Can we talk about heresy?(Cover Story)

From: The Christian Century | Date: April 12, 1995| Author: | Copyright information

The concept of heresy is not readily found in today's 'liberated' churches, despite the struggle against heresy in the church's past. Indeed, there seems to be no real idea of what constitutes heresy, and this leaves churches in the position of not knowing their own boundaries

AN INTERLOPER who steals property must be caught and charged. Thinly disguised atheism and neopaganism are interlopers in liberated" church circles. They have engaged in the theft of church property. The stolen property must be reclaimed and the thieves brought to justice.

To point this out means raising the ...

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