medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Somewhere, sometime, I remember being told that the practical definition
of schism is refusal to worship together. That may or may not help; but
the underlying idea, refusal to accept fellowship, is what schism is
about. Historically, there seems to be a good deal of debate about the
overlap between heresy and schism.
The article on Schism in the Catholic Encyclopedia is online at
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/13529a.htm and the _New Catholic
Encyclopedia_ has an article by F.X. Lawlor.
I suspect that the combination "heretics and schismatics" (or v-v), if
not simply used as a stock phrase, is designed to sidestep possible
argument whether someone, or some group, is one or the other.
Hal Cain
Joint Theological Library
Parkville, Victoria, Australia
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Diana Wright wrote:
> medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
>
> You see my problem. I am reviewing a book about 1204 that makes reference
> to "schismatics and heretics." Ordinarily I feel I have a pretty good grip
> on 1204, but the phrase made me feel a bit wobbly.
>
> DW
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