a gift of …show more content…
Augustine, “No one has anything of his own save sin and the lie.” Also, that “Man can do no good without God. God does great good in man withouut any action on man’s part, but man does not enable him to do.” (D. 193,193). Hence, no one is good of one self unless he who alone is good makes him share in himself. “Can we henceforth expect anything good from people who think they can attribute to themselves the fact that they are good without considering him whose grace they receive every day, and who trust that without him they are able to achieve so much?” (Epistola in Requirendis,