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  • noun In mammalogy, same as Monachus.

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  • noun a British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418)

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Examples

  • Thus, in Pelagius’ view, Adam and Eve, by eating the fruit, gained maturity, and therefore freedom.

    Augustine vs. Pelagius - Part One: Man, the Fall, and Original Sin | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • Pelagius is sibstituting human reason to satisfy human need to” help Christ in His atoning work.”

    Augustine vs. Pelagius - Part One: Man, the Fall, and Original Sin | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • Grace, in Pelagius’s view, was not the defining characteristic of the Saved, but rather was an aid provided by God to those who chose to follow His Commandments.

    Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Two - Grace, Salvation, and Redemption | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009

  • It was for the purpose of refuting certain doctrines, which had for some time past caused much agitation in the Church, and which originated with one Morgan, a native of North Wales, who left his country at an early age and repaired to Italy, where having adopted the appellation of Pelagius, which is a Latin translation of his own name Morgan, which signifies "by the seashore," he soon became noted as a theological writer.

    Archive 2005-08-14 Laban 2005

  • It was for the purpose of refuting certain doctrines, which had for some time past caused much agitation in the Church, and which originated with one Morgan, a native of North Wales, who left his country at an early age and repaired to Italy, where having adopted the appellation of Pelagius, which is a Latin translation of his own name Morgan, which signifies "by the seashore," he soon became noted as a theological writer.

    Wild Wales Laban 2005

  • It was for the purpose of refuting certain doctrines, which had for some time past caused much agitation in the Church, and which originated with one Morgan, a native of North Wales, who left his country at an early age and repaired to Italy, where having adopted the appellation of Pelagius, which is a Latin translation of his own name

    Wild Wales : Its People, Language and Scenery 2004

  • It came on the twenty-sixth of June and was called Pelagius in the calendar.

    Pelle the Conqueror — Complete Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911

  • It came on the twenty-sixth of June and was called Pelagius in the calendar.

    Pelle the Conqueror — Volume 01 Martin Andersen Nex�� 1911

  • Acacius remained on friendly terms with Meletius, and was still able to name Pelagius for the see of Laodicea.

    The Arian Controversy Henry Melvill Gwatkin 1880

  • "Pelagius," said Totila, with an insulting smile, "your pride now condescends to become a suppliant."

    History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 4 Edward Gibbon 1765

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