6 April 681 A.D. Prudentius of Troyes—A Medieval Predestinarian; The Man Semi-Pelagobates Want You to Forget
6 April 681 A.D. Prudentius of Troyes—A Medieval Predestinarian; The Man Semi-Pelagobates Want You to Forget Gumerlock, Francis X. “The Tractorian of Prudentius of Troyes (d.861). Kerux. May 2010. http://francisgumerlock.com/wp-content/uploads/Gumerlock-The-Tractoria-of-Prudentius-of-Troyes1.pdf . Accessed 5 Nov 2014. Kerux 25:1 (May 2010):11-23 The Tractoria of Prudentius of Troyes (d. 861) by Francis X. Gumerlock Introduction: Prudentius and the Ninth-Century Predestination Controversy When the doctrine of predestination, the relationship of grace to free will, and the extent of Christ’s atonement became topics of debate in the mid-ninth century, Gottschalk of Orbais was not alone in asserting the inability of the human will to choose good apart from special enabling grace, God’s predestination of the elect to salvation and the reprobate to merited punishment, and the shedding of Christ’s blood f...