THEO 300

• A group of well-educated Christians who defended the faith from heresies through their writings.

  THE EARLY APOLOGISTS
• Aside from persecution, the proliferation of heresies (________) against the early church threatened the unity and stability of the Christians.

  false teachings
• THERE WILL BE FALSE TEACHERS AMONG YOU.

  2 Peter 2:1 NKJV
• "For such men are false apostles, deceitful workers, disguising themselves as apostles of Christ. No wonder, for even Satan disguises himself as an angel of light. Therefore it is not surprising if his servants also disguise themselves as a servants of righteousness, whose end will be according to their deeds."

  2 Corinthians 11:13-15
• • Counterfeit Faiths!
  • False Christs
  • False prophets & apostles
  • False brethren
  • False teachers
  • False churches
  • False gospels
  • 1 Peter 2:9-10
  • Matt. 24:24
  • 2 Cor. 11:13-15; 1 Jno. 4:1
  • Gal. 2:4
  • 2 Pet. 2:1
  • Rev. 2:5
  • Gal. 1:6-7
• a baptist person who constantly denies or doubt matters of divinely revealed truth (Code of Canon Law, No 751)

  HERESY/HERETIC
• someone who questions what has been reveled clearly by God and held to be the most central aspects of our faith.

  HERESY/HERETIC
• HERETIC is no longer what?..

  CHRISTIAN
• n. teachings of the Church vary in their relation to the fundamental Christian faith

  Hierarchy of Truths
• divinely revealed and infallibly taught statements of faith that require "irrevocable adherence of faith"


  DOGMA
• synthesized statements of belief based on divine revelation meant to guide the faithful in right thought and action

  DOCTRINE
• rules or laws created by the Church to aid the faithful in living a good life 


  DISCIPLINE
• • GNOSTICISM
  • MARCIONISM
  • MONTANISM
  • MANICHAENISM

  Heresies Against the Early Church
• from the Greek term "gnosis" means knowledge

  GNOSTICISM
• adherents of Gnosticism 


  GNOSTICS
• Gnostics claimed to have a?....

  special, salvific type of knowledge
• Gnosticism proclaims its teachings, its rites and practices to be?

  DIVINELY REVEALED
• Gnosticism offers itself as?

  INFALLIBLE MEANS OF SALVATION through MAGICAL RITES AND FORMULA
• Gnostics viewed the world as what?

  world of matter as evil and the spirit alone is good
• Human body is also a matter thus its is a

  defiled and evil
• They denied what?


  the bodily resurrection of Jesus
• They claimed that their dualism explained the origin of evil far better than the Christian view.

  Gnostics
• Claimed that small elect minority (Gnostics) are assured of salvation.

  DETERMINISM
• Named after its founder 'Marcion' 


  MARCIONISM
• What was the Marcionism belief?

  REACTION OF THE CONTRADICTING GOD OF THE "OLD TESTAMENT" AND "NEW TESTAMENT"
• Who described Marcionism as the "error of Marcion" who rejected the vengeful God of the Old Testament in favor of the Good God revealed in Jesus Christ?

  ADALBERT HAMMAN
• For Marcion, who did he believe were the two Gods?

  LESSER OF WHOM

  CREATOR OF THE VISIBLE WORLD
• This god is jealous of his own created man, expelled him from Paradise and so began the history of human sin and misery.

  DEMIURGE
• Who mentioned that Salvation is from the good god?

  PHILIP HUGHES
• He could not reconcile the "Vindictive God" of the Old Testament and found himself deviating from the true teaching of the Church.

  MARCION
• Marcion equated the God of the Old testament as _ due to the wars and conflicts recorded in his name?

  UNDESERVING TO BE GOD
• Marcion reduced who as divine?

  JESUS
• Made an important mark in the history of the Church when its leader, Montanus, claimed a special inspiration from the Holy Spirit.

  MONTANISM
• He described the development of such claim in relation to Montanism.

  HUBERT JEDIN
• Montanus claimed to be with his fellow christians when?

  170 AD
• Montanus claimed, when with the Holy Spirit in him, what can he do?

  LEAD THE CHURCH TO ALL TRUTH
• Two women that joined Montanus in uttering prophesies?


  PRISCILLA

  MAXIMILLIA
• After a series of prophesies, what did Montanus promise?

  HIS ADHERENTS A HIGHER PLACE IN APPROACHING HEAVENLY JERUSALEM
• When was Montanism condemned?

  YEAR 200
• Who condemned Montanism in Year 200?

  POPE ZEPHYRINUS