medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion and culture
Dear Diana,
Greek 'hairesis' can mean, among other things, 'philosophical
system', 'school of belief', and 'religious faction or sect'; it does
not mean 'doctrine' _per se_ ('choice' or 'adherence' is the basic
meaning), though as Vera points out, it is used to describe doctrine
contrary to that promulgated by whoever makes doctrinal decisions for a
church as a whole (but that whoever need not represent a majority of
church members). See _LSJ_ s.v., also the first paragraph here:
http://www.ourladyswarriors.org/dissent/defnhrsy.htm
Best,
John Dillon
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From: Vera von der Osten - Sacken <vera.von.der.osten-
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Date: Monday, September 12, 2005 5:32 pm
Subject: Re: [M-R] Schismatics & heretics
> Dear Diana,
> As far as I know heretics are those, whose dogmata differ from
> those of the
> majoritarian church (particularly from the catholic point of
> view). The
> greek word 'hairesis' means: doctrine, 'schisma' is a splitting,
> so that
> schismatics do not neccessarily have other ideas on dogmatics, but
> built a
> complete rival church. This can come about by political reasons,
> too. To be
> a schismatic, you have to have been a member of the majoritarian
> churchbefore, heretics can appear from anywhere and then get into
> conflict with
> the doctrine of the majoritarian church.
> Best greetings !
> Yours Vera
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: medieval-religion - Scholarly discussions of medieval
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> > On Behalf Of Diana Wright
> > Sent: Monday, September 12, 2005 10:37 PM
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> > Subject: [M-R] Schismatics & heretics
> >
> > medieval-religion: Scholarly discussions of medieval religion
> > and culture How would you distinguish between schismatics and
> > heretics?
> >
> > DW
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