Early Church · 426

On Grace and Free Will

Augustine of Hippo (354-430)

Written for the monks of Hadrumetum, who had fallen into dispute over whether grace destroys human freedom. Augustine sets out to show that Scripture affirms both the reality of free choice and the absolute necessity of grace, and that the two are not rivals. He gathers the commands and the promises of Scripture side by side, arguing that God crowns his own gifts when he rewards human merits, since even a good will is itself the work of grace.

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