He's cool. And wouldn't you know it, the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches consider him a heretic (and Protestants would too if they were aware of any theologian who existed between 100 CE and 1500 CE). He thought that the concept of original sin is bullshit and humans are capable of achieving perfection. Basically, us humans are ok. His views lost out to Augustine and his "humans are utter crap and are born sinful so we all deserve eternal torment" kinds of views.
He's cool. And wouldn't you know it, the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches consider him a heretic (and Protestants would too if they were aware of any theologian who existed between 100 CE and 1500 CE). He thought that the concept of original sin is bullshit and humans are capable of achieving perfection. Basically, us humans are ok. His views lost out to Augustine and his "humans are utter crap and are born sinful so we all deserve eternal torment" kinds of views.
Both point of views can turn out shitty.
True, Pelagius wasn't all rainbows and sunshine, for sure.