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Noun: Pelagius
  1. A British or Irish monk who denied the doctrines of original sin and predestination and defended human goodness and free will; his views were declared heretical by the Council of Ephesus in 431 (circa 360-418)

Type of: monastic, monk

Encyclopedia: Pelagius, Pelagianism