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Pelagius explained to the synod that he did believe God was necessary for salvation because every human is created by God. He also claimed that many works of Celestius did not represent his own views.
In Carthage, two local synods formed and condemned Pelagius and Caelestius without their presence. After being banished from Constantinople and condemned by Pope Innocent, Caelestius brought his case to Pope Zosimus, who was initially impressed by Caelestius' confessions of faith.
After the fall of Rome to the Visigoth chieftain Alaric in 410, Pelagius and Celestius went to Africa. There they encountered the hostile criticism of Augustine, who published several denunciatory letters concerning their doctrine, particularly Pelagius’s insistence on humankind’s basically good moral nature and on individual responsibility ...
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The condemnation of Celestius and Pelagius was repeated at the Council of Diospolis (modern Lod, Israel) in 415 and at two African councils in 416. Although they were excommunicated in 417 by Pope St. Innocent I, the succeeding pope, St. Zosimus, was to prove sympathetic.
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Mar 3, 2000 · Celestius was less moderate than Pelagius and became the main opponent of Augustine. He asserted that infants were baptized for sanctification and not for the remission of Adam’s sin. The Church condemned Celestius’ views on infant baptism and original sin in A.D. 411.
Apr 5, 2019 · In Augustine’s case, it was about safeguarding epsicopal authority against asceticism, which happened to work because his strategy coincided with the crisis of confidence in the Western empire and its Christians brought about by barbarian invasion.
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