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Augustine of Hippo (354-430) became known as the ‘doctor of grace’. He developed his theory of divine grace mainly in his systematic treatises directed against the Pelagians (ca. 411-430). Did he however also preach about this complex, and at first sight ‘demoralizing’, issue in his sermons to the people ? In his previous book (BSCH 59), Anthony Dupont studied the profile of the treatment of gratia in the anti-Pelagian sermones ad populum . In a Preacher of Grace Dupont offers an account of the presence of the theme of grace in Augustine’s sermones not situated in the Pelagian controversy. He first studies sermons preached on important liturgical feasts, which belong to the (non-polemical) pastoral preaching genre. They are distributed throughout the 40 years of Augustine’s preaching activity, and are Christological in content and moralising in intention. Secondly, he examines sermons situated in the Donatist controversy, preceding the anti-Pelagian sermons chronologically and differing from them in terms of content. This research provides a global picture of the presence and treatment of gratia in Augustine’s sermones and clarifies the interaction between context, audience and preaching genre on the one hand, and the theme of grace as a whole on the other. It also contributes to the debate on (dis)continuity in Augustine’s thought on grace.

276 =71 AUGUSTINUS:234 --- Academic collection --- Latijnse patrologie-:-Soteriologie. Heilsleer. Genade. Geloof--AUGUSTINUS --- Augustine, --- Grace (Theology) --- Fasts and feasts --- Church year sermons. --- Donatists. --- Church history --- RELIGION / Christian Theology / Soteriology. --- History of doctrines --- Sermons. --- Augustine, Saint, Bishop of Hippo. Sermones ad populum. --- Church history -- Primitive and early church, ca. 30-600. --- Fasts and feasts -- Sermons. --- Grace (Theology) -- History of doctrines -- Early church, ca. 30-600. --- Church year sermons --- Donatists --- Religion --- Philosophy & Religion --- Christianity --- Sermons --- Grace (theology) --- Religion / christian theology / soteriology. --- Apostolic Church --- Church, Apostolic --- Early Christianity --- Early church --- Primitive and early church --- Primitive Christianity --- Sermons, Church year --- Church festivals --- Ecclesiastical fasts and feasts --- Fast days --- Feast days --- Feasts --- Heortology --- Holy days --- Religious festivals --- Fathers of the church --- Great Apostasy (Mormon doctrine) --- Christian heresies --- Church year --- Christian antiquities --- Days --- Fasting --- Liturgics --- Rites and ceremonies --- Theology, Practical --- Church calendar --- Festivals --- Holidays --- Sacred meals --- Salvation --- Law and gospel --- History --- Religious aspects