Directory of Pelagianism Resources

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Pelagianism views humanity as basically good and morally unaffected by the Fall. It denies the imputation of Adam's sin, original sin, total depravity, and substitutionary atonement. It simultaneously views man as fundamentally good and in possession of libertarian free will. With regards to salvation, it teaches that man has the ability in and of himself (apart from divine aid) to obey God and earn eternal salvation. Pelagianism was deemed to be incompatible with the Bible and was historically opposed by Augustine (354-430), Bishop of Hippo, leading to its condemnation as a heresy at Council of Carthage in 418 A.D. These condemnations were summarily ratified at the Council of Ephesus (A.D. 431).

Resources in This Category

• Augustine and the Pelagian Controversy

  http://www.ritchies.net/p2wk6.htm
  A historical article on Augustine and Pelagianism and Semi-Pelaginism.

• Pelagianism

  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pelagianism
  A Wikipedia article on the history of Pelagianism and a comparison with the teachings of the church fathers.

• Pelagianism

  http://mb-soft.com/believe/txc/pelagian.htm
  Several articles on Pelagius and Pelagianism.

• Pelagianism

  http://carm.org/pelagianism
  A short history and a list of the councils at which it was condemned.

• Pelagius and Pelagianism

  http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/11604a.htm
  A Catholic Encyclopedia article on the life and writing of Pelagius and Caelestius and the controversy which followed.

 

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