A Latin Chrysostom Collection, the Semi-Pelagian Controversy, and Sixth-century Rome

Abstract In 1894 Germain Morin identified a collection of 31 Pseudo-Chrysostomic sermons as the work single late antique Latin author. Although widely read in Middle Ages, there is still little consensus about where or when this author wrote. himself originally proposed sixth-century Naples, Adalbert de Vogüé noticed parallels with Rule Master, and, most recently, Jean-Paul Bouhot and Francois Leroy have argued for fifth-century North Africa. This paper explores collection’s contextual clues, pre-baptismal liturgy, anti-Arian anti-Pelagian theology to make case considering it product clerical circles within Ostrogothic Rome. The may been writing during Second Semi-Pelagian Controversy (519–529 CE ), perhaps direct dialogue Fulgentius Ruspe. He displays an attitude towards human free will that surprisingly similar Boethius’s member Boethius, Proba, deacon John early 520s.