Issue 51. Heresy in the Early Church


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Summary
"There was a time when the Son was not," sang Arius, a 4th century Libyan bishop and poster child of early church heresy. Debates covered a wide range of issues, from wealth to wild charismaticism to non-Trinitarianism, but none was more central to preserving the Christian faith than the personhood of Jesus Christ. Discussions of his divinity and humanity were the perpetual theological argument from the apostolic age through the councils of Nicaea and Constantinople. This issue of Christian History & Biography will enlighten you to how the early church combated many early heresies to preserve its identity as followers of a fully divine and fully human Christ.

Quarreling bishops, notorious heretics, and the search for the biblical Jesus.

Inside this issue you'll find:

  • A Hammer Struck At Heresy
    What exactly happened at the famous Council of Nicea, when the Roman emperor convened some 250 quarreling Christian bishops?
    Also: The Champion of Orthodoxy on Why the Word Became Flesh
  • Fine-Tuning the Incarnation
    A lot of mistakes were made before the church figured out how best to describe Jesus Christ.
    Also: Key Portions of the Church's Most Important Theological Statement
  • Sifting Through the Christ Controversies
    A quick summary of the competing schools of thought.
  • Finding the Truth
    How the earliest church decided Marcion and the Gnostics, among others, were wrong.
    Also: Why Bishops Should Be Trusted
  • Malcontents for Christ
    The mixed motives and odd teachings of four notorious heretics.
  • Also: Origen: Model or Heretic?
  • Testing the Prophets
    In the Montanist controversy, did the church reject heresy or the Holy Spirit?
  • Risky Lifestyles
    It wasn't just what Christians believed but also how they lived that concerned early church teachers.
  • The Search for the Biblical Jesus
    The hard, technical, theological work on Christ was essentially a 400-year Bible study.
    A Christian History Interview with Thomas Oden
    Departments
  • Did You Know?
  • From the Editor
  • From the Readers
  • Timeline
  • Resources


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