Modern British Heresy

  This case is firmly at the trivial end of the spectrum of heresy cases. Yet it has one feature which I think may be unique: the accusation of heresy came from a member of a different denomination - an Anglican was accused of heresy by a Presbyterian. In theory this would seem to imply that the accuser (a) held the view that the Christian faith was both uniform and universal - at the very least in its essentials, and (b) that there was an implicit duty or responsibility placed on some church leaders to monitor and police the boundaries of orthodoxy in other churches. In practice the motivation was probably more about the power dynamics within the presbyterian church concerned. Press reports are fairly scanty and I have not found any statement from the accuser, so can only speculate as to the events and thinking which eventuated in the accusation.  _________________ The Rev. R.W. Seaver was the Church of England Rector of St John's Church, Malone Road, Belfast. ( Wiki [stub]) He w

Every so often a dcument called "What is heresy?" by Opera Augustine is brought to my attention, such is the way of automated programmes telling me what I am interested in. Opera Augustine is Roman Catholic, probably (though I am not conversant with the shadings of RC adherence) of a central-conservative disposition. Perhaps 'traditionalist' would be a fair description. I am happy to be corrected. I put this first because his comment on heresy remains within the bounds of the Roman Catholic Church. His statement is universal but its application is local. St. Augustine by Phillipe de Champagne ( Wiki ) Heresy He begins  "Heresy is an emotionally loaded term that is often misused." yet he offers no evidence to support either part of this assertion.  He tells us some uncontroversial things that heresy is not and then cites the Roman Catechism: "Heresy is the obstinate post-baptismal denial of some truth which must be believed with divine and Catholic fai