- Paulinus the Deacon
Paulinus the Deacon [Paulinus of Milan.] was the notary of
Ambrose of Milan , and his biographer. His work is the only life of Ambrose based on a contemporary account, and was written at the request ofAugustine of Hippo [ [http://findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3664/is_199804/ai_n8798889 Ambrose of Milan: Keeper of the boundaries | Theology Today | Find Articles at BNET.com ] ] ; it is dated to422 [Craig Alan Satterlee, "Ambrose of Milan's Method of Mystagogical Preaching" (2002), p. 33.] .Against the Pelagians
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Carthage in 411 he had opposedCaelestius , aPelagian [Serge Lancel, "Saint Augustine" (2002), p. 327.] . The formal proceedings were described by Augustine in "On Original Sin". Paulinus set up six theses defining Pelagian views asheresy ; Caelestius gave up on becoming apresbyter in Carthage, moving toEphesus [ [http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11604a.htm CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pelagius and Pelagianism ] ] .Paulinus was summoned to Rome in 417, to justify himself [M. Lamberigts, "The Condemnation of the Pelagians", p. 365, in Theo L. Hettema, Arie van der Kooij (editors), "Religious Polemics in Context" (2004).] . With local backing, he declined to appear before
Pope Zosimus ; in 418 the Pope took into account the measure of support for the anti-Pelagian position, and condemned both Caelestus andPelagius . [Philippe Levillain, "The Papacy: An Encyclopedia" (2002), p. 1641.] .References
*Mary Simplicia Kaniecka (1928), "Vita sancti Ambrosii, mediolanensis episcopi, a Paulino eius notario ad beatum Augustinum conscripta"
*M. Pellegrino (editor) (1961), "Paolina di Milano, Vita di S. Ambrogio"
*Émilien Lamirande, "Paulin de Milan et la "Vita Ambrosii": Aspects de la religion sous le Bas-Empire"External links
* [http://www.lcms.org/ca/www/cyclopedia/02/display.asp?t1=p&word=PAULINUSOFMILAN]
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