Person
Pelagius
active about 390–418
Ascetic teacher in Rome and the East
Disputed. The controversy and the exile are certain. The fair summary of Pelagius's own doctrine is still argued.
Pelagius, probably from Britain, taught affluent Roman Christians to take moral effort seriously. He denied that Adam's sin is inherited as personal guilt in the way Augustine described. African councils and an imperial rescript condemned him in 418. Surviving statements of his are stricter and less 'optimistic' than the system Augustine named Pelagianism.
Places
Councils
- Carthage (418)
Sources
No separate modern citation is attached to this biography. The confidence note is the atlas summary of the evidence.
Catalog editions
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