The Pelagian Controversy (In Our Time)
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Melvyn Bragg and his guests discuss the Pelagian Controversy.In the late 4th century a British monk, Pelagius, travelled to Rome, where he became a theologian and teacher, revered for his learning and ascetic lifestyle. But he soon aroused the ire of some of the Church's leading figures, preaching a Christian doctrine which many regarded as heretical. Pelagi
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Around 415
- Fall of Western Roman Empire (476)
- Fall of the Western Roman Empire (476)
- Council of Nicaea (325)
- Sack of Rome by Visigoths (410)
- Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain (450)
- Gupta Empire (320)
- Romans withdraw from Britain (410)
- Christianity becomes Roman state religion (380)
- Founding of Constantinople (330)
- Baptism of Clovis (496)