Pelagianism and the ‘Common Celtic Church’

What is it about?

This article argues that there was no distinctively 'Celtic' theology, but that early medieval insular churches formed part of a network of varied 'micro-Christendoms' across Europe. There is no good reason to believe that the theology of the Irish, Scottish or British churches was doctrinally deviant or 'heretical' in its approach to nature and grace (which lay at the heart of the debate over 'Pelagianism'). These were not Pelagian churches, though some of their earliest writings may support that notion that they occupied a pre-Augustinian position.

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