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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


==== docetism ====
==== 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]]


=== Heretical and Schismatic Movements from the Catholic perspective ===
== Chart of heretical and schismatic movements outside Catholic orthodoxy ==
 
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==== Judaisers ====
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| rowspan="2" |1st
|Judaism required for Christians
|Judaism required for Christians
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|New Covenant
|New Covenant
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|Marcianism
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==== Marcianism ====
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|Montanism
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==== Montanism ====
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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 ====
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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
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==== Origenism ====
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| rowspan="8" |Origenism
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|denied persons of the Trinity; claimed the Son is subordinate to God
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| rowspan="2" |Novatianism
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==== Novatianism ====
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|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
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==== Arianism ====
| rowspan="2" |3rd
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|Denied divinity of Christ
|Denied divinity of Christ
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|dissimilarity
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|dualism
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|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
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* 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
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==== 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
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==== Nestorianism ====
| rowspan="2" |5th
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|Christ human only
|Christ human only
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|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
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==== Islam ====
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|strict monotheism
|strict monotheism
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|Eastern Ortohdox
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==== Eastern Orthodox ====
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|The heresy of Eastern Orthodoxy lies in its rejection of Roman Catholic papal authority
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==== Manichaean ====
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==== Cathars ====
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==== Paulicians ====
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| rowspan="2" |Joachimites
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==== Joachimites ====
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|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 ====
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* followers of John Wycliffe who rejected the Sacraments
* "lollard" means
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|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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|All people will be saved  
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|universal salvation
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