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Pelagius

5th century · AD 418 · Western · 466 passages

Background on Pelagius

In his own words on Philemon

  • Philemon 1:2

    Archippus is a deacon of the church, as suggested in Colossians 4:17.

    Pelagius's Commentary on the Letter to Philemon

  • Philemon 1:14

    It is to be noted that he wished no one to do anything good by necessity, lest that person lose the reward of freely choosing to do the right thing.

    Pelagius's Commentary on the Letter to Philemon

Quoted verbatim from public-domain English translations of the fathers — Aquinas's Catena Aurea, the Ante-Nicene and Nicene & Post-Nicene Fathers, and related editions. Each quotation links to its source.