Zosimus
Americannoun
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Though this view later buttressed papal powers, Augustine defied Pope Zosimus when the Pontiff tolerated Pelagius, whose theology was so optimistic that humanity scarcely seemed to need a Saviour.
From Time Magazine Archive
Another member of his household, a freedman named Zosimus, suffered from the same malady.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
Zosimus declared the letter and creed of Pelagius to be thoroughly Catholic, and free from all ambiguity; and the Pelagians to be men of unimpeachable faith, who had been wrongly defamed.
From The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 by Browne, G. F. (George Forrest)
Zosimus seems to have been a most excellent, loyal, and accomplished man.
From Roman Society from Nero to Marcus Aurelius by Dill, Samuel
He argued with Zosimus that the points in dispute lay outside the limits of necessary articles of faith, and declared his adherence to the Catholic faith in all points.
From The Christian Church in These Islands before the Coming of Augustine Three Lectures Delivered at St. Paul's in January 1894 by Browne, G. F. (George Forrest)
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