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While I enjoyed this book it s hard for me to imagine what the wider audience for it might be How many after all might be interested in a novel about the Pelagian Augustinian controversies within the 5th century Church. Heresy kindle direct The narrator is Arwel servant of Pelagius an Irish monk who drew a following not only because of his spiritual charisma but because of his bent of doctrinal interpretation He disagreed with Augustine of Hippo who has since become a pivotal figure in forming Western theology through his promotion of the concepts of original sin predestination and sex as the key to the Fall Pelagius disagreed with all these beliefs and by edict of church authorities influenced by political pressures was declared a heretic The novel has a distinct point of view if Augustine had been declared the heretic instead of Pelagius Christianity would have developed into quite a different presence today. Heresztyn mazzini This is really a book about the ideas being argued at the time Characters flit in and out and we really don t get to know any of them in depth except for Arwel himself Ironically we get to know Pelagius as a person least of all He is just a spokesman for his ideas. Heresy punk rock All the same the author who is described simply as a retired journalist has done his research and knows his stuff If someone wanted to become acquainted with 5th century theological debates reading this book would certainly be a enjoyable way of doing it than reading a dry dusty text Heresy The Life Of Pelagius
Heresy deals with the struggle for control of the Christian faith in the fourth century CE between Augustine and Pelagius an Irish scholar as seen through the eyes of Pelagius s servant Arwel Their quarrel is over free will and predestination but there is plenty of action as the tale unfolds against the backdrop of the sack of Rome and the collapse of the western empire not to mention the murder of the Alexandrian pagan philosopher Hypatia etc etc Ultimately Pelagius won the intellectual battle but lost the political one No historical facts were harmed in the making of this story Heresy The Life Of Pelagius.
