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Pelagianism

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Pelagianism , Christian heretical sect that rose in the 5th cent. challenging St. Augustine's conceptions of grace and predestination . The doctrine was advanced by the celebrated monk and theologian Pelagius (c.355-c.425). He was probably born in Britain. After studying Roman law and rhetoric and later theology in England and Rome, he preached in Africa and Palestine, attracting able followers, such as Celestius and Julian of Eclannum. Pelagius thought that St. Augustine was excessively pessimistic in his view that humanity is sinful by nature and must rely totally upon grace for... Read more
Pelagianism
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church Pelagianism. Theologically, Pelagianism is the heresy that man can take the initial steps towards salvation...transmission of Original Sin seems to have been introduced into Pelagianism by Rufinus the Syrian, who influenced Pelagius’ supporter... Read more
Pelagianism
The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions Pelagianism. The Christian heresy which holds that a person can...way that individuals are free to choose good or evil. Pelagianism was finally condemned at the Council of Ephesus in 431...France in the form of a movement now called ‘semi-Pelagianism’. First expounded by John Cassian , this ... Read more

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Reclaiming the doctrine of sanctification
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 10/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...certain problems, including the charges of individualism, Pelagianism, and detachment from the concerns of the world. Nevertheless...certain approaches to sanctification concerns an incipient Pelagianism. From a Lutheran perspective, too great an emphasis upon... Read more
Christ in Celtic Christianity: Britain and Ireland from the Fifth to the Tenth Century
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 1/1/2004; ; 566 words ; ...context that was profoundly influenced by Pelagianism. The extent of the Pelagian heresy in...finding previously unknown evidence for Pelagianism. What they do is to examine literary...its argument on the significance of Pelagianism will need to be considered by all those... Read more
Sovereign grace: Is reformed theology obsolete?
Magazine article from: Interpretation; 1/1/2003; ; 700+ words ; The Reformed witness to grace may be even more needed today than it was in the sixteenth century, since now Pelagianism seems comfortably at home in the Reformed churches. But the question is whether "sovereign grace" requires the predestinarianism... Read more
N. T. WRIGHT AND SAUL'S MORAL BOOTSTRAPS: NEWER LIGHT ON "THE NEW PERSPECTIVE"
Magazine article from: Trinity Journal; 10/1/2004; ; 700+ words ; ...knew was not "a form of the old heresy Pelagianism, according to which humans must pull...the phrases "moral bootstraps" and "Pelagianism" is no accident. This constant repetition...thought of it as an early version of Pelagianism.4 Among other things, this agreement... Read more
Linthicum: Andover Baptist Church starts adult fellowship
Newspaper article from: Maryland Gazette; 1/10/2007; ; 612 words ; ...Sunday with the focus on how God's sovereignty coincides with the concept of human free will. Discussions will address how Pelagianism has infiltrated modern evangelical Christianity, and additional topics include: "Are We Born Free?"; "The Loss of Liberty... Read more
The Rise of the Imperial Self: America's Culture Wars in Augustinian Perspective.(Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State; 1/1/1999; ; 700+ words ; ...City of God. The actual principles of Manicheism, Platonism, Pelagianism, Donatism, and pagan aristocracy can be detected in the worldview...committed to the heresies of Manicheism, Donatism, Platonism, Pelagianism, and paganism. Consider as an example a different stereotype... Read more
Church and Faith in the Patristic Tradition
Magazine article from: Anglican Theological Review; 10/1/1997; ; 512 words ; ...and felicitous style. These nineteen essays and reviews date from 1996 to 1993, and include three on Augustine, three on Pelagianism (and Augustine), and five on Bede. A minor nuisance is that the pagination does not continue from one essay to another (something... Read more
Heresies and How to Avoid Them: Why It Matters What Christians Believe
Magazine article from: The Catholic Historical Review; 1/1/2008; ; 370 words ; ...scholars of the early Church, featuring Arianism, Docetism, Nestorianism, Eutychianism, Theopaschitism, Marcionism, Donatism, Pelagianism, and Gnosticism. However, the articles expand to cover some heresies in Medieval Christianity, including the Adoptionism... Read more
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Magazine article from: Theological Studies; 9/1/1993; ; 700+ words ; ...about the body) and with people (e.g. Pelagianism and Augustine) also come to light. She...links the Origenist controversy with Pelagianism and Augustine's response. Here the question...is at the heart of his struggle with Pelagianism on issues of human destiny, free will... Read more
The Devil and Doctor Dwight: Satire and Theology in the Early American Republic.(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Journal of Church and State; 1/1/2004; ; 521 words ; ...called the pudding, the idea that all people would eventually be saved. Dwight saw this doctrine as the latest version of Pelagianism: the belief that man was inherently virtuous. More broadly, he saw Chauncy's universalism as symptomatic of a broader cultural... Read more

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