Words and definitions

As I read or listen I often need to know what words mean. I am sure that you know these words but sometimes I have to look them up:

Hedonism-= Pursuit of or devotion to pleasure, especially to the pleasures of the senses, Philosophy. The ethical doctrine holding that only what is pleasant or has pleasant consequences is intrinsically good, Psychology. The doctrine holding that behavior is motivated by the desire for pleasure and the avoidance of pain.

Pelagians The theological doctrine propounded by Pelagius, a British monk, and condemned as heresy by the Roman Catholic Church in A.D. 416. It denied original sin and affirmed the ability of humans to be righteous by the exercise of free will

Pelagianism is the teaching that man has the capacity to seek God in and of himself apart from any movement of God or the Holy Spirit. According to semi-Pelagianism, man doesn’t have such an unrestrained capacity, but man and God could cooperate to a certain degree in this salvation effort: man can (unaided by grace) make the first move toward God, and God then completes the salvation process. This teaching is distinct from the traditional patristic doctrine of synergeia, that the process of salvation is cooperation between God and man from start to finish.

Semi-Pelagians a Christian theological understanding about salvation; that is, how humanity and God are restored to a right relationship. The Semi-Pelagian teaching is derived from the earlier Pelagian teaching about salvation (see below), and teaches that it is necessary for humans to make the first step toward God and then God will complete salvation.

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