Le passage de Célestius à Carthage : un moment clé du pélagianisme

Abstract

During Spring and Summer 411, Pelagius and his closest pupil, the then-unknown Caelestius, arrived at Carthage. The former quickly left Africa for the East, while the latter took advantage of his stay in the African capital to spread their doctrine – which, up to then, had been limited to the small Italian circles they used to live in. This episode deeply marked Caelestius's life and the history of Pelagianism, which then entered a phase of active expansion but also unleashed a wave of unprecedented opposition.

Keywords

• Augustine
• heresy
• Pelagius
• Caelestius
• pelagianism
• travel