what is heresy?

Question

what does herey mean?

Answer 1

Heresy is openly working against the dominant religion or attempting to undermine said religion. In some countries where the head of state was also the head of the Church (eg: England) Treason could also carry a charge of heresy. Nowadays it can be thrown around to people that disagree with your religion but historically it was a crime that had to be enforced by the laws of the land.

Answer 2

Heresy is the WMD of religion. Calling someone a heretic is like saying God really hates them, it's a dangerous road because next that will be an excuse to kill them as once happened in the dark ages, and like is happening within Islam today. The ironic thing is when you get down to throwing charges of heresy you probably will end up a heretic yourself by breaking many other commandments

Answer 3

This is an easy one....

From the Greek "Hairesis" a 'choice'...... used first by a dogmatic (some might say RABID) Christian Church goer named Irenaeus.

He coined the term orthodoxa (RIGHT THINKING) and anyone having anything to say against him was making a 'wrong choice'.

He labeled that "hairesis".... but until the Council of Nicea in 325 C.E. it really held no great importance. After 325 C.E. people began to disappear in large numbers.

It seem that of the purported 51 Gospels that were considered during the Council of Nicea only three were selected; Matthew Mark, and Luke. The Gospel of John was considered "Hairesis" for another 100 years roughly.

The Council of Nicea also determined one other thing that might disturb you....... It decided that Christ was the Son of God and not a Prophet...... seems that until 325 C.E. that was still in question.

That is probably why the Muslims and the Jews still consider Jesus to be a Prophet to this day..... they were not invited to the Council of Nicea by Emperor Constantine.

Answer 4

"Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and universal faith, or it is likewise an obstinate doubt concerning the same;

466 The Nestorian heresy regarded Christ as a human person joined to the divine person of God's Son. Opposing this heresy, St. Cyril of Alexandria and the third ecumenical council, at Ephesus in 431, confessed "that the Word, uniting to himself in his person the flesh animated by a rational soul, became man."

467 The Monophysites affirmed that the human nature had ceased to exist as such in Christ when the divine person of God's Son assumed it. (dealt with at the Council of Chalcedon in 451AD)

Answer 5

Heresy is saying something that contradicts a particular group's interpretation of a religion.

Answer 6

heresy means mans opinion that contradicts God's Word.

Someone's choice to believe something other than God's teachings.

heretic is a person who holds to heresy.

Answer 7

Heresy is teaching a lie.

Answer 8

Pointing out that something in a religion is wrong.

Answer 9

http://www.m-w.com/dictionary/heresy

Answer 10

to spread anything that is contrary to the revealed word of God and His church, to distort the meaning of sacred scripture to suit one`s own agenda, to give scandal in the teaching of distorted doctrines.