The elimination of heresy from Christianity.

ProScribe · Jan 14, 2012

OrthodoxyUSA said:
So, if you ran into one today, it would be of no, or utmost importance?

Fair enough. (I'm not arguing denominations, just heresy itself.)

{We would not take a brother or sister to church court b/c of heresy if they are not particularly taught or trained at that level of scripture reading,church teaching, doctrine etc}

SolomonVII · Jan 14, 2012

I don't know what else to say. After all that Christianity has been through, after all the mighty swords of truth that have been thrust at one another, and still people want more of the same.

Sidheil · Jan 14, 2012

Well now, the question was the elimination of heresy, not heretics. I took that to mean teaching truth and always opposing falsehood. I really don't see how one can rank that low on the list of priorities.

OrthodoxyUSA · Jan 14, 2012

Sidheil said:
Well now, the question was the elimination of heresy, not heretics. I took that to mean teaching truth and always opposing falsehood. I really don't see how one can rank that low on the list of priorities.

Well someone gets it.

OrthodoxyUSA · Jan 14, 2012

Did Christ God not run the money changes off and turn over the tables?

Wrong teaching... wrong practice... bad.

Tzaousios · Jan 14, 2012

OrthodoxyUSA said:
Well someone gets it.

What? I got it too. That does not mean that the heresies and falsehoods themselves cannot be defined and discussed.

drjean · Jan 14, 2012

Even if we know ourselves that we cannot fully banish it, that doesn't mean we should throw our hands up in futility. A daily step by step plodding along and refuting legitimate errors as we go (versus differences of opinion that may or may not be true but that have nothing to do with the gospel's end goal of repentance and salvation, Who God is, etc.) is demanded of us. Otherwise, we will not soon recognize our faith in public.

OrthodoxyUSA · Jan 14, 2012

Tzaousios said:
What? I got it too. That does not mean that the heresies and falsehoods themselves cannot be defined and discussed.

The discussion of specific heresies was not the point of this thread.

Tzaousios · Jan 14, 2012

OrthodoxyUSA said:
The discussion of specific heresies was not the point of this thread.

Well, how did Sidheil or I get it, then?

OrthodoxyUSA · Jan 14, 2012

drjean said:
Even if we know ourselves that we cannot fully banish it, that doesn't mean we should throw our hands up in futility. A daily step by step plodding along and refuting legitimate errors as we go (versus differences of opinion that may or may not be true but that have nothing to do with the gospel's end goal of repentance and salvation, Who God is, etc.) is demanded of us. Otherwise, we will not soon recognize our faith in public.

New_Wineskin · Jan 14, 2012

OrthodoxyUSA said:
The elimination of heresy from Christianity.

1. Is of Prime importance.

2. Is of no importance.

3. Other

No importance . There is no heresy in Christianity - only in religion .

OrthodoxyUSA · Jan 14, 2012

New_Wineskin said:
No importance . There is no heresy in Christianity - only in religion .

History, even scripture itself, says otherwise.

New_Wineskin · Jan 14, 2012

OrthodoxyUSA said:
History, even scripture itself, says otherwise.

That is what your group tells you .

Albion · Jan 14, 2012

OrthodoxyUSA said:
Did Christ God not run the money changes off and turn over the tables?

Wrong teaching... wrong practice... bad.

Christ can do that. Doesn't mean we should start overturning the tables of merchants or that he intended that we do so.

OrthodoxyUSA · Jan 14, 2012

New_Wineskin said:
That is what your group tells you .

That is what scripture says.

OrthodoxyUSA · Jan 14, 2012

2Th 3:6 ¶Now we command you, brethren, in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ, that ye withdraw yourselves from every brother that walketh disorderly, and not after the tradition which he received of us.

Paraphrase:

Do not take communion with heretics.

Ishraqiyun · Jan 14, 2012

"Heresy (from Greek αἵρεσις, which originally meant "choice") is an accusation levied against members of another group which has beliefs which conflict with those of the accusers."
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heresy

Albion · Jan 14, 2012

OrthodoxyUSA said:
Paraphrase:

Do not take communion with heretics.

Why on earth would we conclude that holy communion was the particular reference/meaning there? It sounds like "avoid them." And there is nothing about heresy in particular.

Standing Up · Jan 14, 2012

OrthodoxyUSA said:
LOL!

And that's why you keep reading ^_^

OrthodoxyUSA · Jan 14, 2012

Albion said:
Why on earth would we conclude that holy communion was the particular reference/meaning there? It sounds like "avoid them." And there is nothing about heresy in particular.

That's because you dont see the Anaphora in that scripture. In fact, I bet you don't see it anywhere in scripture.

IOW ~ Your eyes are closed.

The elimination of heresy from Christianity.

The elimination of heresy from Christianity.

Is of Prime Importance.

Is of no Importance.

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