{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/105/1050398.htm","path":"chr/ecf/105/1050398.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/105/1050398.htm","text":"Chapter 13 [V.]\u2014The Fifth Item of the Accusation; And Pelagius\u2019 Answer.\nAfter the judges had accorded their approbation to this answer of Pelagius, another passage which he had written in his book was read aloud: \u201cThe kingdom of heaven was promised even in the Old Testament.\u201d Upon this, Pelagius remarked in vindication: \u201cThis can be proved by the Scriptures: but heretics, in order to disparage the Old Testament, deny this. I, however, simply followed the authority of the Scriptures when I said this; for in the prophet Daniel it is written: \u2018The saints shall receive the kingdom of the Most. High.\u2019\u201d 1642 After they had heard this answer, the synod said: \u201cNeither is this opposed to the Church\u2019s faith.\u201d","title":"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Vol. V: A Work on the Pro...","type":"page"}