Pelagian controversy

E393665

The Pelagian controversy was a major early Christian theological dispute over original sin, human free will, and divine grace, sparked by the teachings of Pelagius and condemned as heresy by the Western Church.

All labels observed (3)

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf Christian doctrinal dispute
theological controversy
chronology c. 411–431
condemnedBy Council of Carthage (418)
Council of Ephesus (431)
linked to: Council of Ephesus

Pope Zosimus
hasPart Pelagianism
Semi-Pelagianism
historicalContext late antiquity
influenced Augustinian theology
Reformation-era discussions of justification
doctrine of grace in Western Christianity
medieval scholastic debates on grace and free will
involves Celestius
Council of Carthage (418)
Council of Ephesus (431)
linked to: Council of Ephesus

Julian of Eclanum
Pope Innocent I
Pope Zosimus
languageOfDebate Latin
location North Africa
Palestine
Rome
Western Roman Empire
mainTopic divine grace
human free will
original sin
notableTextualContext Augustine of Hippo’s anti-Pelagian writings
Jerome’s polemical writings against Pelagius
opposedBy Augustine of Hippo
Jerome
Western Church authorities
positionOfOpponents affirmation of original sin
denial that humans can achieve salvation by their own powers
necessity of prevenient grace for any good act
positionOfPelagius affirmation of human moral ability without interior transforming grace
denial of inherited original sin
emphasis on free will and human responsibility
relatedTo anthropology in Christian theology
doctrine of justification
doctrine of predestination
religion Christianity
result condemnation of Pelagianism as heresy
startedBy Pelagius
timePeriod early 5th century
tradition Latin Church

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (22)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Pope Zosimus involvedIn Pelagian controversy
Second Council of Orange mainTopic Pelagian controversy
Augustinian theology developedInContextOf Pelagian controversy
late Roman Christianity associatedWith Pelagian controversy
Pope Innocent I involvedIn Pelagian controversy
Epistola Tractoria historicalContext Pelagian controversy
North African Christian communities knownFor Pelagian controversy
Council of Diospolis (415 CE) partOf Pelagian controversy
Catholic bishops of Carthage involvedIn Pelagian controversy
Diocese of Hippo Regius associatedWith Pelagian controversy
On the Spirit and the Letter addresses Pelagian controversy
On Nature and Grace historicalContext Pelagian controversy
On Marriage and Concupiscence historicalContext Pelagian controversy
On the Grace of the New Testament associatedWith Augustinian–Pelagian controversy
linked to: Pelagian controversy
Celestius historicalContext Pelagian controversy
Ad Florum historicalContext Pelagian controversy
Ad Turbantium associatedWith Pelagian controversy
Ad Turbantium associatedWith Julian of Eclanum–Augustine of Hippo debate
linked to: Pelagian controversy
Rufinus of Syria associatedWith Pelagian controversy