A heresy is a false teaching on a particular subject
Heresy is any teaching on a particular subject that contradicts the established doctrine according to whatever authority is considered normative in any particular tradition.
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Are there any modern churches that subscribe to the Donatist heresy?
Back in the late 300s, the big heresy was Donatism. The basic idea was that if a Priest cracked under the pressure of persecution that it somehow "proved" he was never really worthy of administering the sacraments in the first place, and therefore…
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