Pelagius

American  

[puh-ley-jee-uhs] / pəˈleɪ dʒi əs /

noun

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

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Pelagius British  

/ pɛˈleɪdʒɪəs /

noun

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

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Example Sentences

He said Pelagius, a Greek scholar born about the year 350, had said individuals had freedom to be whatever they chose.

From Seattle Times • May 11, 2021

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

From The New Yorker • Jun. 12, 2017

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

From Washington Post • May 20, 2015

The use of numbers began in the 6 century, when the second Pelagius took the suffix "junior."

From Slate • Mar. 11, 2013

Rome taken by Alaric 93 — Pelagius and Celestius in Africa 125 411.

From Sketches of Church History From A.D. 33 to the Reformation by Robertson, James Craigie