[De articulis fidei]

...on their lips they place their finger. For passalos in Greek is called a peg, and rynthos a nose. Some also said that a man cannot be saved unless he always walks barefoot. Against whom the Apostle says in 1 Corinthians 10: "All things are lawful for me, but not all things are expedient." From which it is understood that although some things are assumed by holy men as expedient, the opposites are not rendered illicit because of this. The eighth is the error of those who say, on the contrary, that the works of perfection are not to be preferred to the common life of the faithful. As Jovinianus posited that virginity is not preferred to marriage. Against that which is said in 1 Corinthians 7: "He who joins his virgin in marriage does well, and he who does not join her does better." And likewise Vigilantius, who equated the state of those possessing riches to the state of poverty assumed for Christ's sake. Against whom Matthew 18 says: "If you want to be perfect, go and sell all that you have, and give, etc." The ninth error is that of those denying free will, just as certain ones denied it, saying that souls which are of evil creation cannot but sin. Against whom it is said in 1 John 2: "These things I write to you, that you may not sin." The tenth error is that of the Priscillianists and also the Manichaeans, saying that men are bound by fatal stars. So that their works are subjected to the necessity of the stars. Against whom it is said in Jeremiah 10: "Be not afraid of the signs of heaven, which the nations fear." The eleventh error is that of those saying that men having the grace of God and charity cannot sin. So that they assert that those who sometimes sin never had charity. Against which it is said in Apocalypse 2: "You have left your first charity; remember therefore from where you have fallen." The twelfth error is that of those...