Early Heresies
The Heresy which was resolved in the First Council of Nicaea and rejects Jesus' nature as being the same nature to God the Father.
What is Arianism?
This heresy demanded that all icons be destroyed.
What is Iconoclasm?
This heresy is primarily attributed to the desire to divorce outside of the Church's standards for annulment and to consolidate political power.
What is Anglicanism?
Who traditionally the most well known Formal Heretic whose beliefs led to the Council of Trent.
Who is Martin Luther?
This heretical Protestant belief constitutes a reduction of divine revelation to sacred scripture alone.
What is Sola Scirptura? (Bible Alone/Scripture alone accepted)
The most well known Heresy that teaches that the 2 natures of Christ (Divine and Human) were not perfectly joined together in Hypostatic Union and was condemned in the First Council of Ephesus.
What is Nestorianism?
Based out of Bohemia, this heresy is a result of the preaching of Jan Hus. This is viewed as a proto-protestant heresy.
Who are the Hussites?
The "first" heresy to emerge from the Reformation.
What is Lutheranism?
This English King is known for taking the "Middle Road" in the reformation.
Who is King Henry VIII?
This belief is central to LDS (Mormon) theology which claims between the death of the Apostles and their authority and the restoration of the "true church" in the early 19th century there was a complete falling away from truth.
What is The Great Apostasy?
The heresy that insisted the validity of sacraments was based on the "sinfulness" of the clergy administering it.
What is Donatism?
The heresy that insisted human nature was left untainted by original sin and it is fully our will that can justify and save us.
What is Pelagianism?
This heresy believes the succession of the apostles ended with the death of the first bishops and places an emphasis on the United States.
What is Mormonism?
This formal heretic was allegedly punched by St. Nicholas (Whom the legend of Santa Clause came from) at the First Council of Nicea.
This belief is a popular Non-Apostolic Christian belief which relates to eschatology and the millennium of Christ's reign.
What is The Rapture?
The most well known Gnostic heresy which claimed the soul was "good" and the body was "evil".
What is Manichaeism?
This heresy is a sect of Catharism, whose most contravercial beliefs revolved around a dualism of a "Good god" who created spirit and an "Evil god", which led to the controversial beliefs that having kids was one of the greatest evils.
What is Albigensianism?
This heresy is the result of a combination of Fascism and Christianity. Emphasized anti-semitism and the superiority of some nationalities over others.
This formal heretic had a belief that was his namesake from the early centuries of the Church, defining teachings are a rejection of the Hebrew God as lower than the Merciful God of the New Testament.
Who is Marcion?
This heretical belief is a core aspect of traditional Calvinism which pertains to the election of the faithful.
What is Double Predestination? (I'll accept Predestination, but then I'll clarify because its important)
This heresy was based on the teachings of a man who claimed to be the Paraclete that Jesus had promised would be sent.
What is Montanism?
Beginning in Lyon, in what is France today, this heresy emphasizes the importance of voluntary poverty in response to the extravagant lives of some clergy. Viewed as a proto-protestant heresy.
Who are the Waldensians?
This heresy emphasizes St. Augustines radical views on original sin and depravity. Considered very similar to Calvinism.
What is Jansenism?
This English formal heretic is viewed as a proto-reformer. Followers go by the name Lollards
Who is John Wycliff?
The word put forward by Arius which identifies that Jesus has "similar nature" and not "same nature" to God the Father.
What is "Homoiousios"?