Gottschalk-Semi-Pelagianism

Four centuries have elapsed since the views of Augustine were accepted by the Church over against the man-exalting heresies of the British monk Pelagius. On a bright October morning of the year of our Lord eight hundred and sixty-eight a priest enters a dark and gloomy dungeon of the monastery of Hautvillers, France. He came to offer the last Sacrament of the Holy Church to the only occupant of this mis­erable prison cell, who, reclining on a cot, is struggling with death. The dying prisoner...