Complex sentence: In Semipelagian thought, therefore, a distinction is made between the beginning of faith and the increase of faith; while the latter is the work of God, the beginning of faith is an act of free will.
Split into simpler sentences: In Semipelagian thought, therefore, a distinction is made between the beginning of faith and the increase of faith. Sempipelagian thought teaches that the latter half-growing in faith-is the work of God, while the beginning of faith is an act of free will.