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According to Semi-Pelagianism, human beings are affected by sin but can still choose the good and, in the common formulation of the medieval period, "God will not deny his grace to those who do what lies within them" (repeated substantially in Benjamin Franklin's famous adage, "God helps those who help themselves."
- Michael Horton The Christian Faith, pg. 561

Arminianism & Semi-Pelagianism: While distinct, what these two views hold in common is that they both are synergistic soteriological constructs. These heterodox belief systems about grace are plaguing the church of the 21st century. In all synergistic theology, sola fide cooperates with God's grace as the human fulfillment of a condition for the actualization of a saving possibility (a mere possibility) that God universally offers. Such a faith-contribution is itself a principle standing ultimately independent of God's action of grace; it owes exclusively to man's natural endowment with a free will and thus arises out of an inherent capacity of the natural man. Because election is God's response to foreseen faith (a non sequitur), faith becomes to some extent the cause or sine qua non of salvation, and we again have justification because of "conditioned" faith, with Grace merely perfecting Nature. Arminianism thus reintroduced the dialectics of Nature and Grace by setting faith over against grace as an independent, autonomous, (ultimate, not penultimate) principle.
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Outlines of Theology: Pelagianism, Semi-Pelagianism & Augustinianism A. A. Hodgeicon
The Canons of the Council of Orange (529 AD) Council of Orangeicon
Introductory Essay on Augustin and the Pelagian Controversy B.B. Warfieldicon
Pelagianism R. Scott Clarkicon
Augustine and Pelagius (.pdf) R.C. Sproulicon
The Pelagian Captivity of the Church By R. C. Sproulicon
Born to Believe - A Study in God's Initiative in Salvation Fred Zaspel - John 1:11-13icon
The Pelagian Controversy (.pdf) Prof. Philip Schafficon
Augustine & Pelagius - Part 1 Sam Stormsicon
Augustine & Pelagius - Part 2 Sam Stormsicon
Pelagianism: The Religion of Natural Man Michael S. Hortonicon
Pelagianism in the Formation and the Reformation of the Christian Church Charles R. Biggsicon
The Semi-Pelagian Controversy Herman Hankoicon
New School Theology W A Hoffecker (Elwell Evangelical Dictionary)icon
Dialogue on Catholic Soteriology (Specifically Grace) Dave Armstrong vs. Phillip Johnsonicon
Augustine and the Pelagian Controversy Mark S. Ritchie - The Story of the Churchicon
Semi - Pelagianism R Kyleicon
Semi-Pelagianism and the Council (Synod) of Orange Charles R. Biggsicon
Differences between Semi-Pelagianism and Arminian Beliefs J.W. Hendryxicon
Arminianism: Semi-Pelagianism? (3 part series) Gary L. W. Johnsonicon
The Works of Aurelius Augustine, Volume 4 (.pdf) Aurelius Augustine - The Anti-Pelagian Works of Saint Augustine, Volume 1. Translated by Peter Holmes.icon
The Works of Aurelius Augustine, Volume 12 (.pdf) Aurelius Augustine - The Anti-Pelagian Works of Saint Augustine, Bishop of Hippo, Volume 2. Translated by Peter Holmes.icon
The Works of Aurelius Augustine, Volume 15 (.pdf) Aurelius Augustine - The Anti-Pelagian Works of St. Augustine, Volume 3. Translated by Peter Holmes and R.E. Wallis.icon
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