Semi-Pelagian

2 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Semi-Pelagian \Sem`i-Pe*la"gi*an\, n. (Eccl. Hist.)
     A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448),
     who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human
     merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit's
     influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the
     Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do


     good, and the certain perseverance of the saints.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Semi-Pelagian \Sem`i-Pe*la"gi*an\, a.
     Of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets.
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