Word: pelagius
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Attacking activity-filled church calendars, the Christian Century recently proposed a "patron of church bulletins": the heretic Pelagius (A.D. ca. 360-420), who believed that man could save himself by his own efforts. Last week these busynesses, selected from Manhattan church bulletins, might have provided an ideal calendar for a mythical St. Pelagius' Church...
...Named for the 4th to sth century British monk Pelagius, who held that man could achieve salvation by good works. Pelagianism was branded heretical by five church councils, which upheld the orthodox Christian position that, while good works are important, faith-and hence salvation-depends upon the grace...