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The error of Pelagians is to conclude that doing righteousness is a condition of becoming a child of
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Tricassin also published a commentary to several of Augustine's works to prove that Augustine calls the Pelagians heretical teachers, because they do not concede any necessity of grace for the will.
The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 15: Tournely-Zwirner 1840-1916 1913
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"vital Christians" on this ground are among his mystic offenders; and that those who deny such possibilities are but too liable to be stigmatised as "Pelagians," and "Rationalists."
Literary and General Lectures and Essays Charles Kingsley 1847
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As he wrote in Against Two Letters of the Pelagians, “for unless they shall eat the flesh of the Son of man, and drink His blood, they shall not have life in themselves.”
Augustine vs. Pelagius Part Two - Grace, Salvation, and Redemption | Heretical Ideas Magazine 2009
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I am a sucker for heresies, and this one has Pelagians in it.
mrissa: The Divine Sacrifice, by Tony Hays mrissa 2010
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I am a sucker for heresies, and this one has Pelagians in it.
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Rejected in this connection are the Pelagians and others who deny that original sin is sin, for they hold that natural man is made righteous by his own powers, thus disparaging the sufferings and merit of Christ. [emphasis mine]
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Are you poking fun again at other people like Semi-Pelagians, coffee-addicts etc?
The Semi-Pelagian Narrower Catechism James F. McGrath 2009
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Augustine, 1998, Answer to the Pelagians, II: Marriage and Desire, Answer to the Two Letters of the Pelagians, Answer to J.lian, vol. I/24, Roland J. Teske (trans.), J.hn E. Rotelle
Marriage and Domestic Partnership Brake, Elizabeth 2009
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Catholics and Protestants agree that a person can be saved only by grace, though Catholics tend to paint Protestants as fatalists, and Protestants tend to paint Catholics as semi-Pelagians.
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