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Webster 1913 Edition
Semi-Pelagian
Semˊi-Pe-la′gi-an
,Noun.
(Eccl. Hist.)
A follower of John Cassianus, a French monk (died about 448), who modified the doctrines of Pelagius, by denying human merit, and maintaining the necessity of the Spirit’s influence, while, on the other hand, he rejected the Augustinian doctrines of election, the inability of man to do good, and the certain perseverance of the saints.
Semˊi-Pe-la′gi-an
,Adj.
Of or pertaining to the Semi-Pelagians, or their tenets.
Webster 1828 Edition
Semi-pelagian
SEMI-PELA'GIAN
, n.In ecclesiastical history, the Semi-pelagians are persons who retain some tincture of the doctrines of pelagius. See Pelegianism. They hold that God has not by predestination dispensed his grace to one more than another; that Christ died to all men; that the grace purchased by Christ and necessary to salvation, is offered to all men; that man, before he receives grace, is capable of faith and holy desires; and that man being born free, is capable of accepting grace, or of resisting its influences.SEMI-PELA'GIAN
,Adj.