Rossana Pinheiro: Prosper of Aquitaine An approach on John´s Cassian 13th Conference on Grace and Free will

Prosper of Aquitaine is best known for accusing the monks of Provence as Semi-pelagianists. Due to these accusations, some scholars gave John Cassian´s 13^th Conference (c. 426 AD) an important role in the development of this soft version of Pelagianism, after reading it as a contestation of Augustine´s teachings on Grace, Free Will and Predestination. In this presentation, we intend to consider the 13^th Conference not as a contestation of Augustine or the foundation of Semi-pelagianism but as part of a monastical theological´s perspective, centered in human agency and in the importance of obedience for salvation.