Letter
CXXXII. From Augustine.
In this letter Augustine deals with the statement of
James ii. 10
(“whosoever shall keep the whole
law and yet offend in one point, he is guilty of all”) and
explains it by saying that every breach of the law is a breach of love.
He also takes occasion to criticise two doctrines of the schools then
prevalent, (1) that all sins are equal and (2) that he who has one
virtue has all and that all virtues are wanting to him who lacks
one.
The date of the letter is 415
a.d.
Its number in the Letters of Augustine is
CLXVII.