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Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Oriental Orthodox Churches, mainline Protestantism: Binitarianism is a Christian heresy that teaches that there are only two persons in the Godhead: the Father and the Son. The Holy Spirit is not considered to be a separate person, but rather an aspect of the Son or the Father. [20] Subordinationism
[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. [3]
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.
The Treatise on Heretics, in its full form the Treatise on Heretics: whether they should be persecuted, and how they should be treated according to the opinion and judgment of various authors, both ancient and modern (in Latin: De Haereticis, an sint persequendi et omnino quomodo sit cum eis agendum, doctorum virorum tum veterum, tum recentiorum sententiae), is a theological and patristic ...
Heresy is the crime of proposing an unorthodox change to an established religion. ... John Adams (Protestant martyr) Henry Adlington; Thomas Aikenhead; Pomponio Algerio;
Protestantism was denounced as heresy, and those supporting these doctrines could be excommunicated as heretics. Thus by canon law and depending on the practice and policies of the particular Catholic country at the time, Protestants could be subject to prosecution and persecution: in those territories, such as Spain, Italy and the Netherlands ...
Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, particularly the accepted beliefs or religious law of a religious organization. [1] [2] A heretic is a proponent of heresy. [1] Heresy in Christianity, Judaism, and Islam has at times been met with censure ranging from excommunication to the death ...
Heresy Description Origin Official condemnation Other Protestantism: The five solae are five Latin phrases (or slogans) that emerged during the Protestant Reformation and summarize the Reformers' basic theological beliefs in opposition to the teaching of the Catholic Church of the day. Solus Christus: Christ alone. Sola scriptura: Scripture ...