Early Church Fathers Scripture Index : Texts

Acts 28:5

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Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Series 1, Volume 5, page 197, footnote 9 (Image)

Augustine: Anti-Pelagian Writings

A Work on the Proceedings of Pelagius. (HTML)

The Eleventh Item of the Accusation. (HTML)

CCEL Footnote 1699 (In-Text, Margin)

... this? The very fact that he was an apostle showed, of course, that he possessed the grace of the apostolate. He possessed also that of prophecy; for was not that a prophecy of his in which he says: “In the last times some shall depart from the faith, giving heed to seducing spirits, and doctrines of devils?” He was, moreover, “the teacher of the Gentiles in faith and verity.” He performed miracles also and cures; for he shook off from his hand, unhurt, the biting viper;[Acts 28:5] and the cripple stood upright on his feet at the apostle’s word, and his strength was at once restored. It is not clear what he means by helps, for the term is of very wide application; but who can say that he was wanting even in this grace, ...