Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101:Gnosticism
Gnosticism holds to a radical dualism of good and evil and believes secret knowledge is necessary for salvation; this contrasts sharply with
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101: The Ebionites
Ebionites were a Jewish-Christian group that believed that Jesus did not exist before his birth and that God adopted him at his baptism.
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101: Dual Covenant Theology
Dual Covenant Theology promotes the idea that the Jewish people have their own path to Salvation which does not include Jesus.
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101: Donatism
Donatism is the erroneous belief that the sacraments' effectiveness depends on the minister's moral character.
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101: Docetism
Docetism is a heresy with many variations, again, as with most heresies, attacking the nature of Christ. It generally teaches, among the var
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101: Arianism
The heresy of Arianism is the notion that Jesus Christ is not equal to God the Father by nature; instead, Jesus is God's first creation.
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101: Apollinarianism
Jesus is God in the flesh (John 1:1, 14, 10:30-33, 20:28, Phil. 2:5-8, Heb. 1:8). He is fully God and fully man (Col. 2:9); thus, He has two
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101: Anti-Paulism
Anti-Paulism or Pauline Christianity is the belief that the Apostle Paul was a heretic and that the books he wrote are not a part of Biblica
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101: Antinomianism
if not ignorant of God's Word, or a false convert, the notion of being "saved" and earmarked for heaven but still allowed to live in sin...
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Rev. Bruce A. Shields
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Heresy 101: Adoptionism
Heresy is any belief or practice that explicitly undermines the gospel and can easily be proven false through scripture alone.
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