Editing Pelagianism (section)

===Definition===
What Augustine called "Pelagianism" was more his own invention than that of Pelagius.{{sfn|Visotzky|2009|p=50}}{{sfn|Bonner|2018|p=302}} According to [[Thomas Scheck]], Pelagianism is the heresy of denying Catholic Church teaching on original sin, or more specifically the beliefs condemned as heretical in 417 and 418.{{sfn|Scheck|2012|p=86}}{{efn|Scheck and [[F. Clark]] summarize the condemned beliefs as follows: {{numbered list|"Adam's sin injured only himself, so that his posterity were not born in that state of alienation from God called original sin|It was accordingly possible for man, born without original sin or its innate consequences, to continue to live without sin by the natural goodness and powers of his nature; therefore, justification was not a process that must necessarily take place for man to be saved|Eternal life was, consequently, open and due to man as a result of his natural good strivings and merits; divine interior grace, though useful, was not necessary for the attainment of salvation."{{sfn|Scheck|2012|p=86}}}}}} In her study, Ali Bonner (a lecturer at the [[University of Cambridge]]) found that there was no one individual who held all the doctrines of "Pelagianism", nor was there a coherent Pelagian movement,{{sfn|Bonner|2018|p=302}} although these findings are disputed.{{sfn|Chronister|2020|p=119}}{{sfn|Lössl|2019|p=848}} Bonner argued that the two core ideas promoted by Pelagius were "the goodness of human nature and effective free will" although both were advocated by other Christian authors from the 360s. Because Pelagius did not invent these ideas, she recommended attributing them to the ascetic movement rather than using the word "Pelagian".{{sfn|Bonner|2018|p=302}} Later Christians used "Pelagianism" as an insult for theologically orthodox Christians who held positions that they disagreed with. Historian [[Eric Nelson (historian)|Eric Nelson]] defined genuine Pelagianism as rejection of original sin or denial of original sin's effect on man's ability to avoid sin.{{sfn|Nelson|2019|p=4}} Even in recent scholarly literature, the term "Pelagianism" is not clearly or consistently defined.{{sfn|Scheck|2012|pp=81–82}}