Editing Pelagianism (section)

===Scholarly reassessment===
During the 20th century, Pelagius and his teachings underwent a reassessment.{{sfn|Beck|2007|p=694}}{{sfn|Scheck|2012|p=80}} In 1956, John Ferguson wrote:
{{blockquote|If a heretic is one who emphasizes one truth to the exclusion of others, it would at any rate appear that [Pelagius] was no more a heretic than Augustine. His fault was in exaggerated emphasis, but in the final form his philosophy took, after necessary and proper modifications as a result of criticism, it is not certain that any statement of his is totally irreconcilable with the Christian faith or indefensible in terms of the New Testament. It is by no means so clear that the same may be said of Augustine.{{sfn|Ferguson|1956|p=182}}{{sfn|Beck|2007|p=694}}}}

Thomas Scheck writes that although Pelagius' views on original sin are still considered "one-sided and defective":{{sfn|Scheck|2012|p=80}}
{{blockquote|An important result of the modern reappraisal of Pelagius's theology has been a more sympathetic assessment of his theology and doctrine of grace and the recognition of its deep rootedness in the antecedent Greek theologians... Pelagius's doctrine of grace, free will and predestination, as represented in his ''Commentary on Romans'', has very strong links with Eastern (Greek) theology and, for the most part, these doctrines are no more reproachable than those of orthodox Greek theologians such as Origen and John Chrysostom, and of St. Jerome.{{sfn|Scheck|2012|p=80}}}}