Pelagius: The Church Father that Saved Me from Christianity

Pelagius is regarded as one of the foundational theologians of Celtic Christianity, and is regarded as a heretic by many, but ahead of his time by others. He would teach women, saw goodness in the creation, and helped me on a path that ultimate led me away from Christianity, and yet still with a healthy respect for Pelagianism and Celtic Christianity. So here I explain a little about Celtic Christianity, Pelagius, and the journey he inspired in me.

[JACandQuill]

6:18 ah, so we are about to hear the tale of (darth) Pelagius the wise, then?

[theRiver_joan]

This is not a story the Jedi would tell you.

[Pingwn]

Did you ever heard the story of Darth Palegius the wise?

[Saint_Medusa]

" so there one problem "
its going to be about teaching women
" people drag him for teaching women "

[BrigantinosDoRoudos]

“Living a life of wisdom”, that sounds very _Havamal_

[nathanmauk]

Of course you like Pelagius, his name comes from πέλαγος, i.e. open sea, or OCEAN.

[marksalazar]

No wonder Celtic Christianity & Irish paganism always appealed to me. Being around nature, seeing the goodness of creation & mankind, no original sin, seeing God and the gods in everything etc.

[TheTimothymorgan]

I am a Christian pastor and Bible teacher at Christian private school. I’ve discussed Pelagius briefly, but only in reference to his condemnation by the church. I’m interested in you fleshing this out a bit more. Thanks for sharing.

[matthewwiltzius]

I had a formal Catholic education and the only thing we were ever taught about Pelagius was that he taught against original sin, which was/is considered an essential part of the argument as to why Christ's sacrifice was even needed in the first place. Ironically just about every other one of his teachings that you went through is pretty compatible with Catholic teaching nowadays, but that was never brought up in my education. It's worth mentioning I don't consider myself a Catholic (or even a christian really) anymore, though.

[courtneymcg]

I'll definitely be researching Pelagius more now. This channel keeps giving me more research topics; keep them coming!

[sennnia]

These teachings are something I've known in my heart and tried to talk about as a child (in the language and perspective of a child, I wasn't some child genius) in the Catholic church and didn't understand why I was told I was wrong. The older I get, the more I see how Catholics and Christians interpret, and the more I feel that we have gotten the whole thing wrong. So many good ideas in early Christianity that got squashed. I can only blame people who want to create and hoard power. :|

[rasmusolsson]

Having a camera allows for the physical comedy and body language I've always enjoyed seeing when you've been on streams and such to come through in your scripted content as well and I think it's a really good step to take. I really like water blob boi tho, can he like hang out in the corner of the screen or something?

[MrHwaynefair]

I am a Christian and I agree pretty much with everything you said! About 10 or so years ago I began to realize that for the first 300 years or so the Church Fathers were far more Pelagian than Augustinian (to put it anachronistically). They genuinely believed that God IS Love - and that - at the end of the ages - ALL would be saved by that Love (sometimes referred to as "Historic Christian Universalism")
Thanks for sharing these insights!

[rsjcoman]

Isn't this the guy who has Sheogorath in his head???

[Wulf]

Thanks for giving a good overview and background on Pelagius. Oddly enough the first time I'd heard of him was in the movie "King Arthur" with Clive Owen, which mentions his teachings and has the character Arthur tell his knights "You were all free from your first breath."

[wolfgirl]

I've been studying Irish Celtic spirituality, and let me tell you what, a lot of that shit you described rings pretty true to what I've read.

[themiddleones]

I love this!
I missed your video in the barcrawl yesterday because my connection was bad, but this guy kinda teaches EXACTLY what I actually believe

[lloyddragon]

if i ever went back to Christianity, (i won't) i would believe Pelagius

[jaelmoray]

I loved this new style of video, Ocean! Good to see the epic beard! Also, loved hearing part one of your journey to your current path, excited to hear the rest! :)

[garynaccarato]

Speaking of Lao Tzu even though I have an affinity for Norse Paganism I personally feel that Lao Tzu's writings are some of the most spiritually profound I've ever heard.