[vladimir998]

You wrote: "Dealt with here" No, it isn't. Look at what your author DID NOT DEAL WITH: "...after all, how do we know what greater degree of grace for a complete victory over sin was conferred on her who merited to conceive and bring forth Him who all admit was without sin..." What GREATER DEGREE OF GRACE. Augustine is not just saying he won't deal with it. He's saying Mary receieved a greater degree of grace, but he doesn't know how much.

[topcat54]

He's saying Mary receieved a greater degree of grace, but he doesn't know how much.

True, but he is clearly not coming out an affirming the post-medieval RC doctrine of the IC. He asks, “how do we know?” Well, the point is, according to Augustine, we don’t. Certainly not to the point of making it dogma of the church.