Tertullian

Walter J. Burghardt

T. C. Lawler

J. Quasten

Quintus Septimius Florens Tertullianus

The judgment that one forms of the theory and practice of penance in Christian antiquity will be largely determined by the interpretation which one puts upon these two treatises. On Penitence dates from Tertullian's Catholic period, and is a sermon addressed to the faithful on the subject of repentance and forgiveness. On Purity is one of his most violent Montanist treatises. In it he criticizes the policy the church follows in granting pardon to serious sins. +

On Penitence and On Purity

Treatises on Penance

Saint Augustine

Aurelius Augustinus

One of Augustine's most important works, written between 388 and 395, this dialogue has as its objective not so much to discuss free will for its own sake as to discuss the problem of evil in reference to the existence of God, who is almighty and all-good. +

The Problem of Free Choice

Pope Leo I

Saint Prosper (of Aquitaine)

Tiro Prosper

Prosper d'Aquitaine ((saint ;)

Ambroise ((saint ;)

Saint Aquitanus Prosper

This is the first treatise in ancient Christian literature on the problem of the salvation of infidels. It is a controversial work written against the Semi-Pelagians about the year 450, probably at Rome.

De Vocatione Omnium Gentium

J. Quasten

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