ACC ~ Romans 9 v14

THE CASE OF BAPTIZED CHILDREN WHO LATER BECOME APOSTATES. AUGUSTINE: What is to be said of infants who receive the sacrament of Christian grace, as is usual at that age, and thus undoubtedly have a claim to eternal life and the kingdom of heaven if they die at once, whereas if they are allowed to grow up, some become even apostates? Why is this, except that they are not included in that predestination and calling according to his purpose which is without repentance? Why some are included and others are not can be for a hidden reason but not for an unjust one. LETTER 149.

WHETHER GOD MAKES SOME PEOPLE EVIL. PELAGIUS: Paul was afraid that because he had argued that racial privilege is of no consequence in God’s sight, or in case the Jews understood him to be saying that already at that time it was indicated that later people would be better people, they might think that he meant that God makes some people good and others evil, because, in the judgment of the Jews, it was unjust to punish those who had not voluntarily sinned, Paul also calls to mind the contrary texts which they usually used to support this view, and after replying to these examples with brief objections he shows that they should not be understood as they understand them. PELAGIUS’S COMMENTARY ON ROMANS.

CAESARIUS OF ARLES: Why does God not scourge all men mercifully in such a way so as not to allow anyone to be hardened against him? Either this is to be ascribed to the wickedness of those who have deserved to become hardened, or it is to be referred to the inscrutable judg-ments of God, which are often hidden but are never unjust. SERMON 101.5.

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