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Pelagius Quotes

390–418

Pelagius (c. 390-418) was an Irish or British ascetic moralist, who became well known throughout the Roman Empire in Late Antiquity. He was declared a heretic by the Council of Carthage.

Also known as: Pelagianism

Random Pelagius quote

9 quotes

Do you consider a man to be a Christian by whose bread no hungry man is ever filled?

We can never enter upon the path to virtue unless we have hope as our guide and companion.

Let no man judge himself to be a Christian, unless he is one who both follows the teaching of Christ and imitates his example.

The best incentive for the mind consists in teaching it that it is possible to do anything which one really wants to do.

Unless a man has despised worldly things, he shall not receive those which are divine.

He is a Christian ... who feels another's pain as if it were his own.

Their faith alone will not profit them, because they have not done works of righteousness.

If you depart from evil but fail to do good, you transgress the law, which is fulfilled not simply by abominating evil deeds but also by performing good works.

Whenever I have to speak on the subject of moral instruction and the conduct of a holy life, it is my practice first to demonstrate the power and quality of human nature.

Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Pelagius (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.