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The Doctor of Grace
Pelagius was telling his brother monks, look, you know, the lay people out in the middle of the world are the ones who need sacraments. And so this is why he's called the Doctor of Grace. The sacraments are possible because of the incarnation. They're necessary because of original sin and they're intrinsically powerful. I just think that there is a kind of universal tendency toward Pelagianism. Individual, I can make myself holy if I work hard enough.