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To: HarleyD

Where does Irenaeus claim that man can be saved without Divine aid?


8 posted on 12/16/2010 7:28:27 PM PST by MarkBsnr (I would not believe in the Gospel if the authority of the Catholic Church did not move me to do so..)
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To: MarkBsnr
Where does Irenaeus claim that man can be saved without Divine aid?

Man is Endowed with the Faculty of Distinguishing Good and Evil; So That, Without Compulsion, He Has the Power

Compulsion-a force that compels

Without Compulsion - without a force that compels

We, of course, have to excuse Irenaeus since the Church would not condemn the Pelagius heresy for another 300 years. Many of the early fathers were more interested in trying to get the church to grow rather than putting together a systematic view of scripture.

12 posted on 12/17/2010 2:37:33 AM PST by HarleyD
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