FOR 1600 years, Pelagius’s name has been synonymous with a heresy that attributed free will to man to the exclusion of all divine influence on human decision-making. He has been seen as the embodiment ...

Sixteen centuries ago, in AD 418, after a long and complicated series of debates over several years, Pope Zosimus finally issued a letter condemning as heretical the writings of Pelagius, the earliest ...

But Pelagius has had the last laugh, in the liberal, humanist culture of western Europe today. Generally, we believe in free will, in the perfectibility of mankind, in the ability of people to make ...

But Pelagius was not satisfied. He took his stand on an idea of human freedom. He responded that God gave individuals free choice. And he insisted that this free choice was more powerful than any ...

The task that Pelagius assumes is to contest the authority within the Christian church of Augustine, in particular by asserting the potential power and beauty of man's free will against the harsh ...

Pelagius believed that man cannot be completely evil because he is created in the image of God; human sin is thus not innate but rather a matter of will. Because divine grace is simply God’s gift of ...

As part of his healing journey, he began exploring John Philip Newell’s Christian mysticism and Celtic spirituality, which led him to Pelagius’ teachings from Wales on free will and denial of ...

Beginning on Thursday (Aug. 22) and running through Sunday, “Pelagius” will be showing at Atlanta’s Legacy Theatre, which is owned by Smith and his wife, Bethany.While the show originally ...

'Jimmy Neutron'-director John A. Davis to helm U.S.-Chinese co-production. HONG KONG – “Jimmy Neutron” director John A. Davis is to helm “Smart,” a major U.S.-Chinese co-produced ...

Complete Information About Pelagius, a New Musical in Atlanta at The Legacy Theatre. Written by Legacy’s Artistic Director, Mark Smith, with music by award-winning composers, Michael and Lisa ...

Less common – and less popular with the oddsmakers – are names such as Sergius and Sixtus, let alone long-ago rarities such as Simplicius and Pelagius. Cardinal Timothy Dolan, an American ...