Book Series Brepols Library of Christian Sources, vol. 10

Faustus of Riez

Faustus of Riez, On Grace

Guido Stucco

  • Pages: 192 p.
  • Size:156 x 234 mm
  • Language(s):English, Latin
  • Publication Year:2023

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BIO

Guido Stucco earned a Ph.D. in Historical Theology from Saint Louis University. He has written five books in which he outlined the Catholic doctrine of predestination from the 5th to the 17th centuries. He has also translated from the French Antoine Arnauld’s The Necessity of Faith in Jesus Christ to Obtain Salvation (1701) and from the Italian three works by the Jesuit missionary to Tibet, Ippolito Desideri (1684-1733).

Summary

Faustus was a Gallic representative of what has been referred to as 'semipelagianism'. In his De Gratia, he fiercely opposed the Augustinian view of Grace and Predestination that had been upheld by Lucidus, a presbyter who possibly misunderstood Augustine's thought. Faustus did not open new ground about these contested doctrines, but put significant roadblocks to their possible extreme trajectories.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

Abbreviations

Introduction
1. De gratia
2. Faustus’ Authorship and Biographical Sketch
3. De gratia’s Contents
4. The Historical Background of the De gratia
5. The Reception of the Thought of the De gratia through the Centuries
6. Jansenius’ Thought
7. Faustus’ Views in Comparison with Augustine’s
8. Faustus’ View of Predestination

Text & Translation

Further Notes

Bibliography
Ancient and Medieval Authors
Modern Authors

Indices