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** heterodoxy is called here "'''heresy'''", which means "against accepted or established standards" | ** heterodoxy is called here "'''heresy'''", which means "against accepted or established standards" | ||
*** heresy is from Greek ''hairesis'' for "taking for oneself" | *** heresy is from Greek ''hairesis'' for "taking for oneself" | ||
== Orthodoxy == | |||
== Heresies == | |||
* Heresies came in general categories | |||
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!Movement | |||
!Christ as God alone | |||
!Christ as Man alone | |||
!Christ as other | |||
!Notes | |||
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|Adoptionism | |||
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|believed the Jesus the man was not God but God adopted him at his birth; his spirit was returned to God at the Resurrection and Ascension | |||
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|Doscetics | |||
|Y | |||
|N | |||
|Christ existed in spirit only | |||
|His physical presence was illusionary | |||
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|Gnostics | |||
|Y | |||
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|Gnostics had "secret knowledge" from an unknown God | |||
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|Marcions | |||
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|Christ was different from the Old Testament God | |||
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|Montanism | |||
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|"New Prophesy" movement adhered to Christian orthodoxy but focused on prophesy and revelations from the Holy Spirit | |||
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=== Gnostics / gnosticism === | |||
[[Category:Religion]] | [[Category:Religion]] | ||
[[Category:Catholicism]] | [[Category:Catholicism]] | ||
[[Category:Christianity]] | [[Category:Christianity]] | ||
Latest revision as of 01:20, 28 May 2023
Also, "Early Christian Church"
- this article will review the development of the Christian Church and Christian doctrine (orthodoxy)
- orthodoxy = "ortho" (true, straight, right ) + doxa (opinion, praise) = "right opinion
- heterodoxy = "hetero" (another, of the other) + dox = other opion
- note: the suffix -doxy comes from PIE root *dek- "to take, accept"
- heterodoxy is called here "heresy", which means "against accepted or established standards"
- heresy is from Greek hairesis for "taking for oneself"
Orthodoxy[edit | edit source]
Heresies[edit | edit source]
- Heresies came in general categories
| Movement | Christ as God alone | Christ as Man alone | Christ as other | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Adoptionism | Y | believed the Jesus the man was not God but God adopted him at his birth; his spirit was returned to God at the Resurrection and Ascension | ||
| Doscetics | Y | N | Christ existed in spirit only | His physical presence was illusionary |
| Gnostics | Y | Gnostics had "secret knowledge" from an unknown God | ||
| Marcions | Christ was different from the Old Testament God | |||
| Montanism | "New Prophesy" movement adhered to Christian orthodoxy but focused on prophesy and revelations from the Holy Spirit | |||