The Changing Construction of Doctrinal Dissent:Heresy in Early Christian Times

The Changing Construction of Doctrinal Dissent:Heresy in Early Christian Times

In the IInd century the Christian concept of heresy (denoting Christians opponents and / or doctrinal deviance) was meant to emphasize the claim of Christian philosophy to be unique and unitary and therefore superior to pagan philosophies. The concept of `heresy´ denounced Christian diversity as ill...

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Main Author: Lohr Winrich
Format: Article
Language:Russian
Published: St. Tikhon's University 2014-08-01
Series:Vestnik Pravoslavnogo Svâto-Tihonovskogo Gumanitarnogo Universiteta: Seriâ III. Filologiâ
Subjects:
the church needed the support of the state in order to impose its orthodoxy: An elaborate anti-heretical legislation was developed and codified in the Codex Theodosianus and the Codex Justinianus. However
the anti-heretical legislation was anything but systematic
it was the product of circumstances
often reacted to very specific situations and local initiatives and its scope was often geographically limited. Its effectiveness is difficult to assess; with its vituperative and sometimes violent language it aimed at intimidation and conversion. The Christian concept of `heresy´ was a novelty as a legal term. However
emperor Aurelian
emperor Theodosius I
Codex Theodosianus
heresy
councils
synods
Eunomians
Paul of Samosata
Photinus of Sirmium
philosophy
Serapion of Antioch
Sozomen
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