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Pelagius

noun
1.
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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... so their saints as duly brought, T' advance the Christian faith, effectually that wrought; Their David (one deriv'd of th' royal British blood), Who 'against Pelagius' false and damn'd opinions stood; And turn'd Menenia's name to David's sacred see. The patron of the ...
— A Select Collection of Old English Plays, Volume I. • R. Dodsley


Words linked to "Pelagius" :   monastic, monk


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