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Pelagius ?360--?420 ad, British monk, who originated the body of doctrines known as Pelagianism and was condemned for heresy (417) How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| These last had three targets: Manichaeans; Donatists (an African sect with extreme views on priestly "purity", whose militant atrocities account for his severe penalties against them); Pelagius (dubbed by Jerome "a Scottish porridge-eater") who fastened on the sentence "Give what you command and command what you wish" (Confessions 16. Jerome but is known now to stem from Augustine's opponent Pelagius or from his immediate circle of followers. This is a common-enough Calvinist objection to non-Calvinist alternatives, but Ella attempts to bolster his case against "Fullerism" by linking it with the thought of Pelagius, Abelard, Socinius, Grotius, and Arminius. |
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