Letter 194, to the Roman Presbyter Sixtus
Письмо 194, к римскому пресвитеру Сиксту
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Blzh. Aurelius Augustine in 418 writes a letter to the priest Sixtus, in which he sets out his arguments against the heresy of Pelagius (Letter 194, 10 chapters). Blzh. Augustine argues that God created human nature to be good, but in Adam all share in sin and deserve condemnation. The reasons why the grace necessary for salvation is given to some and not to others are hidden in Divine Wisdom. There is no connection between God's mercy and a person's lifestyle and merit. This theory is blzh. Augustine on the role of grace later questioned the monastic desire to grow in perfection, to achieve unity with God.
The letter discusses the following topics: faith and prayers as gifts of God, eternal life, good and evil, the fate of unbaptized infants, the meaning of the Sacrament of Baptism, etc.
Sixtus, a Roman presbyter, and subsequently pontiff 1, instructing the latter how to object to the arguments of the Pelagians
To the lord in the Lord of all lords, beloved, holy brother and co-worker in the presbytery, Sixtus, Augustine sends greetings in the Lord.
Death is the wages of sin, eternal life is grace and gifts.
J.-P. Migne. Paris, 1845. T. 33. Col. 874–891. Places with discrepancies were verified with the publication: Corpus Scriptorum Ecclesiasticorum Latinorum. Vindobonae, 1911. Vo1. 57. R. 176–214.
Pope Sixtus III (pontificate 432–440), predecessor of Leo the Great on the papal throne.
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