[wmfights]

Actually, according to your definition, Marcionism would be more in line with those who reject the teachings of the Old Testament about God. That sounds closer to Orthodoxy and Catholicism.

FWIW, I think you can toss Gnosticism in with them too. The Gnostic's believed there was an "elite" group that possessed the "secret truths" to salvation that only they could really understand. That sounds like the magisterium and Pope.

[Dr. Eckleburg]

FWIW, I think you can toss Gnosticism in with them too. The Gnostic's believed there was an "elite" group that possessed the "secret truths" to salvation that only they could really understand. That sounds like the magisterium and Pope.

AMEN!

"Fear them not therefore: for there is nothing covered, that shall not be revealed; and hid, that shall not be known.

What I tell you in darkness, that speak ye in light: and what ye hear in the ear, that preach ye upon the housetops." -- Matthew 10:26-27

[MarkBsnr]

“FWIW, I think you can toss Gnosticism in with them too. The Gnostic’s believed there was an “elite” group that possessed the “secret truths” to salvation that only they could really understand. That sounds like the magisterium and Pope.”

Sounds like? Naw. Only if the batteries in your hearing aid are running down.

No secret truths. To the contrary. Every document, everything about the Church and the Faith is open to all. We permit all the believers and unbelievers alike to read the Word of God and the Catechism and everything else about the Faith. It’s those that make it up as they go along that it’s hard to keep up with.