#[0] #[1] at this point in history i feel like it's kinda complicated since it's so early in christian history but heresy is a judgement that something disagrees with church teachings/is considered a threat to the christian community. gnosticism is frequently considered heresy because it's based on individual knowledge of God and relies less stringently on church doctrine
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at this point in history i feel like it’s kinda complicated since it’s so early in christian history but heresy is a judgement that something disagrees with church teachings/is considered a threat to the christian community.
ahh I see. I just always assumed it meant something wrong, going against the faith.
gnosticism is frequently considered heresy because it’s based on individual knowledge of God and relies less stringently on church doctrine
yes thats why I prefer Gnosticism. I believe in interpersonal relationship with God is the most important thing.
So as far as the Catholic church goes: publicly, knowingly, and unrepentantly disagreeing with the official church doctrine by a baptised believer(i.e. they still claim to be Christian) is heresy, even when the Catholic church is WRONG.
( https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heresy_in_the_Catholic_Church )
Definition
Heresy has a specific meaning in the Catholic Church when it applies to someone's belief. There are four elements which constitute a person's formal heresy:[3]
the person in question must have had a valid Christian baptism
the person claims to still be a Christian
the person publicly and obstinately denies or positively doubts a truth that the Catholic Church regards as revealed by God (through the Scriptures or Sacred tradition)
the disbelief must be morally culpable, that is, there must be a refusal to accept what is known to be a doctrinal imperative.
Therefore, to become a heretic and thus lose communion with the Catholic Church and hence no longer be Catholic, one must deny or question a truth that is taught by the Catholic Church as revealed by God, and at the same time know that the Catholic Church teaches it. However, if the person denied or questioned such a doctrine, but in good faith, that person is not considered a formal heretic by the Catholic Church, though it is an expression of material heresy.[3]
Canon 751 of the Latin Church's 1983 Code of Canon Law, promulgated by Pope John Paul II in 1983, defines heresy as the following: "Heresy is the obstinate denial or doubt after the reception of baptism of some truth which is to be believed by divine and Catholic faith". Heresy is contrasted with apostasy – "the total repudiation of the Christian faith" –, and with schism – " the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him".[4] This definition and contrast are reused in the Catechism of the Catholic Church. The Catechism also contrasts heresy with incredulity, which is "the neglect of revealed truth or the willful refusal to assent to it".
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