A heresy is a false teaching on a particular subject
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In light of the fact that Donatism is heresy, why do most churches require a priest to bless the elements?
As the church was emerging from its persecutions under Diocletian and into legitimacy under Constantine, there arose a schismatic church named the Donatists. Now, as one might imagine in a time of ...
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What is the current relevance of Arianism?
Is there an active sect by this name? Are there any particular Christian denominations which might be described as 'Arian'?
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Was Islam originally considered to be a Christian sect? [closed]
There is some speculation that Islam was originally considered to be a sect of Christianity by those who claimed to be Christians, rather than a separate religion (e.g., Hinduism, Jainism). Do any ...
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Visualization - what Bible says about it? [closed]
I heard from one pastor about so called "seed-law" which relies on Gallatians 6,7 "Do not be deceived: God cannot be mocked. A man reaps what he sows". Base on this "law" we seed words we are ...
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What are the soteriological implications of Arianism?
A friend recently made the following statement regarding the heresy of Arianism:
The conflict was about the nature of Christ before the Creation of the Universe. It was a ...
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Why is rejection of the Trinity heresy, and not just wrong?
There are plenty of instances where Christians systematically believe something false and directly contradicting biblical teachings, yet they are not deemed to be so errant as to disqualify them from ...
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Does the Catholic Church oppose universalism?
I've been reading George MacDonald as of late and have heard in a few places that he argues for universalism. I though that had something to do with unitarianism, but in looking it up a tad more, I ...
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What is “heresy”?
I have seen the word "heresy" used on this site a lot recently (and have used it myself a couple of times in jest) but I was wondering if someone could explain the meaning of this term as it is used ...
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Are there any modern churches that subscribe to the Donatist heresy?
Back in the late 300s, the big heresy was Donatism. The basic idea was that if a Priest cracked under the pressure of persecution that it somehow "proved" he was never really worthy of administering ...
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How do we identify false teachers?
But false prophets also arose among the people, just as there will also be false teachers among you, who will secretly introduce destructive heresies, even denying the Master who bought them, ...
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Has there been any explanation given on the murder of Joan of Arc?
Joan of Arc was burned as a heretic. Now she is a saint. How does the Roman Catholic Church explain this? It turned out that the Roman Catholic Church has murdered its own saint? Has any logical ...
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What's so bad about monoergism and monothelitism?
Two early heresies that intrigue me a bit are monoergism and monothelitism. Both basically suggest that while Jesus was both human and divine, he only had one "energy" or one "will." Both were ...
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Are there any tenets of Gnosticism that are still present in the church today?
Towards the end of the New Testament writing, the heresy of gnosticism was one of the chief "false teachings" against which Paul and the other writers were contesting. Could someone present some of ...
