Folio 107

St. Felix III, 526-530

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diligently considers the words of the apostle, should know clearly what he ought to follow.

St. John I 523-526

ST. FELIX III 526-530

COUNCIL OF ORANGE II 5291

Confirmed by Boniface II (against the Semipelagians)

Original Sin, Grace, Predestination2

173b. To us, according to the admonition and authority of the Apostolic See, it has seemed just and reasonable that we should set forth to be observed by all, and that we should sign with our own hands, a few chapters transmitted3 to us by the Apostolic See, which were collected by the ancient fathers from the volumes of the Sacred Scripture especially in this cause, to teach those who think otherwise than they ought. . . .

174. [I. Original sin] Can. 1. If anyone says that by the offense of Adam's transgression not the whole man, that is according to body and soul, was changed for the worse [St. Augustine],4 but believes that while the liberty of the soul endures without harm, the body only is exposed to corruption, he is deceived by the error of Pelagius and resists the Scripture which says: "The soul, that has sinned, shall die" [Ezech. 18:20]; and: "Do you not know that to whom you show yourselves servants to obey, you are the servants of him whom you obey?" [Rom. 6:16]; and: Anyone is adjudged the slave of him by whom he is overcome [II Pet. 2:19].

175. Can. 2. If anyone asserts that Adam's transgression injured him alone and not his descendants, or declares that certainly death of the body only, which is the punishment of sin, but not sin also, which is the death of the soul, passed through one man into the whole human race, he will do an injustice to God, contradicting the Apostle who says: Through one man sin entered in the world, and through sin death, and thus death

  1. Orange in Gaul. This Council approved by Boniface II [see n. 200 a f.] obtained such authority in the Church that it is worthily held as an infallible rule. Cf. P. Lejay, "Le rôle théologique de S. Césaire d'Arles" [Rev. d'hist. et litt. rel. 10 (1905) 217 ff.]. ↩

  2. MGh Legum sectio III, Concilia T. I (Fr. Massen, 1903) 46 ff.; Msi VIII 712 B ff.; coll. Hfl II 726 ff. and H 221 ff. The canons 1-8, 13, 19, 21 and n. 199 by Brachiarius (s. 7) are referred to. De Ecclesiasticis Dogmatibus c. 38-49 [ML 83, 1236-1239]. On the origin of the canons, cf. Rech. de Théol. anc. et méd. 6 (1934) 120 ff. [M. Cappuyns]. ↩

  3. They seem to be n. 174-181; cf. Msi VIII 722 f. ↩

  4. De nupt. et concup. 2, 34, 57 [ML 44, 471]. ↩