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a treatise on the grace of christ, and on original sin. Extract from Augustin's |Retractations,|
Book II. Chap.50,
On the Following Treatise,
"De gratia christi, et de peccato originali."
"After the conviction and condemnation [1784] of the Pelagian heresy with its authors by the bishops of the Church of Rome, -- first Innocent, and then Zosimus, -- with the co-operation of letters of African councils, I wrote two books against them: one On the Grace of Christ, and the other On Original Sin. The work began with the following words: How greatly we rejoice on account of your bodily, and, above all, because of your Spiritual welfare.'"