Pelagianism

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Christian theological doctrine doctrinal system

Pelagianism is a Christian theological doctrine, associated with the monk Pelagius, that emphasizes human free will and denies original sin’s crippling effect on the ability to choose good without divine grace.

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Surface form Occurrences
Pelagian controversy 4
Pelagian 1
Pelagian movement 1

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian theological doctrine ⓘ
doctrinal system ⓘ
associatedWith Praxeas ⓘ
surface form: Celestius

Julian of Eclanum ⓘ
Pelagius ⓘ
category 5th-century Christian controversy ⓘ
Christian heresy ⓘ
condemnedByCouncil Council of Carthage (418) ⓘ
Council of Ephesus ⓘ
surface form: Council of Ephesus (431)

Second Council of Orange ⓘ
surface form: Second Council of Orange (529)
consideredHeresyBy Roman Catholicism ⓘ
surface form: Catholic Church

Eastern Orthodox Christianity ⓘ
surface form: Eastern Orthodox Church

most Protestant traditions ⓘ
contrastedWith Augustinian theology ⓘ
surface form: Augustinianism

semi-Pelagianism ⓘ
denies the crippling effect of original sin on human will ⓘ
the necessity of interior transforming grace for the first good act ⓘ
emphasizes human free will ⓘ
human moral responsibility ⓘ
geographicOrigin Western Roman Empire ⓘ
hasDoctrinalFocus anthropology ⓘ
hamartiology ⓘ
soteriology ⓘ
historicalStatus rejected by mainstream Christianity ⓘ
influenced later discussions of human freedom in Western theology ⓘ
influencedDebateOn grace and free will ⓘ
original sin ⓘ
inspiredResponsesBy Augustine’s anti-Pelagian writings ⓘ
namedAfter Pelagius ⓘ
opposedBy Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Jerome ⓘ
relatedMovement semi-Pelagianism ⓘ
religiousTradition Christianity ⓘ
sourceLanguageName Latin ⓘ
teaches Adam’s sin injured Adam alone ⓘ
baptism is not strictly necessary to remove original sin ⓘ
human beings are born morally neutral ⓘ
humans can choose good without prior divine grace ⓘ
timePeriod early 5th century ⓘ
viewOnBaptism baptism is not required to remove inherited guilt ⓘ
viewOnGrace grace is not strictly necessary for the initial act of faith ⓘ
grace is primarily external help such as law and teaching ⓘ
viewOnHumanNature human nature is fundamentally intact after the Fall ⓘ
viewOnInfants infants are born without original guilt ⓘ
viewOnLaw Mosaic law and Christ’s teaching are sufficient moral guidance ⓘ
viewOnPerfection moral perfection is possible in this life ⓘ
viewOnSin affirms that sin consists in freely chosen acts ⓘ
denies inherited guilt from Adam ⓘ

Referenced by (18)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Augustine of Hippo → combated → Pelagianism ⓘ
Council of Orange (529) → condemned → Pelagianism ⓘ
Pelagius → conflict → Pelagianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pelagian controversy
Letter to Demetrias → hasInfluenced → Pelagianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pelagian controversy
Pelagius → influenced → Pelagianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pelagian movement
Pelagius → knownFor → Pelagianism ⓘ
Letter to Demetrias → mainSubject → Pelagianism ⓘ
Pelagius → movement → Pelagianism ⓘ
Pope Zosimus → opposed → Pelagianism ⓘ
Augustinian theology → opposes → Pelagianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Semi-Pelagianism
Letter to Demetrias → relatedEvent → Pelagianism ⓘ
this entity surface form: Pelagian controversy
this entity surface form: Pelagian controversy
this entity surface form: Pelagian