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heresy heresy
heresy in religion, especially in Christianity, beliefs or views held by a member of a church that contradict its orthodoxy, or core doctrines. It is distinguished from apostasy, which is a complete abandonment of faith that makes the apostate a deserter, or former member. Heresy is also... Read more
Hymenaeus Hymenaeus
Hymenaeus , in the New Testament, Christian denounced by Paul for heresy or apostasy.... Read more
Monotheletism Monotheletism
Monotheletism or Monothelitism [Gr.,=one will], 7th-century opinion condemned as heretical by the Third Council of Constantinople in 680 (see Constantinople, Third Council of ). This doctrine, by declaring that Christ operated with but one will, although he had two natures, opposed the intent... Read more
Second Council of Constantinople Second Council of Constantinople
Second Council of Constantinople 553, regarded generally as the fifth ecumenical council. It was convened by Byzantine Emperor Justinian I to settle the dispute known as the Three Chapters. In an attempt to reconcile moderate Monophysite parties to orthodoxy, Justinian had issued (544) a... Read more
Honorius I Honorius I
Honorius I , pope (625-38), an Italian; successor of Boniface V. He showed great interest in the church in Spain and the British Isles, and he did a great deal to reform the education of the clergy. In the course of the dispute over Monotheletism , he was asked as pope for an opinion on its... Read more
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Horace Bushnell , 1802-76, American Congregational minister, b. Bantam, Conn. Bushnell became (1833) pastor of the North Church, Hartford, Conn. He wrote Christian Nurture (1847) and God in Christ (1849). Because of certain views of the Trinity allegedly expressed in the latter, unsuccessful... Read more
Eutyches Eutyches
Eutyches , c.378-c.452, archimandrite in Constantinople, sponsor of Eutychianism, the first phase of Monophysitism . He was the leader in Constantinople of the most violent opponents of Nestorianism , among whom was Dioscurus, successor to St. Cyril (d. 444) as patriarch of Alexandria. Whereas... Read more
mirror mirror
mirror in optics, a reflecting surface that forms an image of an object when light rays coming from that object fall upon it (see reflection ). Usually mirrors are made of plate glass, one side of which is coated with metal or some special preparation to serve as a reflecting surface. The... Read more
vesica piscis vesica piscis
vesica piscis. 1. Glory, mandala, or mandorla of the upright almond-shaped type produced by the geometrical process of placing two equilateral triangles above and below a baseline as mirror-images and striking arcs from each end of the base-line passing through the other points of the triangle.... Read more
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IN MEMORIAM: HAROLD O. J. BROWN (1933-2007)
Magazine article from: Ethics & Medicine ...Birth (Thomas Nelson 1977), The Reconstruction of the Republic (Arlington House 1977), Heresies: The Image of Christ in the Mirror of Heresy and Orthodoxy from the Apostles to the Present, and Sensate Culture (Word, 1996). ...

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