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The term originates from the Greek word "hairesis," which means "choice" or "faction." In the New Testament, it is used to describe divisions or sects that arise from differing interpretations of Christian doctrine.<br><br><b>Biblical References</b> <br>The New Testament addresses heresy and false teachings on several occasions, warning believers to guard against them. In <a href="/galatians/5-19.htm">Galatians 5:19-21</a> , the Apostle Paul lists "factions" as one of the works of the flesh, which are contrary to the Spirit: "The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; idolatry and sorcery; hatred, discord, jealousy, and rage; rivalries, divisions, factions, and envy; drunkenness, carousing, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who practice such things will not inherit the kingdom of God."<br><br>In <a href="/2_peter/2.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a> , Peter warns of false teachers who will introduce destructive heresies: "Now there were also false prophets among the people, just as there will be false teachers among you. They will secretly introduce destructive heresies that will even deny the Master who bought them—bringing swift destruction on themselves."<br><br><b>Historical Context</b> <br>Throughout Church history, heresies have arisen that challenged core Christian doctrines. The early Church Fathers, such as Irenaeus and Athanasius, wrote extensively against heretical teachings like Gnosticism and Arianism, which denied the divinity of Christ. The ecumenical councils, such as the Council of Nicaea in 325 AD, were convened to address these heresies and to affirm orthodox Christian beliefs.<br><br><b>Theological Implications</b> <br>Heresy is considered a grave sin because it distorts the truth of the Gospel and can lead believers astray. In <a href="/1_timothy/4.htm">1 Timothy 4:1</a> , Paul warns, "Now the Spirit expressly states that in later times some will abandon the faith to follow deceitful spirits and the teachings of demons." Heresy undermines the unity of the Church and the integrity of its witness to the world.<br><br><b>Response to Heresy</b> <br>The New Testament provides guidance on how to respond to heresy. In <a href="/titus/3-10.htm">Titus 3:10-11</a> , Paul advises, "Reject a divisive man after a first and second admonition, knowing that such a man is corrupt and sinful; he is self-condemned." The Church is called to uphold sound doctrine, as emphasized in <a href="/2_timothy/4-2.htm">2 Timothy 4:2-4</a> : "Preach the word; be prepared in season and out of season; correct, rebuke, and encourage with great patience and careful instruction. For the time will come when men will not tolerate sound doctrine, but with itching ears they will gather around themselves teachers to suit their own desires."<br><br><b>Conclusion</b> <br>While the Bible warns against heresy, it also emphasizes the importance of love and patience in correcting those who have strayed. In <a href="/2_timothy/2-24.htm">2 Timothy 2:24-25</a> , Paul instructs, "And a servant of the Lord must not be quarrelsome, but must be kind to everyone, able to teach, and forbearing. He must gently reprove those who oppose him, in the hope that God may grant them repentance leading to a knowledge of the truth."<a name="top" id="top"></a><div class="vheading2">Topical Bible Verses</div><span class="rtext"><a href="/context/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1-22</a></span><br>But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privately shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring on themselves swift destruction.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/context/jude/1-3.htm">Jude 1:3-16</a></span><br>Beloved, when I gave all diligence to write to you of the common salvation, it was needful for me to write to you, and exhort you that you should earnestly contend for the faith which was once delivered to the saints.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/context/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1-3</a></span><br>Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/1_john/4-1.htm">1 John 4:1</a></span><br>Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God: because many false prophets are gone out into the world.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_john/1-10.htm">2 John 1:10</a></span><br>If there come any to you, and bring not this doctrine, receive him not into your house, neither bid him God speed:<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/2-4.htm">Galatians 2:4</a></span><br>And that because of false brothers unawares brought in, who came in privately to spy out our liberty which we have in Christ Jesus, that they might bring us into bondage:<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-4.htm">2 Corinthians 11:4</a></span><br>For if he that comes preaches another Jesus, whom we have not preached, or if you receive another spirit, which you have not received, or another gospel, which you have not accepted, you might well bear with him.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><span class="rtext"><a href="/galatians/1-7.htm">Galatians 1:7</a></span><br>Which is not another; but there be some that trouble you, and would pervert the gospel of Christ.<br><span class="source">Topicalbible.org</span><p><a name="amt" id="amt"></a><div class="vheading2">ATS Bible Dictionary</div><span class="encheading">Heresy</span><p>Choice, chosen way of life or faith, sect, school, party. The Greek word properly designates any sect or party, without implying praise or censure. So in <a href="/acts/5-17.htm">Acts 5:17</a> 15:5 26:4,5. In the epistles it denotes a sect or party in a bad sense, implying a refractory spirit, as well as error in faith and practice, <a href="/1_corinthians/11-19.htm">1 <a href="/1_corinthians/11-19.htm">1 Corinthians 11:19</a></a> <a href="/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20</a> <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a>. After the primitive age, the word came to signify simply error in doctrine. </p><a name="eas" id="eas"></a><div class="vheading2">Easton's Bible Dictionary</div>From a Greek word signifying (1) a choice, (2) the opinion chosen, and (3) the sect holding the opinion. In the Acts of the Apostles (<a href="/joshua/5-17.htm">5:17</a>; <a href="/joshua/15-5.htm">15:5</a>; <a href="/joshua/24-5.htm">24:5</a>, 14; <a href="/joshua/26-5.htm">26:5</a>) it denotes a sect, without reference to its character. Elsewhere, however, in the New Testament it has a different meaning attached to it. Paul ranks "heresies" with crimes and seditions (<a href="/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20</a>). This word also denotes divisions or schisms in the church (<a href="/1_corinthians/11-19.htm">1 Corinthians 11:19</a>). In <a href="/titus/3-10.htm">Titus 3:10</a> a "heretical person" is one who follows his own self-willed "questions," and who is to be avoided. Heresies thus came to signify self-chosen doctrines not emanating from God (<a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a>). <a name="web" id="web"></a><div class="vheading2">Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary</div>1. (<I>n.</I>) An opinion held in opposition to the established doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach.<p>2. (<I>n.</I>) Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy.<p>3. (<I>n.</I>) An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained.<a name="isb" id="isb"></a><div class="vheading2">International Standard Bible Encyclopedia</div><span class="encheading">HERESY</span><p>her'-e-si, her'-e-si (hairesis, from verb haireo, "to choose"): The word has acquired an ecclesiastical meaning that has passed into common usage, containing elements not found in the term in the New Testament, except as implied in one passage. In classical Greek, it may be used either in a good or a bad sense, first, simply for "choice," then, "a chosen course of procedure," and afterward of various schools and tendencies. Polybius refers to those devoting themselves to the study of Greek literature as given to the Hellenike hairesis. It was used not simply for a teaching or a course followed, but also for those devoting themselves to such pursuit, namely, a sect, or assembly of those advocating a particular doctrine or mode of life. Thus, in Acts, the word is used in the Greek, where the King James Version and the Revised Version (British and American) have "sect," "sect of the Sadducees" (<a href="/acts/5-17.htm">Acts 5:17</a>), "sect of the Nazarenes" (<a href="/acts/24-5.htm">Acts 24:5</a>). In <a href="/acts/26-5.htm">Acts 26:5</a> the Pharisees are called "the straitest hairesis (sect)." The name was applied contemptuously to Christianity (<a href="/acts/24-14.htm">Acts 24:14</a>; <a href="/acts/28-22.htm">Acts 28:22</a>). Its application, with censure, is found in <a href="/1_corinthians/11-19.htm">1 Corinthians 11:19</a> m; <a href="/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20</a> margin, where it is shown to interfere with that unity of faith and community of interests that belong to Christians. There being but one standard of truth, and one goal for all Christian life, any arbitrary choice varying from what was common to all believers, becomes an inconsistency and a sin to be warned against. Ellicott, on <a href="/galatians/5-20.htm">Galatians 5:20</a>, correctly defines "heresies" (King James Version, the English Revised Version) as "a more aggravated form of dichostasia" (the American Standard Revised Version "parties") "when the divisions have developed into distinct and organized parties"; so also <a href="/1_corinthians/11-19.htm">1 Corinthians 11:19</a>, translated by the Revised Version (British and American) "factions." In <a href="/2_peter/2-1.htm">2 Peter 2:1</a>, the transition toward the subsequent ecclesiastical sense can be traced. The "destructive heresies" (Revised Version margin, the English Revised Version margin "sects of perdition") are those guilty of errors both of doctrine and of life very fully described throughout the entire chapter, and who, in such course, separated themselves from the fellowship of the church.<br><br>In the fixed ecclesiastical sense that it ultimately attained, it indicated not merely any doctrinal error, but "the open espousal of fundamental error" (Ellicott on <a href="/titus/3-10.htm">Titus 3:10</a>), or, more fully, the persistent, obstinate maintenance of an error with respect to the central doctrines of Christianity in the face of all better instruction, combined with aggressive attack upon the common faith of the church, and its defenders. Roman Catholics, regarding all professed Christians who are not in their communion as heretics, modify their doctrine on this point by distinguishing between Formal and terial Heresy, the former being unconscious and unintentional, and between different degrees of each of these classes (Cath. Encyclopedia, VII, 256). For the development of the ecclesiastical meaning, see Suicer's Thesaurus Ecclesiasticus, I, 119-23.<br><br>H. E. Jacobs<p><a name="grk" id="grk"></a><div class="vheading2">Greek</div><a href="/greek/139.htm"><span class="l">139. hairesis -- choice, opinion</span></a> <br><b>...</b> <b>heresy</b>, sect. From haireomai; properly, a choice, ie (specially) a party or (abstractly)<br> disunion -- <b>heresy</b> (which is the Greek word itself), sect. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//strongsnumbers.com/greek2/139.htm</font><font color="#ff6600" size="-1"> - 7k</font><a name="lib" id="lib"></a><div class="vheading2">Library</div><p><a href="/library/alexander/epistles_on_the_arian_heresy_and_the_deposition_of_arius/"><span class="l">Epistles on the Arian <b>Heresy</b> And the Deposition of Arius</span></a> <br>Epistles on the Arian <b>Heresy</b> And the Deposition of Arius. <. Epistles on the<br> Arian <b>Heresy</b> And the Deposition of Arius Alexander of Alexandria. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../alexander/epistles on the arian heresy and the deposition of arius/</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_heresy_is_a_species.htm"><span class="l">Whether <b>Heresy</b> is a Species of Unbelief?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF <b>HERESY</b> (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether <b>heresy</b> is a species of unbelief? Objection<br> 1: It would seem that <b>heresy</b> is not a species of unbelief. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/whether heresy is a species.htm</font><p><a href="/library/theodoret/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_theodoret/chapter_x_of_the_heresy_of.htm"><span class="l">Of the <b>Heresy</b> of the Messaliani.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book IV. Chapter X."Of the <b>heresy</b> of the Messaliani. At this time also<br> arose the <b>heresy</b> of the Messaliani. Those who translate <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter x of the heresy of.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/of_heresy_four_articles_.htm"><span class="l">Of <b>Heresy</b> (Four Articles)</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF <b>HERESY</b> (FOUR ARTICLES). We must now consider <b>heresy</b>: under which head there are<br> four points of inquiry: (1) Whether <b>heresy</b> is a kind of unbelief? <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">//christianbookshelf.org/aquinas/summa theologica/of heresy four articles .htm</font><p><a href="/library/theodoret/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_theodoret/chapter_v_the_heresy_of_macedonius.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Heresy</b> of Macedonius.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book II. Chapter V."The <b>Heresy</b> of Macedonius. The Arians, having effected<br> the death of Paulus, or rather having despatched him <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter v the heresy of macedonius.htm</font><p><a href="/library/pamphilius/church_history/chapter_xxix_the_heresy_of_tatian.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Heresy</b> of Tatian.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book IV. Chapter XXIX."The <b>Heresy</b> of Tatian. 1. He is the one whose words<br> we quoted a little above [1324] in regard to that admirable <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../pamphilius/church history/chapter xxix the heresy of tatian.htm</font><p><a href="/library/aquinas/summa_theologica/whether_heresy_is_properly_about.htm"><span class="l">Whether <b>Heresy</b> is Properly About Matters of Faith?</span></a> <br><b>...</b> OF <b>HERESY</b> (FOUR ARTICLES) Whether <b>heresy</b> is properly about matters of faith? Objection<br> 1: It would seem that <b>heresy</b> is not properly about matters of faith. <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../aquinas/summa theologica/whether heresy is properly about.htm</font><p><a href="/library/cassian/the_seven_books_of_john_cassian_/chapter_i_the_heresy_compared.htm"><span class="l">The <b>Heresy</b> Compared to the Hydra of the Poets. The Tales of Poets <b>...</b></span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book I. Chapter I. The <b>heresy</b> compared to the hydra of the poets. The <b>...</b> Chapter<br> I. The <b>heresy</b> compared to the hydra of the poets. The <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../cassian/the seven books of john cassian /chapter i the heresy compared.htm</font><p><a href="/library/theodoret/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_theodoret/chapter_i_origin_of_the_arian.htm"><span class="l">Origin of the Arian <b>Heresy</b>.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> The ECCLESIASTICAL HistorY of Theodoret. Book I. Chapter I."Origin of<br> the Arian <b>Heresy</b>. After the overthrow of the wicked and <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter i origin of the arian.htm</font><p><a href="/library/theodoret/the_ecclesiastical_history_of_theodoret/chapter_ix_of_the_heresy_of.htm"><span class="l">Of the <b>Heresy</b> of the Audiani.</span></a> <br><b>...</b> Book IV. Chapter IX."Of the <b>heresy</b> of the Audiani. The illustrious emperor<br> thus took heed of the apostolic decrees, but Aud??us <b>...</b> <br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/.../the ecclesiastical history of theodoret/chapter ix of the heresy of.htm</font><a name="thes" id="thes"></a><div class="vheading2">Thesaurus</div><a href="/topical/h/heresy.htm"><span class="l"><b>Heresy</b> (2 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> maintained. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. <b>HERESY</b>. her'-e <b>...</b> 23. HE Jacobs.<br> Multi-Version Concordance <b>Heresy</b> (2 Occurrences). Acts 24 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/heresy.htm - 12k</font><p><a href="/topical/s/sect.htm"><span class="l">Sect (10 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> hairesis, usually rendered "<b>heresy</b>", Acts 24:14; 1 Chronicles 11:19; Galatians<br> 5:20, etc.), meaning properly "a choice," then "a chosen manner of life," and <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/s/sect.htm - 13k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/colossians.htm"><span class="l">Colossians (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> This "<b>heresy</b>," as it is commonly called, has had many explanations. <b>...</b> Two objections<br> are raised against this explanation of the origin of the Colossian <b>heresy</b>. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/colossians.htm - 23k</font><p><a href="/topical/v/vulgate.htm"><span class="l">Vulgate</span></a><br><b>...</b> ORIGIN 1. Corruption and Confusion of Old Versions 2. <b>Heresy</b> 3. Inevitable<br> Separation of East and West 4. Request of Pope Damasus III. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/v/vulgate.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/h/heretical.htm"><span class="l">Heretical (1 Occurrence)</span></a><br><b>...</b> Noah Webster's Dictionary (a.) Containing <b>heresy</b>; departing from accepted beliefs<br> or principles. Int. Standard Bible Encyclopedia. HERETIC; HERETICAL. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/h/heretical.htm - 7k</font><p><a href="/topical/g/gnosticism.htm"><span class="l">Gnosticism</span></a><br><b>...</b> INFLUENCE AND DEVELOPMENT OF GNOSTICISM 1. Not a <b>Heresy</b> of the Humbler Classes 2.<br> Cerinthus: His Teaching 3. The Gospel of John 4. Various Sects (1) The <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/g/gnosticism.htm - 38k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/ebionites.htm"><span class="l">Ebionites</span></a><br><b>...</b> With him it is at once <b>heresy</b> No. X and <b>heresy</b> No. XXX. Before discussing the Ebionites<br> he takes up the closely related sect of the Nazareans as <b>heresy</b> No. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ebionites.htm - 34k</font><p><a href="/topical/e/ebionism.htm"><span class="l">Ebionism</span></a><br><b>...</b> With him it is at once <b>heresy</b> No. X and <b>heresy</b> No. XXX. Before discussing the Ebionites<br> he takes up the closely related sect of the Nazareans as <b>heresy</b> No. <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/e/ebionism.htm - 34k</font><p><a href="/topical/c/canon.htm"><span class="l">Canon</span></a><br><b>...</b> epistles. These were (a) the attention of the civil government in view of<br> the rapid growth of the Christian church and (b) <b>heresy</b>. The <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/c/canon.htm - 68k</font><p><a href="/topical/a/alexander.htm"><span class="l">Alexander (5 Occurrences)</span></a><br><b>...</b> they willfully abandoned the great central facts regarding Christ, and so they<br> "made shipwreck concerning the faith." 5. His <b>Heresy</b> Incipient Gnosticism: In 2 <b>...</b><br><font color="#ff6600" size="-1">/a/alexander.htm - 32k</font><p><a name="res" id="res"></a><div class="vheading2">Resources</div><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/heresy-definition.html">What is the definition of heresy? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Pneumatomachian-Macedonianism.html">What was the Pneumatomachian heresy / Macedonianism? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://www.gotquestions.org/Calvin-Michael-Servetus.html">Why did John Calvin have Michael Servetus burned at the stake for heresy? | GotQuestions.org</a><br /><br /><a href="https://clyx.com/term/heresy.htm">Heresy: Dictionary and Thesaurus | Clyx.com</a><br /><br /><a href="/concordance/">Bible Concordance</a> • <a href="/dictionary/">Bible Dictionary</a> • <a href="/encyclopedia/">Bible Encyclopedia</a> • <a href="/topical/">Topical Bible</a> • <a href="/thesaurus/">Bible Thesuarus</a></div></div><div 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