Tag: Heresies

From ChatGPT is the table below, and following that is an expanded response with sources. Here’s a compact chronological timeline of Christian heresies through 500 CE. # Heresy First Appearance Council / Synod Key Teaching 1 Judaizing / Ebionitism Late 1st c. Opposed by Church Fathers (Irenaeus, Against Heresies 1.26) Torah observance required; denies full […]

This post contains links to articles and brief extracts at BartEhrman.com. See the list of 22 heresies here that contains sources and dates.. Christian History – Category at BartEhrman.com Pelagianism: History, Definition, & Beliefs (Heresy Series) Also see the page at this site with a summary of Marina’s great article. Pelagianism: History, Definition, & Beliefs […]

Below is a summary by ChatGPT of the great article Arianism: What is the Arian Heresy in Christianity? written by Marko Marina, Ph.D. and posted at BartEhrman.com Here is a clear, practical summary of the text you provided: Summary The article explains that early Christianity was far more diverse than later tradition suggests. In the first […]

This is a summary of the article “Docetism: Definition, History, & Beliefs (Heresy Series)” by Joshua Schachterle, Ph.D., which examines Docetism, an early Christian heresy that denied Jesus’s true humanity. What Was Docetism? Docetism (from Greek dokeĩn, “to seem”) taught that Jesus only appeared to have a physical body but was actually a purely spiritual being. Docetists […]