Comments on: Early Christian Apocrypha and the historiography of early Christianity (NT Apocrypha 6) http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2005/09/01/early-christian-apocrypha-and-the-historiography-of-early-christianity-nt-apocrypha-6/ Religions of the Ancient Mediterranean houses my podcast, websites, blog, and publications, providing an entryway into social and religious life among Greeks, Romans, Jews, Christians, and others in the Roman empire. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 17:14:39 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Phil Harland http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/2005/09/01/early-christian-apocrypha-and-the-historiography-of-early-christianity-nt-apocrypha-6/comment-page-1/#comment-56 Phil Harland Tue, 13 Dec 2005 19:56:09 +0000 http://www.philipharland.com/Blog/?p=59#comment-56 2 Comments Carole said... When I think of the word "heresy", heterodoxy comes to mind. However, after our lecture of Sep 7, a shift is required. When we speak of "heresy" within Ancient and Early Christianity, we are refering to choices (from the Greek hairesis). Using this approach, Bauer (with an e) certain makes sense. So the elimination of "heresy" (choices) lead to or brought on orthodoxy. Carole 9:00 AM Phil Harland Phil Harland said... Good point, Carole. We didn't mention that alternative word, heterodoxy (literally other-belief), which has been a favourite of some scholars who want to avoid the negative connotations of "heresy". There is a sense in which heterodoxy is still a little bit problematic in that it still imagines two options: orthodoxy (perhaps as main belief) and heterodoxy (other belief). But scholars who use it try to avoid this dualism nonetheless. If it is used, it is still imperative to recognize the huge variety of forms of Christianity that would fit under the singular term. 9:17 AM 2 Comments

Carole said…

When I think of the word “heresy”, heterodoxy comes to mind. However, after our lecture of Sep 7, a shift is required. When we speak of “heresy” within Ancient and Early Christianity, we are refering to choices (from the Greek hairesis). Using this approach, Bauer (with an e) certain makes sense. So the elimination of “heresy” (choices) lead to or brought on orthodoxy.

Carole

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Phil Harland said…

Good point, Carole. We didn’t mention that alternative word, heterodoxy (literally other-belief), which has been a favourite of some scholars who want to avoid the negative connotations of “heresy”. There is a sense in which heterodoxy is still a little bit problematic in that it still imagines two options: orthodoxy (perhaps as main belief) and heterodoxy (other belief). But scholars who use it try to avoid this dualism nonetheless. If it is used, it is still imperative to recognize the huge variety of forms of Christianity that would fit under the singular term.

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