Pelagius

[puh-ley-jee-uhs]

noun

1. 360?–420?, English monk and theologian who lived in Rome: teachings opposed by St. Augustine.

Pelagius

/ pɛˈleɪdʒɪəs /

noun

1. ?360–?420 _ad , British monk, who originated the body of doctrines known as Pelagianism and was condemned for heresy (417)

Example Sentences

Hawley made a striking declaration about his view of Americans in a June 2019 article in Christianity Today, titled “The Age of Pelagius.”

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Chief among those who found it both absurd and repulsive was a British-born monk, Pelagius.

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Pelagius and much of early Celtic Christianity “did not see a newborn as a sinner in need of forgiveness.”

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Jones joins Saint Paul, Augustine, Pelagius, John Calvin and countless social scientists in engaging the perennial question as to the limits to human freedom.

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The Archdeacon Pelagius interceded with similar humanity and similar success, when Rome had been captured by Totila.

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