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Cruelty of Heresy
Ancient heresies have modern expressions that influence our churches and culture, creating cruel dilemmas for today s Christian in the form of error, sin, and various distortions on orthodox faith. In Cruelty of Heresy, Bishop Allison captures the drama and relevance of the Councils of the fourth and fifth centuries and shows how the remarkable achievements of these early...more
Paperback, 197 pages
Published
January 1st 1994
by Morehouse Publishing
(first published November 1st 1993)
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This is an outstanding treatment of the two ditches of Christological heresy, adoptionism and docetism. Allison makes the case convincingly that all heresies fall into one of these camps, and he succinctly demonstrates how the identity of the God-man Jesus was preserved through the ecumenical councils of the church. And perhaps most unique to this book he draws out the practical consequences, the cruelties, of distorting who Jesus is.
Quite good.
Excellent consideration of the major heresies in the early church and how they were confronted with the wisdom of the creeds. Allison shows that heresy has real world victims: only Christian orthodoxy is good news and any deviation from that leads to bad news for real people. Great discussion of how all of the heresies from this earlier era are still with us today.
I will finish later when I get my friends notes from a class she taught on this book. Thank you Ann! It is a good book, I got halfway through and realized I was having trouble keeping track of all the heresies! I guess you could say it gets theologically technical for a lay person.
Aug 24, 2011
Mom
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5 of 5 stars
Recommends it for:
EVERYBODY -- especially those entrenched in any type of Ecclesiastical body
Recommended to Mom by:
Larry Wilds
Shelves:
faith,
read-again
Truly an amazing treatise
wonderfully informative
scholarly and humorous when not tremendously distressing
I now want to real everything "Fitz" has ever written!
Sorry I have to return it to Larry, but will now scout around for a copy of my own!
wonderfully informative
scholarly and humorous when not tremendously distressing
I now want to real everything "Fitz" has ever written!
Sorry I have to return it to Larry, but will now scout around for a copy of my own!
A highly interesting book written with humour and erudition. I appreciate in particular how the author illustrates the sociological repercussions of the great historical heresies for our times.
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