Post by RayW on Oct 21, 2013 19:01:40 GMT -8
Please post your answers to the following questions here:
1. Augustinianism was accepted by the early church as the council of Orange, while Pelagianism was condemned. While this was not an official ecclesiastical council, it has been a reference for orthodoxy for about 1500 years. Why do you think that the church was so emphatic in its condemnation of Pelagianism
and in favor of Augustinianism?
2. Arminianism relies upon the concept of prevenient grace. Prevenient grace, according to Arminianism, has a neutralizing effect upon the will. So while all people were born sinners, unable to choose God on their own, God, at some point in their lives, intervenes with prevenient grace, giving them the ability
to choose Him. Evaluate the Arminian doctrine of prevenient grace.
3. Augustinianism believes that all mankind fell with Adam to such a degree that they are completely unable to choose God without God choosing them. Evaluate the Augustinian doctrine of the fall.
4. Having seen and considered all the various positions with regards to our relationship with Adam, which view do you find the most compelling? Why?
5. How was your thinking most challenged by the lesson? Please explain.
1. Augustinianism was accepted by the early church as the council of Orange, while Pelagianism was condemned. While this was not an official ecclesiastical council, it has been a reference for orthodoxy for about 1500 years. Why do you think that the church was so emphatic in its condemnation of Pelagianism
and in favor of Augustinianism?
2. Arminianism relies upon the concept of prevenient grace. Prevenient grace, according to Arminianism, has a neutralizing effect upon the will. So while all people were born sinners, unable to choose God on their own, God, at some point in their lives, intervenes with prevenient grace, giving them the ability
to choose Him. Evaluate the Arminian doctrine of prevenient grace.
3. Augustinianism believes that all mankind fell with Adam to such a degree that they are completely unable to choose God without God choosing them. Evaluate the Augustinian doctrine of the fall.
4. Having seen and considered all the various positions with regards to our relationship with Adam, which view do you find the most compelling? Why?
5. How was your thinking most challenged by the lesson? Please explain.