Damnable Heresies
Damnable Heresies

Author: Dennis Nutter

Publisher: Xlibris Corporation

Published: 2011-07-21

Total Pages: 168

ISBN-13: 1462879187

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"DAMNABLE HERESIES" "But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false prophets among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. And many shall follow their pernicious ways; by reason of whom the way of truth shall be evil spoken of." (II Peter 2:1-2) (KJV) The beliefs that are held by most Christians today, and throughout history, are not well thought-out or arrived at by revelation after years of searching for the truth. They are, rather, arrived at by learning what those in authority believe concerning a matter and then adhering to, and even defending, those points of "doctrine" or "orthodoxy" or "tenets of the faith" for the balance of the time that one wishes to remain in fellowship with those who share and defend those same points of "faith." The purpose of this book is to provide a means for those who may be enslaved by unbiblical points of Christian doctrine that depict God as a capricious, inconsistent, despot in His dealings with mankind (despite their protests to the contrary) to consider another point of view that is backed by scripture – not just the systematic theology or dogma of a respected theologian, bible teacher, or pastor. It is also designed to help those who believe differently from the "orthodox" thinking on such issues as predestination, original sin, eternal security, and "speaking in tongues," to be affirmed in their belief and to be armed anew with reasons for the convictions of their beliefs. Some quotes from the book... "A true Christian will jealously protect the true nature and will of God as He reveals Himself to us through His Word and through His Holy Spirit. Even apparently slight distortions of the Law, the Prophets, or the Gospel (the proclamation that the Law and the Prophets are fulfilled in the birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus the Christ) result in removing those who believe those distortions 'unto another gospel.'" "We have observed already in Scripture that God "...desires all men to be saved and come to the knowledge of the truth" (I Timothy 2:4). As Scripture, reason, and direct experience show us, it is our own selfish pursuit of having things our own way that shuts us away from God's salvation not His will or predetermination of our eternal condition."

The Damnable Heresy of Salvation by Dead Faith
The Damnable Heresy of Salvation by Dead Faith

Author: Edward Hendrie

Publisher: Great Mountain Publishing

Published: 2021-04-04

Total Pages: 212

ISBN-13: 1943056102

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Good works follow salvation; they do not earn salvation. Good works do not save us. The works of faith are those works ordained and performed by God through the believer. They are the result of faith. It is that perfect faith that justifies the believer. "For by grace are ye saved through faith; and that not of yourselves: it is the gift of God: Not of works, lest any man should boast. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them. For we are his workmanship, created in Christ Jesus unto good works, which God hath before ordained that we should walk in them." Ephesians 2:8-10. In Romans, chapters 6 and 8, Paul explains faith without good works cannot save. Paul says that God's elect "walk not after the flesh, but after the Spirit." Romans 8:1. He states that those who do not walk in the Spirit but instead walk in the flesh "shall not inherit the kingdom of God." Galatians 5:15-25. John explains: "If we say that we have fellowship with him, and walk in darkness, we lie, and do not the truth: But if we walk in the light, as he is in the light, we have fellowship one with another, and the blood of Jesus Christ his Son cleanseth us from all sin." 1 John 1:6-7. James asks a rhetorical question: "What doth it profit, my brethren, though a man say he hath faith, and have not works? can faith save him?" James 2:14. James succinctly explains that "faith without works is dead." James 2:20. The pronouncement in James that true faith bears the fruit of good works is a theme found in the gospel. But some perniciously preach that God saves a person by faith that has no good works. That is one of the "damnable heresies" about which Peter warned. See 2 Peter 2:1-22.

Defining Heresy
Defining Heresy

Author: Irene Bueno

Publisher: BRILL

Published: 2015-09-07

Total Pages: 385

ISBN-13: 9004304266

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In Defining Heresy, Irene Bueno investigates the theories and practices of anti-heretical repression in the first half of the fourteenth century, focusing on the figure of Jacques Fournier/Benedict XII (c.1284-1342). Throughout his career as a bishop-inquisitor in Languedoc, theologian, and, eventually, pope at Avignon, Fournier made a multi-faceted contribution to the fight against religious dissent. Making use of judicial, theological, and diplomatic sources, the book sheds light on the multiplicity of methods, discourses, and textual practices mobilized to define the bounds of heresy at the end of the Middle Ages. The integration of these commonly unrelated areas of evidence reveals the intellectual and political pressures that inflected the repression of heretics and dissidents in the peculiar context of the Avignon papacy.

Piety Versus Moralism
Piety Versus Moralism

Author: Joseph Haroutunian

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2007-05-01

Total Pages: 363

ISBN-13: 1597529478

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This book represents the history of the New England theology from 1750 to 1830, revealing a significant conflict of attitudes and ideals involved in the decline of orthodoxy and the rise of the modern spirit in religion. It follows the course of theological discussion from Jonathan Edwards to Nathaniel W. Taylor, in whom liberalism triumphed. It shows how and why historical Christianity became unpalatable and unreasonable to the cultured in New England, how a great spirit was lost with the passing of the Edwardean theology, and how a new Christianity appeared in the place of the old. The author gives some clues to the source and nature of the weaknesses in present-day religious thought and makes a timely contribution to the launching of that reconstruction in Protestant theology, which is, admittedly, very much needed.

Damnable Heresy
Damnable Heresy

Author: David M. Powers

Publisher: Wipf and Stock Publishers

Published: 2015-01-19

Total Pages: 269

ISBN-13: 1625648707

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Misunderstandings between races, hostilities between cultures. Anxiety from living in a time of war in one's own land. Being accused of profiteering when food was scarce. Unruly residents in a remote frontier community. Charged with speaking the unspeakable and publishing the unprintable. All of this can be found in the life of one man--William Pynchon, the Puritan entrepreneur and founder of Springfield, Massachusetts, in 1636. Two things in particular stand out in Pynchon's pioneering life: he enjoyed extraordinary and uniquely positive relationships with Native peoples, and he wrote the first book banned--and burned--in Boston. Now for the first time, this book provides a comprehensive account of Pynchon's story, beginning in England, through his New England adventures, to his return home. Discover the fabric of his times and the roles Pynchon played in the Puritan venture in Old England and New England.