Vincent of Lerins

Vincent of Lerins – Why the Church decides the Interpretation of Scripture

I was first made familiar of Vincent of Lerins through the use of the Orthodox Study Bible, finding him to

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Debate/Discussion

Friday’s Question of the Day: What Makes Someone a Heretic?

It’s not so much tossed around as it once were, but tell me, what makes someone a heretic of the

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Athanasius

Athanasius on the name of Christians and the names of the Heretics

3. Yes surely; while all of us are and are called Christians after Christ, Marcion broached a heresy a long

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Irenaeus

Irenaeus on Apostolic Succession and Doctrinal Development

It is within the power of all, therefore, in every Church, who may wish to see the truth, to contemplate

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Controversial

Is the Study of Doctrine Important?

In several places in the New Testament, the Word of God is served up in culinary terms: And I, brethren,

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