Arnobius Iunior, Praedestatus
By: Arnobius Iunior ; translated, with an introduction, by Guido Stucco
Contributors: Stucco, Guido, translator, writer of introduction
Series: Brepols library of Christian sources -- 6; Brepols library of Christian sources -- 6.
Publisher: Brepols Publishers
Published: 2022
Place of publication: Turnhout, Belgium
Language: eng
Number of pages: 255
ISBN-13: 9782503596761
Subjects: Predestination; History of doctrines; Grace (Theology); Early works to 1800; Liberty; Christianity
Other titles: Praedestatus
Description: For the first time in English, the 'Praedestinatus' represents a moment in the fifteen-century old theological conversation in Latin Christianity about the topics of grace, predestination and free will. Written as a response to Augustine's growing theological influence, this book should not merely be regarded as a work of apologetics, despite the author's intention, but seen as breaking controversial new ground because of his claim that a small circle of heretics was acting as a 'fifth column' within the Church, undermining orthodox beliefs concerning God, his providence and all-inclusive love. The translator's introduction sheds light on the authorship, dating and historical context of this work. It documents how this text was received and critically assessed for a period of over the twelve centuries: from the time of Augustine in the fifth century to that of the bitter Jansenist controversy in the seventeenth. It entered those latter debates shortly after its rediscovery by Jacques Sirmond in the library of the Reims cathedral in a manuscript that, in the ninth century, was in the possession of Hincmar - the archbishop of Reims who in his time had revived disputes about grace and free will. Sirmond named the text '[the] Praedestinatus' when he published its first edition in 1643. After a three hundred year hiatus, interest in the 'Praedestinatus' revived in the twentieth century thanks to German and French scholars who studied the book's theological trajectory and claims. Its critical edition was eventually accomplished in 2000 by Italian scholar Franco Gori. The present translation is based on Gori's edition.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Latin text with parallel English translation plus English introduction and notes.
Table of contents: title: Machine generated contents note:; title: 1.; title: The Praedestinatus --; title: The Authorship of the Praedestinatus --; title: Dating the Praedestinatus -- -- 2.; title: Historical Background: Augustine and Prosper --; title: Augustine's Views on Grace and Predestination --; title: The De gratia et libero arbitrio (AD 426 or 427) --; title: The De correptione et gratia (AD 426 or 427) --; title: The De praedestinatione sanctorum (AD 428 or 429) --; title: The De dono perseverantiae (AD 428 or 429) --; title: Prospers Contribution 18 The Carmen de ingratis (AD 429) --; title: The Responsiones ad capitula obiectionum Gallorum calumnantium (AD 430 or 431) --; title: The Responsiones ad capitula obiectionum Vincentianorum (around ad 434) -- -- 3.; title: Structure and Contents of the Praedestinatus 22 Praedestinatus: Book 1 --; title: Praedestinatus: Book 2 --; title: Praedestinatus: Book 3 -- -- 4.; title: The Controversial Role of the Praedestinatus in Subsequent Theological Controversies --; title: Medieval Developments --; title: A Critique of Hincmar's Claims from Jansenius' Augustinus (1640) --; title: Auvray's [Martin Barcos'] Reaction (1644) to Sirmond's Publication of the Praedestinatus --; title: A Vindication of Hincmar's Claims in Sirmond's Historia praedestinatiana (1648) --; title: Text and Translation --; title: Praefatio / Preface --; title: Liber primus / First book --; title: Liber Secundus / Second Book --; title: Liber Tertius / Third Book --; title: Further Notes --; title: Headings --; title: First Book --; title: Second Book --; title: Third Book --; title: Bibliography --; title: Ancient and Medieval Authors --; title: Modern Authors.