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Pelagianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Pelagianism is a theological theory named after Pelagius (AD 354 – AD 420/440). It is the belief that original sin did not taint human nature and that mortal will is still capable of choosing good or...
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Semipelagianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Semipelagianism is a Christian theological understanding about salvation; that is, the means by which humanity and God are restored to a right relationship. Semipelagian thought stands in contrast to...
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Pelagianism derives its name from Pelagius who lived in the 5th century A.D. and was a teacher in Rome, though he was British by birth. It is a heresy dealing with the nature of man. ... Pelagianism fails to understand man's nature and weakness. We are by nature sinners (Eph. 2:3; Psalm 51:5). We all have sinned because...
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Pelagianism was a strict teaching of self-reliance. Pelagius phrased it as: homo libero arbitrio emancipatus a deo: "man, created free, is with his whole sphere independent of God and the Church, the Living Body of Christ—though Christ, Church, and sacraments mightily teach and help"
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Several articles on Semi-Pelagianism. A source of information for deeper understanding of religious subjects. ... Semi-Pelagianism involved doctrines, upheld during the period from 427 to 529, that rejected the extreme views both of Pelagius and of Augustine in regards to the priority of divine grace and human will in...
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Several articles on Pelagian and Pelagianism. A source of information for deeper understanding of religious subjects. ... Pelagianism is the name given to the teachings of Pelagius, a British Christian active in Rome in the late 4th and early 5th centuries.
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Modern scholarship, however, has revised the picture by arguing that he did not take the more extreme positions later associated with Pelagianism.(1) There is, however, an overwhelming consensus in the Western Church that the positions traditionally ascribed to Pelagius and certainly taught by his key followers...
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