Definition of semi-Pelagian in English:

semi-Pelagian

adjectiveˌsɛmɪpɪˈleɪdʒɪən

Christian Theology

Denoting the doctrine that the first steps towards good can be taken by the human will, though supervening divine grace is needed for salvation. It was (questionably) attributed to John Cassian (d.435), and was generally held to be heretical.
See also Pelagius
Example sentencesExamples
- For example, there is widespread use in mission of semi-Pelagian methods of bringing people into the churches.
- It means it doesn't matter whether the priest is in sin or not, a heretic or not, or semi-Pelagian, or whatever it is, it doesn't really matter so long as he's ordained, if he says the words, then the power is there, the grace flows.
- We turn our attention first of all to the Semi-Pelagian controversy that occupied so much of the attention of the great church father, Augustine.

nounˌsɛmɪpɪˈleɪdʒɪən

Christian Theology

An adherent of the semi-Pelagian doctrine.
Example sentencesExamples
- Semi-Pelagians believe that the Fall in the Garden did affect all of Adams progeny, but not fully.
- Although Augustine had outlined his basic position in the Pelagian controversy, the attacks of the so-called Semi-Pelagians forced him to define more sharply and defend more carefully his views.

Derivatives

semi-Pelagianism

noun

Christian Theology

There is an implicit semi-Pelagianism to the argument.
Example sentencesExamples
- The downside is that it is often a semi-Pelagianism: you are ‘really a Christian’ if you achieve a particular emotional state and use a particular jargon acceptable to Evangelicals.
- The label gained further notoriety when in the late sixteenth century a Spanish theologian coined the term ‘semi-Pelagianism’ in a vain effort to stifle the burgeoning moral theology of the Jesuits.

单词	semi-Pelagian
释义	Definition of semi-Pelagian in English: semi-Pelagian adjectiveˌsɛmɪpɪˈleɪdʒɪən Christian Theology Denoting the doctrine that the first steps towards good can be taken by the human will, though supervening divine grace is needed for salvation. It was (questionably) attributed to John Cassian (d.435), and was generally held to be heretical. See also Pelagius Example sentencesExamples For example, there is widespread use in mission of semi-Pelagian methods of bringing people into the churches. It means it doesn't matter whether the priest is in sin or not, a heretic or not, or semi-Pelagian, or whatever it is, it doesn't really matter so long as he's ordained, if he says the words, then the power is there, the grace flows. We turn our attention first of all to the Semi-Pelagian controversy that occupied so much of the attention of the great church father, Augustine. nounˌsɛmɪpɪˈleɪdʒɪən Christian Theology An adherent of the semi-Pelagian doctrine. Example sentencesExamples Semi-Pelagians believe that the Fall in the Garden did affect all of Adams progeny, but not fully. Although Augustine had outlined his basic position in the Pelagian controversy, the attacks of the so-called Semi-Pelagians forced him to define more sharply and defend more carefully his views. Derivatives semi-Pelagianism noun Christian Theology There is an implicit semi-Pelagianism to the argument. Example sentencesExamples The downside is that it is often a semi-Pelagianism: you are ‘really a Christian’ if you achieve a particular emotional state and use a particular jargon acceptable to Evangelicals. The label gained further notoriety when in the late sixteenth century a Spanish theologian coined the term ‘semi-Pelagianism’ in a vain effort to stifle the burgeoning moral theology of the Jesuits.
随便看	come to grips come to grips with come to have cometoid come to/into come to/into come-to-Jesus come to kingdom come to know come to knowledge come to life come to light cometology come to maturity come to mind come to naught come to naught come to no harm come to no harm come to nothing come to nothing come too come to one come to one's kingdom come to one's senses