PELAGIANISM

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 I. (noun) 

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Meaning:

The theological doctrine put forward by Pelagius which denied original sin and affirmed the ability of humans to be righteous; condemned as heresy by the Council of Ephesus in 431

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Nouns denoting cognitive processes and contents

Hypernyms ("Pelagianism" is a kind of...):

heresy; unorthodoxy (a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion)

theological doctrine (the doctrine of a religious group)

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