ABSTRACT
According to Pelagius, the human condition was not, however, entirely devoid of divine grace. What graces were communicated to humanity included the following: endowment with a rational soul, the revelation of God’s law and will, redemption through Christ’s example and teachings. For the rest of a person’s spiritual development, any advancement in holiness rested upon the individual and his or her will. Faith itself he thought an act of free choice, not something implanted in the will by God’s grace. Pelagius also contended that a state of spiritual and moral perfection, to be entirely without sin, was possible for the human person; this he considered a natural capacity (though an extreme rarity in actuality).
