Posts Tagged ‘ grace ’

The Tractoria of Prudentius of Troyes (d. 861)

July 19, 2010
By Frank

Prudentius of Troyes was one of the bishops in attendance at the Council of Quierzy in 849, which defrocked Gottschalk of Orbais, beat him almost to death, and made him throw his writings into a fire. He also assented to the canons of a council in the mid-850s which was directed against the...
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Fulgentius of Ruspe on the Saving Will of God

August 24, 2009
By Frank

Fulgentius was born in the year 468 and educated in Vandal North Africa. After a short career in finance he joined a monastery. He later was elevated to an abbot and in the year 508 became bishop of Ruspe, a coastal town in modern Tunisia. Fulgentius defended the doctrine of the...
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Colors of Grace

January 2, 2009
By Frank

I have recently started reading Guido Stucco’s The Colors of Grace:  Medieval Kaleidoscopic Views of Grace and Predestination.  It picks up where his last book, Not Without Us, left off.  I just finished Chapter 2 which gives the views on grace and predestination of historical characters like Pope Gregory, Isidore of Seville, and Pope...
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