The Pelagian View of Free-Will, Sin, and Grace (3)

When Caelestius sought ordination in Carthage he picked out the very spot where he could expect the fiercest opposition. It is all too true, however, that he had gained many friends for his views, and also awak­ened suspicion for his novel opinions. This set the ball of controversy a-rolling. Paulinus, a deacon of Milan, who was just then in Carthage warned the bishop Aure­lius against Caelestius, and at a council held by Aurelius at Carthage in 412 A. D., appeared as his accuser, and obtained...