AG STUDY GUIDE FINAL - The Forerunner

don’t need a __________________.
Only sinners need a savior. And according to Pelagius sin was not inevitable. In
fact, he believed and taught that there were many who had never committed a
single sin.
He asserted that death was a natural occurrence even to Adam and that Adam
would have eventually died even if he had never sinned… Pelagius made
salvation by grace through faith unnecessary.
A council was called in the North African city of Carthage in 412 A.D. Both sides
were present to argue their case. In the end, the council overwhelmingly agreed
with Augustine. According to the Word of God, man was conceived and
brought forth in sin.
“Behold, I was brought forth in iniquity, and in sin
my mother conceived me.” Psalm 51:5
Man’s will was not in any way “free” according to the doctrine of Pelagius, but
was instead in bondage to his sinful nature. As a result of the Fall, given the
opportunity to choose between good and evil, God or the Devil, the unregenerate
man would always and freely choose evil and the Devil unless God Himself
intervened.
9. Pelagius, as well as anyone who followed his teaching, were condemned as
________________. The decision of this council reads in part, “Whosoever says,
that Adam was created mortal, and would, even without sin, have died by
natural necessity, let him be anathema.”
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Anathema (from Greek anatithenai; to set up, dedicate − a thing
devoted to evil, curse; an accursed thing or person) A solemn
condemnation by the Church to declare that some position or
teaching contradicts apostolic faith and doctrine. "If anyone,"
Paul wrote to the Galatians, "preach to you a gospel besides what
you have received, let him be anathema. (Galatians 1:8).
Reflecting the Church's concern to preserve the integrity of faith,
early Church fathers anathematized heretics using a variety of
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