Sentences with phrase «orthodoxy against heresy»
A disembodied Word expressed in creedal statements, which were constructed to defend orthodoxy against heresy rather than proclaim the faith, will not communicate the joy and redemptive power of the gospel.
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As Frank Viola and I hope to show in a forthcoming essay, the label of «heresy» was only applied to people who not only denied, but activity worked against the foundational doctrines of orthodoxy, viz. the doctrines espoused by the Nicene and Apostle's creed.
In the relentless pursuit of partisan politics, the endless fight against heresy or entrenched orthodoxy, Left or Right, the religious community's arteries have hardened.
Orthodoxy defined itself: against heresies, against the West, the East, the Turks, etc..
He was accused of heresy against the orthodoxy and punished.