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A Treatise Concerning Man’s Perfection in Righteousness

St Augustine of Hippo (AD 354–430) · De perfectione justitiae hominis · PL 44, 291–316

  1. pref. Preface to the Treatise on Man’s Perfection in Righteousness
  2. 1. The First Breviate of Cœlestius
  3. 2. The Second Breviate
  4. 3. The Third Breviate
  5. 4. The Fourth Breviate
  6. 5. The Fifth Breviate
  7. 6. The Sixth Breviate
  8. 7. The Seventh Breviate
  9. 8. The Eighth Breviate
  10. 9. The Ninth Breviate
  11. 10. The Tenth Breviate
  12. 11. The Eleventh Breviate
  13. 12. The Twelfth Breviate
  14. 13. The Thirteenth Breviate
  15. 14. The Fourteenth Breviate
  16. 15. The Fifteenth Breviate
  17. 16. The Sixteenth Breviate
  18. 17. It is One Thing to Depart from the Body, Another Thing to Be Liberated from the Body of This Death
  19. 18. The Righteousness of This Life Comprehended in Three Parts,—Fasting, Almsgiving, and Prayer
  20. 19. The Commandment of Love Shall Be Perfectly Fulfilled in the Life to Come
  21. 20. Who May Be Said to Walk Without Spot; Damnable and Venial Sins
  22. 21. To Whom God’s Commandments are Grievous; And to Whom, Not. Why Scripture Says that God’s Commandments are Not Grievous; A Commandment is a Proof of the Freedom Of Man’s Will; Prayer is a Proof of Grace
  23. 22. Passages to Show that God’s Commandments are Not Grievous
  24. 23. Passages of Scripture Which, When Objected Against Him by the Catholics, Cœlestius Endeavours to Elude by Other Passages: the First Passage
  25. 24. To Be Without Sin, and to Be Without Blame—How Differing
  26. 25. Section 25
  27. 26. Why Job Was So Great a Sufferer
  28. 27. Who May Be Said to Keep the Ways of the Lord; What It is to Decline and Depart from the Ways of the Lord
  29. 28. When Our Heart May Be Said Not to Reproach Us; When Good is to Be Perfected
  30. 29. The Second Passage. Who May Be Said to Abstain from Every Evil Thing
  31. 30. 'Every Man is a Liar,' Owing to Himself Alone; But 'Every Man is True,' By Help Only of the Grace of God
  32. 31. The Third Passage. It is One Thing to Depart, and Another Thing to Have Departed, from All Sin. ‘There is None that Doeth Good,’—Of Whom This is to Be Understood
  33. 32. The Fourth Passage. In What Sense God Only is Good. With God to Be Good and to Be Himself are the Same Thing
  34. 33. The Fifth Passage
  35. 34. The Opposing Passages
  36. 35. The Church Will Be Without Spot and Wrinkle After the Resurrection
  37. 36. The Difference Between the Upright in Heart and the Clean in Heart
  38. 37. The Sixth Passage
  39. 38. The Seventh Passage. Who May Be Called Immaculate. How It is that in God’s Sight No Man is Justified
  40. 39. The Eighth Passage. In What Sense He is Said Not to Sin Who is Born of God. In What Way He Who Sins Shall Not See Nor Know God
  41. 40. The Ninth Passage
  42. 41. Specimens of Pelagian Exegesis
  43. 42. God’s Promises Conditional. Saints of the Old Testament Were Saved by the Grace of Christ
  44. 43. No Man is Assisted Unless He Does Himself Also Work. Our Course is a Constant Progress
  45. chapter44. Conclusion of the Work. In the Regenerate It is Not Concupiscence, But Consent, Which is Sin

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St Thomas Aquinas, Summa theologiae 1265–1273 cites it 6 times

I-II, q. 71, a. 1 · I-II, q. 79, a. 2 · I-II, q. 106, a. 3 · I-II, q. 109, a. 8 · II-II, q. 44, a. 6

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Philip Schaff (ed.), Buffalo/New York: Christian Literature Publishing Co., 1886-1889. Public domain: English translation first published 1885-1900 (Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, First Series). Latin: Migne, Patrologia Latina (1844-1855), public domain; transcription from Corpus Corporum (University of Zurich).

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