2007-02-16 11:59:03 · 6 answers · asked by Laura H 5 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
Actually, they're rather similar. Arminianism says that we are the ones who chose God, that Christ died for every man, that man is incapable of any good work without divine grace, that this grace may be resisted, and sometimes that you can lose your faith.
Semi-Pelagianism says that man and God co-operate to achieve salvation. Man is the one who seeks God and chooses him, and it is through his own desires that he is saved.
The difference is that Arminianism says that we choose God and salvation, while Semi-Pelagianism says that we work with God to achieve salvation.
2007-02-16 12:09:53 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Whether or not there's a difference at all is a matter of some debate. It depends on how "Semi-pelagianism" is defined. It's basically a negative-name game. No one wants to be stuck with "anything-pelagianism" in their name.
2007-02-16 12:05:06 · answer #2 · answered by Garius 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
It has to do with whether people can seek to be saved first of if God has to initiate their salvation. Semi-pelagianists believe that people can turn to God without God drawing them to Him. That's not what the Bible teaches.
John 6:43 Jesus answered them, "Do not grumble among yourselves. 44 No one can come to me unless the Father who sent me draws him. And I will raise him up on the last day.
2007-02-16 12:14:15 · answer #3 · answered by Martin S 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yea. I looked them up in an on-line Columbia encyclopedia and it did a real good job of explaining it.
2007-02-16 12:05:15 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes but why bother?
2007-02-16 12:04:19 · answer #5 · answered by Dave P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
ONE STARTS WITH AN "A" AND THE OTHER HAS A "SEMI" IN FRONT.
2007-02-16 12:04:00 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋