Christian Heresies

Title: Gnosticism

Originator: Unknown

The Christian versions of Gnosticism were considered serious heresies. Gnosticism has never entirely disappeared, and can be seen in the traditions of alchemy and astrology, and even in modern times in the works of Carl Jung.

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Title: Adoptionism

Originator: Unknown

Adoptionism says that Jesus was a human being who was "adopted" by God at his conception, at which point he developed a divine nature. Later versions sometimes suggest that he was adopted later, such as when he was baptized by John the Baptist.

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Title: Marcionism

Originator: Marcion of Sinope

Marcionism was a religious movement based on the teachings of the 2nd-century heretic Marcion of Sinope. While none of Marcion’s writings have survived to the present, we know of his teachings through several early Christian writers including Justin Martyr (AD 100—165), Irenaeus of Lyons (AD 130—200) and Hippolytus (AD 170—235).

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A variety of theological viewpoints were in existence within the very early Christian Church. As the community bishops came together in councils, and particularly after the Roman government embraced Christianity and involved itself in religious disputes, orthodoxy was established for the church. This allowed for the winnowing out of a number of heresies that had become established in late antiquity.

Here is presented a list of heresies with which the early church had to deal.