Theological Term of the Week
Tuesday, July 29, 2014 at 7:43PM
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Pelagianism
A kind of theism that claims to be Christian but has been condemned as heretical throughout Christian history. In this view, human beings are not born sinful, but are able to live good moral lives and thus receive eternal life as a reward.

Learn more:

  1. GotQuestions.org: What are Pelagianism and Semi-Pelagianism?
  2. Christian Apologetics and Research Ministry: Pelagianism
  3. Theopedia: Pelagianism
  4. R. C. Sproul: The Pelagian Controversy
  5. Michael Horton: Pelagianism: The Religion of the Natural Man
  6. R. Scott Clark: Pelagianism

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