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| | Pelagianism - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | Pelagianism is a belief that original sin did not taint human nature (which, being created from God, was divine), and that mortal will is still capable of choosing good or evil without Divine aid. | | | Indeed, Pelagianism never vanished completely from the Christian history, acquiring always new variations and slightly doutrinary forms, shifting to parallel expressions of teachings, like the Semi-Pelagianism, quickened after centuries once again, during the breeding of 19th Century evangelical American revival movements and their defenders, with the theology exposed by Charles Finney, an ex-presbyterian preacher. | | | Jerome emerged as one of the chief critics of Pelagianism, because, according Jerome, Pelagius' view essentially denied the work of the Messiah; he personally preferring “teacher” or “master” to any epithet implying divine power. |
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| | AllRefer.com - Pelagianism (Christianity, General) - Encyclopedia |
| | The church fought Pelagianism from the time that Celestius was denied ordination in 411. | | | Pelagius challenged the very function of the church, claiming that the law as well as the gospel can lead one to heaven and that pagans had been able to enter heaven by virtue of their moral actions before the coming of Christ. | | | You are here : AllRefer.com > Reference > Encyclopedia > Christianity, General > Pelagianism |
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| | PELAGIANISM, Pelagius |
| | The Council of Ephesus in 431 A.D., again denounced Pelagian doctrine and it was banished in the Greek portion of the church. | | | Just like in the doctrines of Pelagianism and semi-Pelagianism, Arminianism proposes a belief that is not supported in scripture. | | | This gospel of salvation that resulted from the Pelagian belief was based on human works. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Pelagius and Pelagianism |
| | Among the eighteen bishops of Italy who were exiled on account of their refusal to sign the papal decree, Julian, Bishop of Eclanum, a city of Apulia now deserted, was the first to protest against the "Tractoria" of Zosimus. | | | These clearly worded canons, which (except the last-named) afterwards came to be articles of faith binding on the universal Church, gave the death blow to Pelagianism; sooner or later it would bleed to death. | | | The assertion that every bishop of the world was obliged to confirm this circular by his own signature, cannot be proved, it is more probable that the bishops were required to transmit to Rome a written agreement; if a bishop refused to sign, he was deposed from his office and banished. |
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http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11604a.htm
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| | Chapter 8 |
| | Pelagianism has as its central proposition that man's free-will is unimpaired, that no influence fetters or dominates his choice between good and evil, and that he has all the power he ever had, or needs to have, if he chooses to put it forth, to will and to do what is spiritually good. | | | Pelagianism sweeps the whole field of theological science, and urgently demands that all within that field shall be brought into harmony with itself. | | | The latter was of noble birth; and being a man of acknowledged ability, and possessing, moreover, the quick wit of his countrymen, he stood forth at the head of the sect as its facile princeps, and the most successful expounder of its peculiar tenets. |
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| | Pelagius |
| | To say that Pelagianism is heresy, is to stand in the broadest stream of the Western Church. | | | There is, however, an overwhelming consensus in the Western Church that the positions traditionally ascribed to Pelagius and certainly taught by his key followers are heretical and outside the pale of Christian orthodoxy (2). | | | For most of the ancient Church infant baptism was a given, since it was widely understood that it washed away original sin. |
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http://public.csusm.edu/public/guests/rsclark/Pelagius.htm
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| | What is Pelagianism and Semi-Pelagianism? |
| | While Pelagianism says that human beings are not born with a natural inclination towards sin, the Bible says the opposite (Romans 3:10-18). | | | The same Scriptures that refute Pelagianism will also refute Semi-Pelagianism. | | | Romans 3:10-18 most definitely does not describe humanity as only being partially tainted by sin. |
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| | Pelagianism: The Religion of Natural Man, by Michael Horton |
| | To the degree that human beings are seen as agents of their own salvation, the church loses its power, since the Gospel is "the power of God unto salvation for everyone who believes" (Rom 1:16). | | | At its root, the Reformation was an attack on Pelagianism and its rising influence, as it choked out the life of Christ in the world. | | | Pelagianism: The Religion of Natural Man, by Michael Horton |
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| | Pelagianism |
| | Often identified as a monk but probably a layman, Pelagius was a biblical interpreter (he wrote a commentary on Paul's letters) and theologian who stressed the human ability to fulfill the commands of God. | | | In Rome he became the center of a largely aristocratic group whose aim was to pursue the most rigorous form of the religious life in contrast to the indifferent morality of other Christians. | | | God's predestination operates according to the quality of the lives God foresees men will lead. |
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| | Pelagianism |
| | The basis of Pelagian was strictly a Storic doctrine of free will and the innate goodness of nature. | | | He was particularly opposed to the doctrine of original sin and the immorality which he saw within the Church of Rome. | | | The controversy between the Church and the followers continued after 418 when Pelagius was excommunicated and there is no further information of him. |
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http://www.themystica.com/mystica/articles/p/pelagianism.html
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| | Pelagianism |
| | In a series of treatises and church synods, both Augustine and Jerome sought to refute Pelagius until, finally, in AD 418 a church council declared him to be a heretic. | | | Pelagius left Rome, having lived there for many years, after it was sacked by the Visigoths in AD 410 and went first to North Africa, where he was confronted by Augustine, and then to Palestine, where he had the support of the bishop of Jerusalem to preach his doctrine. | | | But their doctrine was confounded by Germanus, who then led the newly baptized Britons in battle against the Saxons and Picts, defeating the startled enemy with shouts of Alleluia. |
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http://itsa.ucsf.edu/%7Esnlrc/britannia/earlychurch/pelagianism.html
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| | Story of the Church - Augustine and the Pelagian Controversy |
| | Augustinians, rather, simply affirm what Scripture plainly teaches, and it is semi-Pelagians and Pelagians who attempt to define God, and having defined him, they are unhappy with the plain Augustinian teaching, and they begin to spin theories that explain God and try to get him out of the trap of being sovereign. | | | Rather, Nestorius had welcomed some Pelagians to Constantinople and therefore the two heresies were associated in the bishops' minds. | | | Story of the Church - Augustine and the Pelagian Controversy |
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| | pelagianism |
| | The Catholic Church rejected Pelagianism in the fifth century. | | | To not follow St. Matthew is to be cast out, if the Word of God means anything. | | | It is entirely out of step with the writings of the New Testament. |
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| | Semi-Pelagianism |
| | He condemned the heresy of Pelagianism, teaching instead that natural powers were not sufficient to attain salvation. | | | 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 the initial work of salvation. | | | It would be more correct to call them Semi - Augustinians who, while rejecting the doctrines of Pelagius and respecting Augustine, were not willing to follow the ultimate consequences of his theology. |
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| | Rome has Spoken; the Case is Closed -- St. Augustine, Pelagianism, and the Holy See Rome Papacy |
| | Further, we shall discuss the role of the African bishops, and Popes Innocent I and Zosimus (the latter is used as an instance of "papal fallibility") during the Pelagian controversy. | | | It is about this time that St. Jerome addressed his well-known letter to the virgin Demestrias, whose renunciation of great wealth and position by her veiling had lately caused the admiration of all Christendom. | | | It is not to be gainsaid that the African Church looked upon the Roman Church as ever free from heresy, or as possessing an especial gift of faith. |
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| | Christian Heresy |
| | In their view every child was born absolutely innocent, free of what the traditional church called 'the original sin'. | | | Though the Moslem rulers did not forbid the practice of monophysite Christianity and so it has continued to co-exist in a small form alongside Islam to this day in countries like Syria, Egypt and Ethiopia. | | | Had previous heresies tried to provide alternative faiths on the holy trinity, then Pelagianism concerned itself with man. |
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| | Arminianism & Semi-Pelagianism |
| | Pelagianism in the Formation and the Reformation of the Christian Church | | | Pelagianism: The Religion of Natural Man by Michael S. Horton | | | The Pelagian Captivity of the Church By R. Sproul (.pdf) |
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http://www.monergism.com/thethreshold/articles/topic/arminianism.html
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| | Pope Zosimus and Pelagianism |
| | About the beginning or middle of the year 419, two letters of Pelagian authorship (the one ascribed to Julian, Bishop of Eclanum, and addressed to the new Pope Boniface, the other, by eighteen other dispossessed bishops) were much read. | | | We cannot pass over the expression "words of the Apostolic See"; they mean "the authoritative words of the successor of Peter," not merely the doctrine of an eminent bishop. | | | Augustine, with the acts before him, is making here an excuse for the Pope, who had been accused by the Pelagians of approving Celestius' doctrine of original sin. |
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| | Arminianism: The system of doctrine known as Arminianism is heresy. |
| | Men like Finney and Wesley, being the charismatic personalities they were, propagated the doctrine and resurrected the Pelagian error from the pit of hell once again to persecute the church of Christ. | | | They deter people from the Christ of the Bible because those who follow such doctrines do become twice sons of hell as those that propagate the doctrines. | | | So, to gain a clear understanding of where Arminianism came from and what heresies it teaches, read this article that I wrote on its history and theology: The Pelagian Captivity of the Church, by Dr. C. |
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| | TheologyWeb Campus - Pelagianism |
| | This cannot be claimed, for the Christian church of the first three centuries held to the doctrine of original sin and acknowledged moral corruption as a consequence of the fall (both of which Pelagius later denied). | | | Good try, but if you desire to debate whether Pelagianism is a heresy or not, or whether Arminianism is not a present form of semi-Pelagiansism, you will have to use Scripture to do so, because Scripture alone was the basis of my original post. | | | It seems to be a common thing to link this heresy only to the RCC, but in actuality the philosophy behind this teaching is rampant and dominant in the churches and seminaries of today, and I believe it is the basis of post-modern and new-age religions. |
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http://www.theologyweb.com/forum/archive/index.php/t-14248.html
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| | A Place for Truth Studies Page - Creeds Part 7 |
| | After Augustine's death, while many agreed with Augustine on many points, others disagreed with some portions of his theology; even where Pelagianism was definitely rejected. |
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| | The Origin and Nature of Pelagianism |
| | It was inevitable that the energy of the Church in intellectually realizing and defining its doctrines in relation to one another, should first be directed towards the objective side of Christian truth. | | | On the Spirit and the Letter, 4; On Nature and Grace, 53; On the Proceedings of Pelagius, 20, 22, 38; On the Grace of Christ, 2, 3, 8, 31, 42, 45; Against Two Letters of the Pelagians, iv. | | | Jerome found roots for the theory in Origen and Rufinus (Letter 133, 3), but this is a different matter. |
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| | A Place for Truth Pelagianism - Page 1 of 5 |
| | In contrast to these Augustinian doctrines of sin and grace, the controversial doctrine of Pelagianism would reappear in many forms to challenge these doctrines. | | | These doctrines of Salvation and Grace would continue to be debated throughout church history, through the Medieval period, the Reformation, and up to the 20 | | | A Place for Truth Pelagianism - Page 1 of 5 |
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| | Pelagianism |
| | 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. Pelagius, whose family name was Morgan, taught that people had the ability to fulfill the commands of God by exercising the freedom of human will apart from the grace of God. | | | God's grace, then, is merely an aid to help individuals come to Him. |
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http://www.evangelizeamerica.org/apologetics/heresies/pelagianism.htm
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| | Pelagianism: New Age Spirituality Dictionary on Pelagianism |
| | Therefore, there is no need of redemption and the crucifixion of Jesus is merely a supreme example of love, humility, obedience, and sacrifice. | | | For more articles related to Pelagianism, see: Pelagianism, New Age, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul. | | | (See also: Pelagianism, New Age Spirituality, Body Mind and Soul) |
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http://www.experiencefestival.com/a/Pelagianism/id/116595
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| | A Wolf in Sheep's Clothing: How Charles Finney's Theology Ravaged the Evangelical Movement |
| | Perfectionism was the logical consequence of Finney's Pelagianism, and its predictable result was spiritual disaster. | | | That is the doctrine of original sin, not a hyper-Calvinist dogma, but a standard tenet of Christian doctrine—and recognized as such by all mainstream Christians since the Pelagian heresy of the Fifth Century. | | | Note, too, that Finney rejected the idea that sinners are totally unable to please God (contra Rom. |
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| | Pelagius |
| | And his insistence that faith must be practical as well as spiritual remain hallmarks of Christians in Britain. | | | However, their view served for the basis of Pelagianism. | | | "The great German theologian Karl Barth a few years ago described British Christianity as "incurably Pelagian." The rugged individualism of the Celtic monk, his conviction that each person is free to choose between good and evil. |
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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Semipelagianism |
| | The Massilians, as they were called, were known throughout the Christian world as holy and virtuous men, conspicuous for their learning and asceticism. | | | The aged Augustine gathered all his remaining strength to prevent the revival of Pelagianism which had then been hardly overcome. | | | A.D. In opposition to Pelagianism, it was maintained at the General Council of Carthage in 418 as a principle of faith that Christian grace is absolutely necessary for the correct knowledge and performance of good, and that perfect sinlessness is impossible on earth even for the justified. |
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| | Bublos.com: Compare Book Prices ›› Diatribe against Absolution of the Pelagian Error:Letters & Other Writings ... |
| | E.D. Manard’s latest book, Diatribe against Absolution of the Pelagian Error, addresses this chimera and discovers it as the false gospel, countering that every converted person believes in Christ’s sole sufficiency—without exception. | | | Diatribe against Absolution of the Pelagian Error:Letters & Other Writings Confuting the Heresy of Arminian Pelagianism and That Lie's Neo-Ecumenical Toleration by the Reformed Establishment and Upholding the Gospel Standard of Free-Grace - E.D. Manard - Paperback | | | Bublos.com: Compare Book Prices ›› Diatribe against Absolution of the Pelagian Error:Letters & Other Writings Confuting the Heresy of Arminian Pelagianism and That Lie's Neo-Ecumenical Toleration by the Reformed Establishment and Upholding the Gospel Standard of Free-Grace - E.D. Manard - Paperback |
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| | “Calvinism and Evangelical Arminianism” by John L. Girardeau |
| | To hold that sinners are not spiritually dead is to accept the Pelagian and Socinian heresy that the natural man is able to do saving works. | | | He admits that the sinner is spiritually dead, and that in his own strength he can do no saving work. | | | There is no real difference between this position and that of the Socinian and Pelagian. |
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http://www.the-highway.com/calandarm_Girardeau.html
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| | Augustine & The Pelagian Controversy: The Theology of Grace |
| | Its central thought was the absolute dependence of the individual on the grace of God in Jesus Christ. | | | It leads to God, and it came from God; and in the midst of the controversies of so many ages it has shown itself an edifice whose solid core is built out of material 'which cannot be shaken.' | | | Its roots were planted deeply in his own experience, and in the teachings of Scripture, especially of that apostle whom he delights to call 'the great preacher of grace,' and to follow whom, in his measure, was his greatest desire. |
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| | A Primer on Semi-Pelagianism and Arminianism |
| | Indeed, the Catholic Church - despite constant bogus and astonishingly uninformed claims by Calvinists - has vigorously opposed Pelagianism in all forms from the time of St. Augustine. | | | The Second Council of Orange (529 A.D.), accepted as dogma by the Catholic Church, dogmatically taught in its Canon VII: | | | Trent must be understood in this light, and nothing in it contradicts 2nd Orange, Scripture, or the doctrine of all grace as originating from God, not man. Thus, neither Trent nor Catholicism is Pelagian or semi-Pelagian. |
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http://ic.net/~erasmus/RAZ179.HTM
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| | Evangelical Arminians: Option or Oxymoron? |
| | Such spokespersons may insist that they are merely contributing to the ongoing evolution and upward development of doctrine, but in fact they are merely reinventing old heresies. | | | Once he became an Arminian, Dr. Pinnock notes, "I soon realized something would have to be done about the received doctrine of God." God is no longer timeless, changeless, or even all-knowing. | | | As Arminius revived Semi-Pelagianism, Dr. Pinnock is merely advancing a revival of outright Pelagianism and Socinianism, enhanced by the latest academic craze-process theism. |
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| | Enlightenment - Pelagianism |
| | The theological doctrine propounded by Pelagius, a British monk, and condemned as heresy by the Roman Catholic Church in A.D. It denied original sin and affirmed the ability of human beings to be righteous by the exercise of free will. | | | Pelagianism, in Christian theology, is a heretical doctrine concerning grace and morals, which emphasizes human free will as the decisive element in human perfectibility and minimizes or denies the need for divine grace and redemption. | | | Starting in 412, Christian theologian Saint Augustine attacked the Pelagian doctrine of human moral autonomy. |
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| | Arminianism and Pelegianism Refuted |
| | "Throughout church history the debate concerning predestination has raged among three views: Pelagianism, semi-Pelagianism, and Augustinianism. | | | I did read them, but what led me to do so? | | | Pelagianism maintains that God's grace assists fallen man in redemption but is not necessary to attain salvation. |
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http://www.geocities.com/Athens/Forum/3505/arminianism_refuted.html
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| | Semi-Pelagianism |
| | Whereas in Pelagianism, there is the understanding that humans must live moral and superior lives in order to receive salvation, in classic Semi-Pelagianism, there is the belief that it is impossible to live sinless lives. | | | This is a somewhat moderate form of Pelagianism. | | | Therefore, the only way that people can receive salvation is through God |
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| | Practical Pelagianism |
| | Finney, "Perhaps it is not too much to say, that it is impossible for God himself to bring about reformations, but by new measures." "God cannot sustain this free and blessed country, which we love and pray for, unless the Church will take right ground" in regard to politics. | | | Finney alone, but of the whole class of Pelagian revivalists. |
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| | Britannia: The Pelagian Heresy |
| | Occupied with the constant barbarian threat and the continental escapades of the usurper, Constantine III, the legitimate emperor, Honorius, "sent letters to the communities of Britain, bidding them defend themselves." | | | The preaching of the heresy of Pelagianism was outlawed by the Roman Emperor, Honorius. |
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| | Christian History Corner: Between Extremes - Christianity Today Magazine |
| | Caesarius thought that his fellow church leaders in France had slipped from rigorous Augustinian orthodoxy toward the ideas of Augustine's most bitter enemy, Pelagius. | | | Pelagius, who had never been as "Pelagian" as his followers, had already retreated to a nomad's life in the East. | | | Whatever your view of Pelagianism, it shows that you just can't some ideas down. |
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| | Pelagianism |
| | Go here to view some excerpts from early Church fathers on FreeWill: | | | There were early Christians that believed just as I stated in my replies to Pelagianism. | | | If someone believes in the Trinity, it does not make them one point Catholic nor Semi-Catholic. |
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| | VIII. PELAGIANISM IN THE WESTERN CHURCH -- ROBERT BARAL'S NEW CHRISTIAN CRUSADE! |
| | Note: This forum is moderated -- new posts are not visible until approved. | | | PELAGIANISM IN THE WESTERN CHURCH > > In "Thomas Cranmer" by Diamaid MacCulloch, we find a >summary of the controversy of the means of salvation - >grace or works - which was a heated issue even in the >days of Cranmer and Luther. | | | In reply to: Robert Baral 's message, "PELAGIUS VS. AUGUSTINE - PELAGIANISM REFUTED - SALVATION VIA DIVINE GRACE OVER THAT OF GOOD WORKS" on 12:29:27 05/17/05 Tue |
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| | Chapter 1: The Semi-Pelagian Controversy |
| | It was because of the attacks of the Semi-Pelagians that Augustine was brought back once again to Scripture to study the Scriptural passages involved and to re-evaluate his work in the light of the Word of God. | | | The result of his work was that Pelagianism was officially condemned by the church as early as the Council of Carthage in 416 and the Council of Ephesus in 431, the latter held one year after Augustine's death. | | | Although Augustine had outlined his basic position in the Pelagian controversy, the attacks of the so-called Semi-Pelagians forced him to define more sharply and defend more carefully his views. |
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| | Decisional Regeneration by James E. Adams |
| | To believe in the power of man in the work of regeneration is the great heresy of Rome, and from that error has come the ruin of the Church. | | | Conversion proceeds from the grace of God alone, and the system which ascribes it partly to man and partly to God is worse than Pelagianism. |
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| | Augustine (354-430) By Miles Hodges |
| | Augustine argued on behalf of Rome against the Donatists and was influential in turning North African Christianity in alliegence to Rome and to Catholic or "universal" Christianity--and not local (schismatic) Christianity. | | | But Pelagian followers stirred up so much trouble within Christiandom that eventually a doctrine called "Pelagianism" was condemned as heresy by the Bishop of Rome in 418 and by a general council at Ephesus in 431(the year after Augustine's death). | | | As Pelagius moved on to Palestine, Augustine sent word to Palestine to be on the lookout for Pelagius' heresy; but Pelagius denied that he held the same views of his disciple Coelestius. |
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| | AKH: Semi-Pelagianism |
| | It’s actually a half-witted version of good old Pelagianism, to which it inexorably slides.) It was recast and popularized many centuries later by Arminius, and thus is now more commonly referred to as Arminianism. |
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| | Princeton and Pelagianism |
| | Alexander on The Early History of Pelagianism provides a clear account of the doctrines of Pelagianism: for example, people become sinners by imitation not by generation; infants are born in the state in which Adam was before he sinned; temporal death is a necessity of nature, not a consequence of Adam's sin. | | | He argues that, contrary to the Pelagianism of the new evangelists, Calvinism teaches that the change secured in regeneration "is a moral one and takes place in a manner perfectly congruous to the nature of a rational and active being". | | | He concludes: "When sinners are thus represented as depending on themselves, God having done all He can, exhausted all His power in vain for their conversion, how they can be made to feel that they are in His hands, depending on His sovereign grace, we cannot conceive". |
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