Augustine and Pelagianism

This article examines Augustine's theological response to Pelagianism, showing how God used Augustine's personal experience of sin and grace to equip him to defend biblical doctrine against false teaching. Miersma draws parallels between the Pelagian controversy and the later Arminian controversy at Dordt, illustrating how both movements denied the sovereignty of God's grace and the total depravity of man. The resource demonstrates how Augustine's wrestling with these doctrines established the Reformed understanding of grace that would be formally affirmed centuries later at the Synod of Dort.