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First because by calling me a Nestorian, I was being accused of heresy

Heresy only has a meaning within the Church. Since you are not in the Catholic and Apostolic Church, heresy should mean nothing to you.

A heretic is someone who professes a doctrine other that the doctrine of the Catholic and Apostolic Church. That is actually a "legal" definition of heresy – doctrine outside of, unrecognized as canonical by the Church.

For that matter, calling someone "Calvinist" would be just as "wrong" since, as far as the Catholic and Orthodox Churches go, John Calvin's teaching is outside the teaching of the Church.

Second, because calling me a Nestorian was a clear misrepresentation of my stated belief

If we misunderstood your beliefs, I apologize on behalf of all Catholics and Orthodox. Perhaps what you said misled us to believe you were subscribing to Nestorian beliefs.

2,300 posted on 12/19/2006 6:03:25 PM PST by kosta50 (Eastern Orthodoxy is pure Christianity)
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To: kosta50; Blogger
Heresy only has a meaning within the Church.

I believe the standard translation for the word heresy is "wrong belief". Also, the standard translation for orthodoxy is "right belief". Thus, all you are doing is trying to control the language. The reality from our Scriptural perspective is you are the heretics and we are the orthodox. ;-)

2,304 posted on 12/19/2006 6:19:56 PM PST by wmfights (Romans 8:37-39)
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