Pelagian controversy

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The Pelagian controversy was a major early Christian theological dispute over original sin, human free will, and divine grace, sparked by the teachings of Pelagius and condemned as heresy by the Western Church.

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instanceOf Christian doctrinal dispute ⓘ
theological controversy ⓘ
chronology c. 411–431 ⓘ
condemnedBy Council of Carthage (418) ⓘ
Council of Ephesus (431) ⓘ
linked to: Council of Ephesus

Pope Zosimus ⓘ
hasPart Pelagianism ⓘ
Semi-Pelagianism ⓘ
historicalContext late antiquity ⓘ
influenced Augustinian theology ⓘ
Reformation-era discussions of justification ⓘ
doctrine of grace in Western Christianity ⓘ
medieval scholastic debates on grace and free will ⓘ
involves Celestius ⓘ
Council of Carthage (418) ⓘ
Council of Ephesus (431) ⓘ
linked to: Council of Ephesus

Julian of Eclanum ⓘ
Pope Innocent I ⓘ
Pope Zosimus ⓘ
languageOfDebate Latin ⓘ
location North Africa ⓘ
Palestine ⓘ
Rome ⓘ
Western Roman Empire ⓘ
mainTopic divine grace ⓘ
human free will ⓘ
original sin ⓘ
notableTextualContext Augustine of Hippo’s anti-Pelagian writings ⓘ
Jerome’s polemical writings against Pelagius ⓘ
opposedBy Augustine of Hippo ⓘ
Jerome ⓘ
Western Church authorities ⓘ
positionOfOpponents affirmation of original sin ⓘ
denial that humans can achieve salvation by their own powers ⓘ
necessity of prevenient grace for any good act ⓘ
positionOfPelagius affirmation of human moral ability without interior transforming grace ⓘ
denial of inherited original sin ⓘ
emphasis on free will and human responsibility ⓘ
relatedTo anthropology in Christian theology ⓘ
doctrine of justification ⓘ
doctrine of predestination ⓘ
religion Christianity ⓘ
result condemnation of Pelagianism as heresy ⓘ
startedBy Pelagius ⓘ
timePeriod early 5th century ⓘ
tradition Latin Church ⓘ

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Pope Zosimus → involvedIn → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
Second Council of Orange → mainTopic → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
Augustinian theology → developedInContextOf → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
late Roman Christianity → associatedWith → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
Pope Innocent I → involvedIn → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
Epistola Tractoria → historicalContext → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
North African Christian communities → knownFor → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
Council of Diospolis (415 CE) → partOf → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
Catholic bishops of Carthage → involvedIn → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
Diocese of Hippo Regius → associatedWith → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
On the Spirit and the Letter → addresses → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
On Nature and Grace → historicalContext → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
On Marriage and Concupiscence → historicalContext → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
On the Grace of the New Testament → associatedWith → Augustinian–Pelagian controversy ⓘ
linked to: Pelagian controversy
Celestius → historicalContext → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
Ad Florum → historicalContext → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
Ad Turbantium → associatedWith → Pelagian controversy ⓘ
Ad Turbantium → associatedWith → Julian of Eclanum–Augustine of Hippo debate ⓘ
linked to: Pelagian controversy
Rufinus of Syria → associatedWith → Pelagian controversy ⓘ