Fasting and eating with thanksgiving are equally pleasing to God. A person baptized with the Spirit and water cannot sin.
All sins are equal.
All who are good will receive the same heavenly reward. Augustine and the Milanese council add that, with Helvidius, Jovinian denied the perpetual virginity of Mary , the Theotokos. When Jovinian appealed his excommunication to Theodosius , Ambrose opposed the appeal. Imperial decree exiled Jovinian. This file may be copied on the condition that the entire contents, including the header and this copyright remain intact.