Questions tagged [heresy]
A heresy is a false teaching on a particular subject
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Was there an economic reason for Protestants' iconoclasm?
Europe underwent major economic upheavals during the creation of Protestantism (cf. E. Michael Jones, Barren Metal or Goy Guide to World History). Is this one reason why Protestants upheld iconoclasm? ...
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Are there any examples of premillennialism being suppressed before the Reformation?
(Follow-up to my recent question about the reappearance of premillennialism in modern times.)
It is commonly claimed that the reason premillennialism disappeared following the time of Augustine was ...
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What is the oldest instance of a Christian scholar saying that an issue is OK to disagree about?
There's an infamous story from early church history of the dispute over the correct date for celebration of Easter, which got so heated that people even called their opponents heretics over it and ...
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Why did the Catholic Church ban Pascal's Pensées?
The Wikipedia page for Blaise Pascal's apologetic work Pensées says that the Catholic Church banned the book:
However as conflicting with the orthodoxy of the Catholic Church it has been forbidden to ...
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Is there a name for the heresy that Christ in heaven no longer has a human body or nature?
I have encountered a guy online who insists that Christ no longer has human flesh or a human body. Sometimes he seems to say that Christ no longer has a human nature but I haven't been able to pin ...
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Scriptural support for trusting Scripture over private revelation
Several sects place a high premium on personal spiritual experience and/or personal revelation as a means for discovering Truth. For example: angelic visitations, miracles, dreams, visions, LDS's &...
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Since transubstantiation is Roman Catholic Dogma, are self described Roman Catholics who reject it in heresy?
The answers and comments to this question have made it clear that transubstantiation is a Roman Catholic Dogma. Of Dogma the Catechism of the Catholic Church states:
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How best to analyse Moral Therapeutic Deism from the viewpoint of biblically-centered Reformed Protestantism?
I only heard this term a few days ago. Although I’ve had to go to various web-sites to try to find out about it, I feel confusion growing and seek help from Reformed Protestants.
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Do Catholics have a religious duty to report possible cases of heresy committed by a priest to their local bishop?
I am a life-long Catholic. At almost all of the Catholic Churches I have attended over the years, the priests there have given sermons based on various Biblical passages/parables which have always ...
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Connections Between "Gates of Hell" and Heresies from a Catholic Standpoint
Matthew 16:18
And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it. (Douay-Rheims)
Some commentary regarding the &...
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Was Nestorius Ever Excommunicated by the Catholic Church?
From what I gather, Nestorius rejected Mary as the Theotokos (which means "God-bearer") and proposed instead that she merely be called, the Christotokos; or rather, "Christ-bearer" ...
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Who said, "Heresies Survive by the Truths They Retain"?
On pg. 7 of the 1938 edition of The Great Heresies by Hilaire Belloc, he writes:
Wherefore it is said of heresies that ``they survive by the truths they retain.''
He does not seem to specify who ...
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Are declarations of heresy limited to the denomination that made them?
Take for example Pelagianism, which was condemned as heresy at the Council of Carthage in 418 (disclaimer: I am not at all inclined to believe Pelagianism or attempting to discuss the specific ...
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Can Christians, in good faith, hold that God is not perfect [i.e. not complete]?
If we define perfection as "complete beyond practical or theoretical improvement" then the answer may that God is not yet perfect because humans have not always responded as God intended. ...
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Has a substantial case been made from the New Testament that burning heretics is against the will of the Spirit?
Heresy is defined by the Roman Catholic Church as "the obstinate denial or obstinate doubt after the reception of baptism of some truth which is to be believed by divine and Catholic faith" (...
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According to Roman Catholicism, can the death penalty for heresy be squared with any New Testament teaching?
Much of the background for this question comes from comments and answers to this question: Is the statement "That heretics be burned is against the will of the Spirit." still a statement ...
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According to Catholic teaching, what is the status of a priest who does not agree with the Church's stated teachings on homosexuality and gender?
According to Catholic teaching, is a priest who does not agree that homosexuality is a sin and affirms transgender identity a heretic or a dissenter?
For instance, would the bishops of the Roman ...
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In Catholicism, why is heresy a mortal sin?
According to Catholicism, an act of heresy is a mortal sin.
"Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and catholic faith, or it is likewise ...
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Did any heretical Christian sect believe money is evil?
Did any heretical sect believe that money evil or that it is sinful to use money?
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What's the difference between apostasy and heresy?
Apostasy
Apostasy (/əˈpɒstəsi/; Greek: ἀποστασία apostasía, 'a defection or revolt') is the formal disaffiliation from, abandonment of, or renunciation of a religion by a person. It can also be ...
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What did the Gnostics in first and second century believed about Jesus
I recently read some very well-known gnostic writings that are under the name of "Gospel of Judah Iscariot" and "Gospel of Thomas", but they aren't written by Judah or Thomas. I ...
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Are any Christians outside of the Catholic and Orthodox Churches *not* considered to be heretics by the Catholic Church?
This question regarding whether the Catholic Church considers the Assyrian Church of the East to be heretics made me wonder: are any Christians outside the Catholic and Orthodox churches not ...
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What is the biblical basis for Semi-Pelagianism?
Broadly speaking, Semi-Pelagianism is the idea that while we are born sinners, we are capable of seeking God without a supernatural "override" of our nature, such as that of Calvinism's ...
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Are 'Nestorians' still considered heretics?
Are 'Nestorians' (Church of the East) still viewed as heretics by the Catholic Church?
I asked this question because of the Common Christological Declaration
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What was the Cathars' / Albigensians' political philosophy?
What was the Cathars' or Albigensians' political philosophy? Was it the same as the Manicheans'? Who were these movements' prominent political philosopher-theologians?
All these dualists thought that ...
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Was the theory of many extraterrestrial worlds considered blasphemous by the Roman Catholic Church during the 16th century?
According to Martiniz A. A., the main accusation of Giordano Bruno from the inquisition is simply the ideas of many-worlds: No other accusation was invoked even half as much.
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If a Catholic believes scripture supports a heretical position, but denies that position himself based on the Magisterium, is he a heretic?
According to the Catholic Church, if a Catholic's own interpretation of scripture leads to a conclusion regarding what scripture says that the Catholic Church holds is heretical (for ex., denying ...
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According to Catholic Christology, is Dr. Craig’s view of Jesus’ knowledge heretical?
I was recently listening to an interview in which William Lane Craig argued that Jesus of Nazareth could not know something, but the divine logos (the second person of the trinity) could know ...
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Is there a standard definition of what 'heresy' is across Protestant denominations?
Different major branches of Christianity often understand certain terms differently. Is there a standard definition of 'heresy' across major Protestant denominations?
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Was there a time before the East-West schism where heretics outnumbered Catholics?
I am curious whether there was any one heresy that commanded a large enough following that the orthodox Catholics were outnumbered?
The scope of this question is worldwide
The point of view is the ...
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Does the Confessional Calvinism rule Arminianism as a heretic teaching?
While searching on the Web about the Synod of Dort, I have found this post on Heidelblog. It takes a long time preparing the ground to defend that the Arminianism is mere repackaged Pelagianism:
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Where did Chesterton's idea that a heresy was a fixation on a particular virtue within Christianity come from?
In Orthodoxy, G.K. Chesterton describes heresies as virtues gone wild and then attempts to connect a few dots to historical examples.
When a religious scheme is shattered (as Christianity was ...
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How do different denominations approach casting out heretics in the modern day church?
15 “Beware of false prophets, who come to you in sheep's clothing but inwardly are ravenous wolves. 16 You will recognize them by their fruits. Are grapes gathered from thornbushes, or figs from ...
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What is the most dangerous heresy that exists in the church today? [closed]
There are many heresies referenced in the New Testament and even more that have surfaced in the centuries since it was written. One is alluded to in the account of Simon Magus.
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What heresies have required (since the Reformation) 'rejection' after the 'first and second admonition' (Titus 3:10)?
But avoid foolish questions, and genealogies, and contentions, and strivings about the law; for they are unprofitable and vain. A man that is an heretick after the first and second admonition reject; ...
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Is the Marvel Cinematic Universe an expression of "The Modern Attack"?
When Hilaire Belloc wrote The Great Heresies there wasn't a great name for the modern materialist dogmatic theology, he referred to the culmination of enlightenment ideas that constitute the current ...
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According to the Catholic Church, can one be a heretic and still obtain salvation?
According to the Catholic Church, can one be a heretic and still obtain salvation? Are there different kinds of heresy that merit different answers?
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Was Isaac Newton a Heretic?
(Related to Was Leo Tolstoy a heretic?) Most know Sir Isaac Newton as the person who discovered gravity when he observed the fall of an apple or his discovery of light being a particle, but few are ...
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Would believing the coming again of the Son of Man has already happened be considered heretical by the Catholic Church?
Some Christians hold that the Second Coming of Jesus is yet to come, and some hold it has already happened (certain kinds of preterism).
Would holding that Jesus in the Olivet discourse (Matthew 24:30,...
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Sin as a goal of man [closed]
God created Man.
Only difference between human and animal is possibiity of sin.
Hence God create man for only this purpose, commit sin. And from sin we glorify God.
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Eating eggs and cheese to refute heresy?
I recently finished the wonderful book 'Elder Zosima: the Hesychast of Siberia'. In it, Elder Basil becomes excessively zealous at one point and decides to fast from eggs and dairy permanently rather ...
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Is Panentheism a heresy?
I’ve been exploring Panentheism (not to be confused with Pantheism) and certain elements speak to my own experience of God. I also understand that this theology is embraced by some contemporary ...
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How did the early church fathers refute Adoptionism?
Adoptionism is a Christological heresy which denies the pre-existence of Jesus, and therefore denies Jesus's title as "God the Son" in the Trinitarian conception of the Christian God.
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Was Leo Tolstoy a heretic? [closed]
Leo Tolstoy, author of War and Peace and Anna Karenina, wrote his own version of the Christian Gospels.[1] He called it The Gospel in Brief. In it, he mixed many beliefs of the different disciples. In ...
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What does it mean that the Believers Eastern Church (in Asia) is an "Ancient-Future Church"?
Recently I was asked a question about the Believers Eastern Church and have been doing some research to find out what they believe. Here is part of what I discovered:
The founder and current ...
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What do we know about Arian liturgy?
I've done a lot of googling but can't turn up any information about what Arian liturgy was like. Apparently the "Mozarabic rite" in Spain is connected somehow to traditional Arian liturgy.
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What is the general Christian view on fantasy works such as Tolkien's Silmarillion?
I've just read Silmarillion for the second time in my life. The last time was 20 years ago. In short, it's basically a "fantasy bible", starting out extremely abstract with how God creates these ...
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Do Catholics consider Catholic Church as a heresy of the Orthodox church?
A succession of ecclesiastical differences and theological disputes between the Greek Eastern Church and Latin West Church pre-dated the formal rupture that occurred in 1054. Prominent among these ...
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Which heresy did Spurgeon accuse Pusey of?
I have been asked to explain what Charles Spurgeon meant when he said "Puseyism" was heretical. Apparently, Charles Spurgeon brought this up in his sermons.
I have done some initial research and ...
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