Pelagius

Pelagius (c. 354 — after 418) was a celebrated heresiarch of the 5th century, born in Britain or Brittany. He denied original sin and the orthodox doctrine of divine grace as the originating and sustaining power in redemption, a heresy for which he suffered banishment from Rome in 418 at the hands of the Church. A modification of this theory went under the name of Semi-Pelagianism, which ascribes only the first step in conversion to free-will, and the subsequent sanctification of the soul to God's grace.

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Pelasgi, Peleus, Pelew Islands, Pelham, Pelias, Pelican