The Library
1277 works catalogued century by century, from the literature the Bible was written among to the present — each with a note on what it is, why it lasted, and where to read it.
401–500
1 work
c. 450
Latin
Prosper of Aquitaine · c. 390–c. 455
A softened Augustinianism arguing that God genuinely wills all to be saved while salvation remains entirely by grace, written to make peace among the monks of Gaul.
501–600
1 work
529
Latin
The Council of Orange
Twenty-five canons settling the long quarrel over grace: the beginning of faith is itself God's gift, but the council pointedly declines to teach predestination to damnation.
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