The heresy of Pelagianism received it 's name from a man named Pelagius. Pelagius was a well known monk and theologian who also gained recognition from his work as an educator in Rome. Despite residing in Rome, Pelagius was of British decent. The heresy of Pelgianism is a heresy that deals with human nature. Pelagius taught that humans could fulfill the commands and wishes of God by exercising the freedom of human will that is not in contact with the grace of God. This statement essentially explains that a persons free will is able to choose to do good or bad without the presence of divine intervention. Pelagianism focuses on the point that human nature is inherently good with or without the presence of some type of divine power, or God himself.
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Pelagius believed that all humans are born with what is essentially a clean slate that has not yet been tainted by the sins of the world. Every human is born with the same purity and morals as Adam and Eve when they were first created by God. Everyone can freely choose God by the exercise of free will and rationality, while God 's grace is thought only to be an aid in the journey down a righteous path. Despite this, Pelagianism fails to understand one key aspect of human nature, which is weakness. We are by nature going to make mistakes that may lead to sin, and sin itself is unavoidable because we are already tainted at birth due to the fall of Adam. As stated in Romans 3:10-12 “There is none righteous, not even one, there is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God, all have turned aside and together they have become useless, there is none who does good, there is not even one. Therefor we are unable to do God 's will.” The key individuals responsible for this heresy are Pelagius, Coeletius a lawyer from Ireland, and Julian the Bishop of Eclanum in Campania. Together these men would become the head of the …show more content…
In 411, Paulinus of Milan came up with a list of six heretical points in the Pelagian thought. First Adam was created mortal and would have died whether he had sinned or not; second the sin of Adam injured himself alone, not the whole human race; third newborn children are in the same state in which Adam was before his fall; fourth neither by the death and sin of Adam does the whole human race die, nor will
Pelagius believed that all humans are born with what is essentially a clean slate that has not yet been tainted by the sins of the world. Every human is born with the same purity and morals as Adam and Eve when they were first created by God. Everyone can freely choose God by the exercise of free will and rationality, while God 's grace is thought only to be an aid in the journey down a righteous path. Despite this, Pelagianism fails to understand one key aspect of human nature, which is weakness. We are by nature going to make mistakes that may lead to sin, and sin itself is unavoidable because we are already tainted at birth due to the fall of Adam. As stated in Romans 3:10-12 “There is none righteous, not even one, there is none who understands, there is none who seeks for God, all have turned aside and together they have become useless, there is none who does good, there is not even one. Therefor we are unable to do God 's will.” The key individuals responsible for this heresy are Pelagius, Coeletius a lawyer from Ireland, and Julian the Bishop of Eclanum in Campania. Together these men would become the head of the …show more content…
In 411, Paulinus of Milan came up with a list of six heretical points in the Pelagian thought. First Adam was created mortal and would have died whether he had sinned or not; second the sin of Adam injured himself alone, not the whole human race; third newborn children are in the same state in which Adam was before his fall; fourth neither by the death and sin of Adam does the whole human race die, nor will