Pelagianism
(pɪˈleɪdʒɪənɪz(ə)m)
[f. Pelagian a.1 + -ism.]
The doctrine of Pelagius and his followers: see Pelagian a.1
| 1583 Fulke Defence viii. (Parker Soc.) 342 While you would seem to fly from Pelagianism, you fall into flat Pharisaism. 1651 Baxter Inf. Bapt. 313 This doctrine which hangs the efficacy of the Holy Ghost upon man's Will,..is downright Pelagianism. a 1744 Bolingbroke Let. to Pope Wks. 1754 III. 332 To assert Antipodes might become once more as heretical as arianism, or pelagianism. 1855 Milman Lat. Chr. xiv. iii. (1864) IX. 145 The Pelagianism charged against Scotus is..purely metaphysical. |