Deism God is an impersonal force of origin, and he does not intervene in history. Rejects revelation as a source of divine knowledge. Contemporary religions are corruptions of a single pure, natural, simple, and rational religion. (Very connected to Freemasonry; many American Founders were Deists.) Enlightenment Rationality A human-centered philosophy and moral system in which Continue reading

Jesus Not Really Man Docetism: The humanity of Jesus is an illusion. He only “seems” like a human but is actually God (divine). Modalism: The three persons of the Trinity are not separate and distinct divine persons but simply three modes or manifestations of one and the same divine being. Apollinarianism: Jesus had a human Continue reading

Animism – all things have spirit & will This is pantheistic system in which all things participate in divinity. All things, even plants and rocks and words, are animated and have their own power to act and a will to choose a course. Atheism – there is no God This is the belief that God Continue reading

Protestants Here in the 21st century we do not generally refer to Protestants as heretics. We are more likely to refer to them as our Protestant brothers and sisters. But it is included as a heresy by all three of our primary sources. So why is that? Our friend Hilaire Belloc thinks it deserves to Continue reading

Our three authors take different approaches to the topic of heretics, but they generally agree on a top five. Bishop Schneider tries to be comprehensive, so he starts with pre-Christian religions that might not be technically Christian heretics but are useful to understand as we Christians interact with a post-Christian culture. Bishop Schneider also likes Continue reading