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This week in Christian history: George Beverly Shea born; Pentecostal church holds first assembly; Pelagius

By Michael Gryboski, Editor

Pelagius excommunicated for heresy – January 27, 417

A fifteenth century picture of early church heretic Pelagius, who was excommunicated in AD 417.
A fifteenth century picture of early church heretic Pelagius, who was excommunicated in AD 417. | Wikimedia Commons

This week marks the anniversary of when British monk Pelagius was excommunicated for teaching heretic views, among them a belief that Original Sin did not taint humanity.

Pope Innocent I made the decision at the behest of church leaders in Africa, among them the prolific writer and bishop Saint Augustine of Hippo.

“Innocent’s successor, St. Zosimus, at first pronounced him innocent on the basis of Pelagius’s Libellus fidei (‘Brief Statement of Faith’), but, after renewed investigation at the council of Carthage in 418, Zosimus confirmed the council’s nine canons condemning Pelagius,” explains Britannica.  

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