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* "'''heresy'''", which means "against accepted or established standards"
* "'''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"
== Divinity of Christ ==
most but not all heresies come from misunderstandings or heterodoxic teachings about the nature of Christ
* as all man
** not divine, a prophet, not God
* or all God
** not man, thus only present in appearance not substance of a man
* implicates understanding of Mary
** Mother of God = gave birth to a man
** as a divine "vessel": = carried God not a man


== Heresies and Schisms ==
== Heresies and Schisms ==