Christian heresy

lost. Emperor Constantine and the acceptance of Christianity was a major turning point in church history. The ruling class assumed their own form of Christianity which was to their own liking. “The purity of the teachings of the church were diluted. Heresies (false teaching) flourished, and the Church battled to retain its doctrinal equilibrium” (p. 211) During this time physical healing gave way to “spiritual” healing. This was taught by Jerome and Augustine, who later reversed his position.…

came to him as he read the New Testament in Greek as a priest in the Catholic Church. Following his intuition and education from Oxford, he translated the New Testament in English in secret. From the orders of the King, such act was categorized as heresy and punished by death, since it followed Martin Luther’s similar ideas. Once the translation of the new testament was finished in 1525, his copies were smuggled into Europe from his hiding place in the Lutheran City of Worms. Although he never…

Lutheran confessors and Christian theologians throughout history have offered their fullest attention to the sacrament of Baptism and held it in high regard and faith throughout the ages. The benefits of Baptism are…

that because Christians are baptized into water, people should “give it a share of the honour of the Father and of the Son.” This is absurd on a number of levels, but Basil argues that “if there is any grace in the water, it is not of the nature of the water, but of the presence of the Spirit” in the baptismal process. He argues that the water is not the substance that transforms the believers, but instead it is “the presence of the Spirit” that should be exalted. Just as Christians praise…

1. What was the context of the Protestant Reformation? (3) At this point of history there was only one church in the West- Catholic church which was controlled by the pope. The church was corrupted and the pope and cardinal were living like kings. Popes claimed more power as well as commanded armies and more political alliances. The corruption of the church was well known and several attempt had been made to reform the church but none of them were successful until Martin Luther came. 2. Who…

heretical or blasphemous. In this case Aquinas teaches bad doctrine and I would classify it as heretical. There is no room for heresy in the church because it creates such an unhealthy environment that is built on a compromised teaching. The only teaching the church should be doing is in accordance with the doctrines strictly found in the Bible. This should be true for Christians however Aquinas was catholic, whereas Catholics practice slightly different doctrines that may or may not allow for…

William Tyndale and John Calvin were both essential and influential figures in the Protestant Reformation (when Martin Luther took the initiative to break away from the Catholic Church). Calvin was a pastor and a theocratic ruler of Geneva, and Tyndale was simply a scholar who mastered many languages and translated the Bible so that the common people could read it for themselves. They lived their lives in different parts of Europe, but still both supported and impacted the separation from…

We have studied many different topics, however the two topics that resonated with me were the “Gospel and the Sin Nature.” I was raised with Christian values and coming into this course, I felt I had a good grasp of what these topics meant, but I was mistaken. The topic I chose is about two men and the consequences they suffered as a result of their actions. “Therefore as by the offence of one judgment came upon all men unto justification of life. For as by one man’s disobedience many were…

hear of wars and rumours of wars, do not be alarmed. Such things must happen, but the end is still to come’ (Barclay, 1975, 13:7). Jesus knew that the Christian faith will be distorted in the future because people often love to listen to their own proud mind rather than heard the voice of God. Since Jesus knew that there would be this kind of heresy and threaten things appear in the coming future, he told them as early as possible so as to protect them (Barclay, 1975, 13:6-16). Moreover, he…

began with the Catholicism of the Greek Church even stating, “It takes the form, not of a Christian product in Greed dress, but of a Greek product in Christian dress.” (236). Harnack credits the orthodoxy and tradition as the factors that made Christianity an even greater effigy to the work of Christ. It is during this time that traditionalism and intellectualism drove the church to creating dogma of Christian doctrine. The teaching of this doctrine furthered enveloped the kernel of Gospel…