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It is obvious that the old category of ‘heresy’ is no longer of any value. Heresy, for Scripture and the early Church, includes the idea of a personal decision against the unity of the Church, and heresy’s characteristic is pertinacia, the obstinacy of him who persists in his own private way.
Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, mainline Protestantism: The belief that Jesus Christ was not the Son of God from eternity, but was adopted by God at some point in his life. [4] Valentinianism: Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, mainline Protestantism
There are four degrees of heresy in the Catholic Church according to the Catholic Encyclopedia: [2] Pertinacious adhesion to a doctrine contradictory to a point of faith clearly defined by the Catholic Church is heresy pure and simple, heresy in the first degree
Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, in particular the accepted beliefs of a church or religious organization. Subcategories This category has the following 2 subcategories, out of 2 total.
[1] Canon 3 of the ecumenical Fourth Council of the Lateran, 1215 required secular authorities to "exterminate in the territories subject to their jurisdiction all heretics" pointed out by the Catholic Church, [2] resulting in the inquisitor executing certain people accused of heresy. Some laws allowed the civil government to employ punishment.
Heresy in Christianity denotes the formal denial or doubt of a core doctrine of the Christian faith [1] as defined by one or more of the Christian churches. [2]The study of heresy requires an understanding of the development of orthodoxy and the role of creeds in the definition of orthodox beliefs, since heresy is always defined in relation to orthodoxy.
List of heresies in the Catholic Church; ... Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License; additional terms may apply.
Heresy in the Catholic Church (2 C, 11 P) N. Nontrinitarianism (4 C, 31 P) P. Pelagianism (1 C, 10 P) Persecution of Christian heretics (2 C, 17 P) Pages in category ...