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Pelagianism

Pelagianism is a Christian theological position that holds that the fall did not taint human nature and that humans by divine grace have free will to achieve human perfection. Pelagius (c. 355 – c. 420 AD), an ascetic and philosopher from the British Isles, taught that God could not command believers to do the impossible, and therefore it must be…

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Pelagianismis aheresy of denying Catholic Church teaching on original sin0.90text
Pelagianismis asolution to the problem of evil that invokes libertarian free will as both the cause of human suffering and a sufficient good to justify it0.90text
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