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A heresy is a belief or doctrine that is considered to be false or erroneous by one or more Christian denominations, i.e. what is believed to be contrary to the teaching of Christianity. Heresies have been a major source of division and conflict within Christendom throughout its history.
Other Christian heresies Heresy Description Origin Official condemnation Other Antinomianism: Any view which holds that Christians are freed by grace from obligations of any moral law. St Paul had to refute a charge of this type made by opponents because of his attitude to the Mosaic Law (Romans 3:8) [19]
[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.
Fr Michel Collin of France was excommunicated in 1951 for various heresies, and later declared himself Pope Clement XV. [95] Fr Leonard Feeney, SJ on 13 February 1953 for disobedience to the Holy See. [96] Feeney promoted Feeneyism, a view condemned by the Catholic Church. [97] Fr.
Persecution of Christian heretics (2 C, 17 P) Pages in category "Heresy in Christianity" The following 26 pages are in this category, out of 26 total.
Docetism was unequivocally rejected at the First Council of Nicaea in 325 [9] and is regarded as heretical by the Catholic Church, Eastern Orthodox Church, Coptic Orthodox Church of Alexandria, Armenian Apostolic Church, Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, [10] and many Protestant denominations that accept and hold to the statements of these ...
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 ...