Late Letters: Controversy, Pelagianism, and the Sack of Rome
Letter CI. From Augustine. A letter from Augustine in which he denies that he has written a book against Jerome and sent it to Rome but confesses that he has criticized him although without giving details.
Ep. CI–CIII — Letter CI. From Augustine. (¶1)
Letter CIV. From Augustine. In this letter Augustine (1) commends to Jerome the deacon Cyprian, (2) explains how it is that his first letter (Letter LVI.) has miscarried, and (3) urges Jerome to base his scriptural…
Ep. CIV–CVI — Letter CIV. From Augustine. (¶2)
Letter CVII. To Laeta. Laeta, the daughter-in-law of Paula, having written from Rome to ask Jerome how she ought to bring up her infant daughter (also called Paula) as a virgin consecrated to Christ, Jerome now…
Ep. CVII–CIX — Letter CVII. To Laeta. (¶3)
Letter CX. From Augustine. Augustine’s answer to Letter CII. He now tries to soothe Jerome’s wounded feelings, begs him to overlook the offence that he has committed, and implores him not to break off the friendly 3043…
Ep. CX–CXII — Letter CX. From Augustine. (¶4)
Letter CXIII. From Theophilus to Jerome. Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria, had compiled an invective against John Chrysostom, bishop of Constantinople who was nosy (largely through his efforts) an exile from his see.
Ep. CXIII–CXV — Letter CXIII. From Theophilus to Jerome. (¶5)
Letter CXVI. From Augustine. A long letter in which Augustine for the third time (see Letters LVI., LXVII.) restates his opinion about Jerome’s theory of the dispute between Peter and Paul at Antioch.
Ep. CXVI–CXVIII — Letter CXVI. From Augustine. (¶6)
Letter CXIX. To Minervius and Alexander. Minervius and Alexander two monks of Toulouse had written to Jerome asking him to explain for them a large number of passages in scripture.
Ep. CXIX–CXXI — Letter CXIX. To Minervius and Alexander. (¶7)
Letter CXXII. To Rusticus. Rusticus and Artemia his wife having made a vow of continence broke it. Artemia proceeded to Palestine to do penance for her sin and Rusticus promised to follow her.
Ep. CXXII–CXXIV — Letter CXXII. To Rusticus. (¶8)
Letter CXXV. To Rusticus. Rusticus, a young monk of Toulouse, (to be carefully distinguished from the recipient of Letter CXXII.) is advised by Jerome not to become an anchorite but to continue in a community.
Ep. CXXV–CXXVII — Letter CXXV. To Rusticus. (¶9)
Letter CXXVIII. To Gaudentius. Gaudentius had written from Rome to ask Jerome’s advice as to the bringing up of his infant daughter; whom after the religious fashion of the day he had dedicated to a life of virginity.
Ep. CXXVIII–CXXX — Letter CXXVIII. To Gaudentius. (¶10)
Letter CXXXI. From Augustine. At the suggestion of Jerome, Marcellinus (for whom see Letter CXXVI.) had consulted Augustine on the difficult question of the origin of the soul but had failed to get any definite opinion…
Ep. CXXXI–CXXXIII — Letter CXXXI. From Augustine. (¶11)
Letter CXXXIV. To Augustine. Jerome acknowledges the receipt of Letters CXXXI. and CXXXII. and excuses himself from answering the questions raised in them on the twofold ground (1) that the times are evil and (2) that…
Ep. CXXXIV–CXXXVI — Letter CXXXIV. To Augustine. (¶12)
Letter CXXXVII. From Pope Innocent to John, Bishop of Jerusalem. Innocent censures John for having allowed the Pelagians to effuse the disturbance at Bethlehem mentioned in the two preceding letters and exhorts him to…
Ep. CXXXVII–CXXXIX — Letter CXXXVII. From Pope Innocent to John, Bishop of Jerusa (¶13)
Letter CXL. To Cyprian the Presbyter. Cyprian had visited Jerome at Bethlehem and had asked him to write an exposition of Psalm XC. in simple language such as might be readily understood.
Ep. CXL–CXLII — Letter CXL. To Cyprian the Presbyter. (¶14)
Letter CXLIII. To Alypius and Augustine. In this letter Jerome congratulates Alypius and Augustine on their success in strangling the heresy of Cælestius, the co-adjutor of Pelagius, and states that, if he can find time…
Ep. CXLIII–CXLV — Letter CXLIII. To Alypius and Augustine. (¶15)
Letter CXLVI. To Evangelus. Jerome refutes the opinion of those who make deacons equal to presbyters, but in doing so himself makes presbyters equal to bishops. The date of the letter is unknown. 1.
Ep. CXLVI–CXLVIII — Letter CXLVI. To Evangelus. (¶16)
Letter CL. From Procopius to Jerome. This letter is extant also among those of Procopius of Gaza, to whose works it properly belongs. As this Procopius flourished a century later than Jerome, the letter cannot be…
Ep. CL — Letter CL. From Procopius to Jerome. (¶17)