Pelagian
noun
a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.
Pelagian
American
[puh-lay-jee-uhn, -juhn]
/ pəˈleɪ dʒi ən, -dʒən /
noun
adjective
Pelagian
1
British
/ pɛˈleɪdʒɪən /
adjective
noun
pelagian
2
British
/ pɛˈleɪdʒɪən /
adjective
Other Word Forms
Etymology
Origin of Pelagian
1525–35; < Late Latin Pelagiānus; see -an
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“It’s like Anthony Burgess’s idea that Pelagian liberalism alternates historically with Augustinian conservatism,” he said.
From The Guardian ● Jul. 10, 2019
Thousands of others have arrived on nearby Pelagian islands, as well as Sicily and Sardinia.
From Newsweek ● Jun. 12, 2011
Today's "attempts at tragedy have abandoned this finite image for a new Pelagian tactic, for a new type of third act, the third act of the power and the exclamation point."
From Time Magazine Archive
By the close of the Middle Ages, says Dr. Hardman, the Pelagian doctrine of merit had virtually replaced Augustinian predestination in the practical workings of the Church.
From Time Magazine Archive
Augustine was still busied in the Pelagian controversy when a fearful calamity burst upon his country.
From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by James Craigie Robertson
Analogous circumstances may have caused, in the ancient catastrophes of our planet, that singular mixture of pelagian and fluviatile bones and petrifactions, which is observed in some rocks of recent formation.
From Personal Narrative of Travels to the Equinoctial Regions of America, During the Year 1799-1804 — Volume 2 by Alexander von Humboldt
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