Pelagianism in the Formation
and the Reformation of the
Christian Church

by Charles R. Biggs

Appendix I

The Teachings of Pelagius

1. Adam was made mortal and would have died whether he had sinned or had not sinned.
2. The sin of Adam injured himself alone, and not the human race.
3. Newborn children are in that state in which Adam was before his fall.
4. Neither by the death and sin of Adam does the whole race die, nor by the resurrection of Christ does the whole race rise.
5. The law leads to the kingdom of heaven as well as the Gospel.
6. Even before the coming of the Lord there were men without sin.

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