Definitions for Pelagian

Pelagian Pe·la·gi·an

Spelling: [puh-ley-jee-uh n, -juh n]
IPA: /pəˈleɪ dʒi ən, -dʒən/

Pelagian is a 8 letter English word.

You can make 291 anagrams from letters in Pelagian (aaegilnp).

Definitions for Pelagian

noun

  1. a follower of Pelagius, who denied original sin and believed in freedom of the will.

adjective

  1. of or relating to Pelagius or Pelagianism.

Origin of Pelagian

1525-35; Late Latin Pelagiānus; see -an

Examples for Pelagian

To deny that is the root of what is called the Pelagian heresy.

Augustine directed his attention more particularly to the refutation of Pelagian heresies and human Depravity.

The Pelagian controversy divided and distracted the churches, and destroyed the spirit of Christian meekness and love.

A clear light is thrown upon the matter by the history of the Pelagian, Nestorian, and Eutychian heresies.

A consequence of great importance issued from the decision of the Pelagian controversy.

Scarcely was the Pelagian controversy disposed of when a new heresy appeared.

Why should the biographer thus indicate that the Pelagian heresy was specially rife among great and wealthy and popular people?

At the start a mixture of Cleopatra and Aspasia; and at the finish a feminine Pelagian.

Augustine was still busied in the Pelagian controversy when a fearful calamity burst upon his country.

The Pelagian takes human nature in its present condition as his type.

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