Heresy: Difference between revisions
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==== deism ==== | ==== deism ==== | ||
* belief in an impersonal god, or some kind of divine creator | * belief in an impersonal god, or some kind of divine creator | ||
* does not belief in the Living God | * does not belief in the Living God | ||
* by extension does not belief in the divinity of Christ | * by extension does not belief in the divinity of Christ | ||
==== | ==== denial of the Eucharist ==== | ||
* certain heretical movements, especially Protestants, to various degrees deny that the consecrated bread and wine become in substance fully the body and blood of Christ, which is Catholic Church doctrine | |||
* some argue that the Lord is present in the Host, but is merely "consubstantial," meaning having two natures, and not "transubstantiated," which means changed into | |||
* (unrelated to the idea that the Father and the Son are "consubstantial", i.e. distinct persons of one being) | |||
==== dissimilarity ==== | |||
* considers Christ the Son of God, but holds that the Son is "dissimilar" to the Father | |||
* and therefore the Son is subordinate to the Father | |||
* also called unitarianism or nontrinitarianism | |||
==== Docetism ==== | |||
* believed that Christ was not mortal, did not actually die on the Cross | * believed that Christ was not mortal, did not actually die on the Cross | ||
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* [[wikipedia:List_of_heresies_in_the_Catholic_Church|List of heresies in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia]] | * [[wikipedia:List_of_heresies_in_the_Catholic_Church|List of heresies in the Catholic Church - Wikipedia]] | ||
== | == Chart of heretical and schismatic movements outside Catholic orthodoxy == | ||
{| class="wikitable" | {| class="wikitable" | ||
!Movement | !Movement | ||
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!Heresy / Heterodoxy | !Heresy / Heterodoxy | ||
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| rowspan="2" |Judaisers | | rowspan="2" | | ||
==== Judaisers ==== | |||
| rowspan="2" |1st | | rowspan="2" |1st | ||
|Judaism required for Christians | |Judaism required for Christians | ||
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|New Covenant | |New Covenant | ||
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|Marcianism | | | ||
==== Marcianism ==== | |||
|2nd | |2nd | ||
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|Montanism | | | ||
==== Montanism ==== | |||
|2nd | |2nd | ||
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* C. 156 AD, Montanus preached against worldliness in the Church and taught return to supposed Christian simplicity | * C. 156 AD, Montanus preached against worldliness in the Church and taught return to supposed Christian simplicity | ||
* Montanus believed he was inspired by the "Paraclete" (Holy Spirit) | * Montanus believed he was inspired by the "Paraclete" (Holy Spirit) | ||
* his movement was called "New Prophesy" | * his movement was called "New Prophesy" | ||
* had two female followers, Prisca and Priscilla who also claimed to be inspired by the Holy Spirit and practiced "ecstatic" worship | * had two female followers, Prisca and Priscilla who also claimed to be inspired by the Holy Spirit and practiced "ecstatic" worship | ||
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|Pelagianism | | | ||
==== Pelagianism ==== | |||
|4th | |4th | ||
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* humans retain divine grace inherently, and are not born with original sin. | * humans retain divine grace inherently, and are not born with original sin. | ||
* therefore, humans must exercise their free will to achieve God's perfection on earth; as such, Pelagius taught that people must live sinless lives | * therefore, humans must exercise their free will to achieve God's perfection on earth; as such, Pelagius taught that people must live sinless lives | ||
|asceticism | |asceticism | ||
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|denied original sin | |denied original sin | ||
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==== Origenism ==== | |||
| rowspan="8" |Origenism | |||
| rowspan="8" |3rd | | rowspan="8" |3rd | ||
|denied | |Origin denied the Persons of the Trinity; claimed the Son is subordinate to God | ||
| | |dissimilarity | ||
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| rowspan="2" |Novatianism | | rowspan="2" | | ||
==== Novatianism ==== | |||
| rowspan="2" |3rd | | rowspan="2" |3rd | ||
|no salvation for ''lapsi'' (apostates who denied Christ in face of oppression) | |no salvation for ''lapsi'' (apostates who denied Christ in face of oppression) | ||
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* denied return of ''Lapsi'' (apostates) after the Decian persecution; his followers called themselves the "Church of the Pure" | * denied return of ''Lapsi'' (apostates) after the Decian persecution; his followers called themselves the "Church of the Pure" | ||
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| rowspan="2" |Arianism | | rowspan="2" | | ||
==== Arianism ==== | |||
| rowspan="2" |3rd | | rowspan="2" |3rd | ||
|Denied divinity of Christ | |Denied divinity of Christ | ||
| | |dissimilarity | ||
| | |dualism | ||
| | |rejected the Trinity | ||
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| colspan="4" |Thought that Christ was created by God as a sort of divine creature and that he also had a human person but it becomes dualist because Christ is separate from God | | colspan="4" | | ||
* Thought that Christ was created by God as a sort of divine creature and that he also had a human person but it becomes dualist because Christ is separate from God | |||
* rejects incarnation and therefore the hypostatic union of Christ as fully God and Man | |||
** this implicates salvation itself, as, if Christ is not fully God, then he cannot redeem us | |||
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| rowspan="2" |Donatism | | rowspan="2" | | ||
==== Donatism ==== | |||
| rowspan="2" |4th-6th | | rowspan="2" |4th-6th | ||
|sacramental office must be faultless | |sacramental office must be faultless | ||
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* Augustine argued that the Parable of the Banquet (Lk 14:15) showed the God wanted all people invited to the Church | * Augustine argued that the Parable of the Banquet (Lk 14:15) showed the God wanted all people invited to the Church | ||
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| rowspan="2" |Nestorianism | | rowspan="2" | | ||
==== Nestorianism ==== | |||
| rowspan="2" |5th | | rowspan="2" |5th | ||
|Christ human only | |Christ human only | ||
| | |dissimilarity | ||
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|rejected the Trinity | |rejected the Trinity | ||
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| colspan="4" |denied Mary as Mother of God; taught the "prosopic union" of Christ as divine and human as separate entities | | colspan="4" |denied Mary as Mother of God; taught the "prosopic union" of Christ as divine and human as separate entities | ||
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|Islam | | | ||
==== Islam ==== | |||
|8th | |8th | ||
|strict monotheism | |strict monotheism | ||
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|denial of divinity of Christ | |denial of divinity of Christ | ||
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|Eastern | | | ||
==== Eastern Orthodox ==== | |||
|9th | |9th | ||
|The heresy of Eastern Orthodoxy lies in its rejection of Roman Catholic papal authority | |||
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==== Manichaean ==== | |||
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|Cathars | | | ||
==== Cathars ==== | |||
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|Paulicians | | | ||
==== Paulicians ==== | |||
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| rowspan="2" |Joachimites | | rowspan="2" | | ||
==== Joachimites ==== | |||
| rowspan="2" |13th | | rowspan="2" |13th | ||
|cultish worship of the Holy Spirit | |cultish worship of the Holy Spirit | ||
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|followers of Joachim of Fiore who taught end-of-times millenarism that was to start in 1260 | |followers of Joachim of Fiore who taught end-of-times millenarism that was to start in 1260 | ||
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* followers of Wycliffe were known as "Lollards" for | * followers of Wycliffe were known as "Lollards" for | ||
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==== Lollards ==== | |||
|15th | |||
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* followers of John Wycliffe who rejected the Sacraments | |||
* "lollard" means | |||
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|anit-clericalism | |||
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|Savonarola | |Savonarola | ||
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* Started by various anti-Church "reformers" of the 15th-17th centuries, Protestantism holds that salvation in Christ comes from ''belief'' in Christ alone (''sola fide''), as opposed to what they call "works", but which also thereby includes reason; | * Started by various anti-Church "reformers" of the 15th-17th centuries, Protestantism holds that salvation in Christ comes from ''belief'' in Christ alone (''sola fide''), as opposed to what they call "works", but which also thereby includes reason; | ||
* Protestantism also holds that belief can only be derived from Scripture (''sola scriptura''), so tradition, early Church teachings, and Church doctrine promulgated outside of the Bible are invalid; | * Protestantism also holds that belief can only be derived from Scripture (''sola scriptura''), so tradition, early Church teachings, and Church doctrine promulgated outside of the Bible are invalid; | ||
* as such, protestants do not believe in the Sacramental Economy, Holy Orders, priestly celibacy, the Papacy, the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, Church tradition and the Saints. | * as such, protestants do not believe in the Sacramental Economy, Holy Orders, priestly celibacy, the Papacy, the Magisterium of the Catholic Church, Church tradition and the Saints. | ||
|''pertinacia'' | |''pertinacia'' | ||
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| | |nontrinitarianism | ||
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|All people will be saved | |All people will be saved | ||
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|universal salvation | |universal salvation | ||
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