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Meaning of "heresiologist" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HERESIOLOGIST

ˌhɛrəsɪˈɒlədʒɪst


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Heresiologist is a noun.
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WHAT DOES HERESIOLOGIST MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heresiology

In theology or the history of religion, heresiology is the study of heresy. Heresiology, in the traditional sense, developed as a part of the development of orthodoxy in the Roman/Byzantine Church. Church scholars studied and documented the teachings of various Christian sects in order to clearly distinguish between those they accepted as orthodox and those they rejected as heretical. Other Christian communions developed their own competing heresiological traditions as well.

Definition of heresiologist in the English dictionary

The definition of heresiologist in the dictionary is a person who studies the history of heresy.

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HERESIOLOGIST»

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A Study in Anti-Gnostic Polemics: Irenaeus, Hippolytus and ...
Beyond all literary devices, rhetorical or other, encountered in these writings, we wish to determine the substance of the arguments forged by each heresiologist to counter the Gnostics. We are not primarily interested in reaching a clear picture ...
Gerard Vallee, 1981
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The Origin of Heresy: A History of Discourse in Second ...
A History of Discourse in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity Robert M. Royalty. Irenaeus is the primary second-century heresiologist after Justin. Here we see more clearly the internal policing ofthe community as studied in Chapter ...
Robert M. Royalty, 2013
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Dogma and Mysticism in Early Christianity: Epiphanius of ...
In Panarion 64 Epiphanius opposes the monastic leaders who, drawing support from Origen's example and writings, are perpetuating a reflective monasticism that, to the heresiologist , undermines traditional dogma, especially in the soul/ body ...
Jon Frederick Dechow, 1988
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The Spiritual Seed: The Church of the "Valentinians"
It is also likely that the heresiologist in question did not have before him a writing with the name of the author—Valentinus—inscribed on it, and we are led to suspect that the reason for his attribution of the system to Valentinus was simply the ...
Einar Thomassen, 2006
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A Companion to Second-Century Christian 'Heretics'
Hippolytus states correctly that this baptism was introduced by Alcibiades who— still according to the heresiologist—in his lenient attitude towards sinners was inspired by the Roman Bishop Callistus. 7. Epiphanius' View of the Influence of the ...
Antti Marjanen, Petri Luomanen, 2008
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A New Age of Vision
They each had their own understanding about salvation, worship, cosmology, and other religious concepts. According to Tertullian, the secondcentury theologian and heresiologist, the Christian Gnostic Valentinus was nearly voted Bishop of ...
J. Craig Woods, 2011
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Whose Acts of Peter?: Text and Historical Context of the ...
Perhaps then so this actually catalogs the contents of a heresiologist's library. As I remarked above, in the section on Isidore, certain catholic authorities did permit themselves access to forbidden books. The Gelasian Decree may serve as a ...
Matthew C. Baldwin, 2005
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The Early Christian World
We first hear of the Ebionites from the late secondcentury Christian heresiologist Irenaeus in his Against Heresies, where he would seem to dispute Justin's approach to the question of relating to Jewish Christians. Irenaeus writes: 'Those who ...
Philip F. Esler, 2002
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Gnosticism and the New Testament
From Greek hairesis, originally a "school" of philosophy or medicine; in Christian sources referred to sects considered unacceptable by the majority. The heresiologist is an orthodox writer who devotes some of his writing to the refutation of the ...
Pheme Perkins
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The Gnostic Bible
The heresiologist Tertullian maintained that Valentinos hoped to become bishop of Rome—or, we might say, his century's equivalent of the pope.Valentinos proved to be a brilliant teacher, and among his followers several continued his ...
Willis Barnstone, Marvin W. Meyer, 2005
REFERENCE
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