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On Reprimand and Grace

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  05 June 2012

Edited and translated by
Peter King
Affiliation:
University of Toronto
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To my dearest brother Valentine and those who serve God along with him:

After reading the letters that Your Charity sent to me with Brother Florus and the others who came with him, I gave thanks to God when I learned from your reply to me of your peace in the Lord, your agreement in the truth, and your fervor in charity. The Enemy has tried to undermine some among you. But God in His mercy and wonderful goodness turned the snares of the Enemy to the advantage of His servants, achieving instead the result that none of you was pulled down for the worse, while some were built up for the better.

Therefore, there is no need to re-examine over again all the matters that were sufficiently dealt with in the thorough book I sent to you. Your response makes it clear how receptive you were. However, do not in any way think that a single reading was able to make it sufficiently well known to you. If you want it to be the most fruitful, then, do not be ashamed to re-read it so that it is thoroughly known. You will thereby know exactly which questions (and which kind of questions) should be resolved and put right there, by divine rather than human authority – authority from which we ought not draw away, if we want to reach the goal we are aiming at.

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  • On Reprimand and Grace
  • Edited and translated by Peter King, University of Toronto
  • Book: Augustine: On the Free Choice of the Will, On Grace and Free Choice, and Other Writings
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511844720.011
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  • On Reprimand and Grace
  • Edited and translated by Peter King, University of Toronto
  • Book: Augustine: On the Free Choice of the Will, On Grace and Free Choice, and Other Writings
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511844720.011
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  • On Reprimand and Grace
  • Edited and translated by Peter King, University of Toronto
  • Book: Augustine: On the Free Choice of the Will, On Grace and Free Choice, and Other Writings
  • Online publication: 05 June 2012
  • Chapter DOI: https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9780511844720.011
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