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Pelagianism

DEFINITIONS OF: Pelagianism

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n the theological doctrine put forward by Pelagius which denied original sin and affirmed the ability of humans to be righteous; condemned as heresy by the Council of Ephesus in 431

Type of:
heresy, unorthodoxy
a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
theological doctrine
the doctrine of a religious group
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