"Just Do It?" Obedience and the Need for Grace - Christopher Brown
"Just Do It?" Obedience and the Need for Grace
By The Venerable Dr. Christopher A. Brown
Special to virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
May 27, 2013
In 405 AD, a British monk named Pelagius attended a public reading of one of the best-selling of books of that decade - and of all time. And he didn't like what he heard.
Published seven years before, the "Confessions" of Augustine was a new sort of book; it did not fit into any of the established genres of the time. It was a poignant autobiographical account of his conversion to Christianity delivered in the form of an extended prayer, and interwoven with theological reflections of remarkable and penetrating originality.
Especially compelling - for modern readers, at least - is Augustine's candor. He displays a self-awareness that is disarmingly contemporary. When I first read Confessions in my early twenties it was almost as if this classical rhetorician and catholic bishop from the closing years of the Roman Empire was in the room with me, telling me a story similar to my own, and using words that I might have chosen myself.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
By The Venerable Dr. Christopher A. Brown
Special to virtueonline
www.virtueonline.org
May 27, 2013
In 405 AD, a British monk named Pelagius attended a public reading of one of the best-selling of books of that decade - and of all time. And he didn't like what he heard.
Published seven years before, the "Confessions" of Augustine was a new sort of book; it did not fit into any of the established genres of the time. It was a poignant autobiographical account of his conversion to Christianity delivered in the form of an extended prayer, and interwoven with theological reflections of remarkable and penetrating originality.Especially compelling - for modern readers, at least - is Augustine's candor. He displays a self-awareness that is disarmingly contemporary. When I first read Confessions in my early twenties it was almost as if this classical rhetorician and catholic bishop from the closing years of the Roman Empire was in the room with me, telling me a story similar to my own, and using words that I might have chosen myself.
Read the full story at www.VirtueOnline.org
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