pelagianism

Noun

Meaning

The doctrines of Pelagius.

Source: Webster's dictionary

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After the new synodal letter of the African council of 1 May 418 to the pope, and after the steps taken by the emperor Honorius against the Pelagians, Zosimus issued his Tractoria, in which Pelagianism and its authors were finally condemned. Source: Internet

Arminius, Writings 2:192 Many Calvinist critics of Arminianism, both historically and currently, claim that Arminianism condones, accepts, or even explicitly supports Pelagianism or Semi-Pelagianism. Source: Internet

Pelagianism has come to be identified with the view (whether taught by Pelagius or not) that human beings can earn salvation by their own efforts. Source: Internet

Francis ends Chapter 2 with a prayer: “May the Lord set the Church free from these new forms of Gnosticism and Pelagianism that weigh her down and block her progress along the path to holiness!” Source: Internet

Each one in its own way denigrated Christ's incarnation and was judged by the church to represent false teaching: gnosticism and Pelagianism. Source: Internet

Pelagianism has come to mean – unfairly to its founder – the view that human beings can earn salvation by their own efforts. Source: Internet

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