It is a truism that almost any sect, cult, or religion will legislate its creeds into law if it acquires the political power to do so, and will follow it by suppressing opposition, subverting all education to seize early the minds of the young, and by killing, locking up, or driving underground all heretics.
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It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
It is surely harmful to souls to make it a heresy to believe what is proved.
Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.
Indeed heresies are themselves instigated by philosophy.
They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no read more
They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion
Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful to the doctrine of the read more
Heresy is what the minority believe, it is the real name given by the powerful to the doctrine of the weak
Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin
Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin
...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.
...the image of the Lord had been replaced by a mirror.
A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian
A virtuous heretic shall be saved before a wicked Christian
There are no heresies in a dead religion
There are no heresies in a dead religion
The difference between heresy and prophecy is often one of sequence. Heresy often turns out to have been prophecy -- read more
The difference between heresy and prophecy is often one of sequence. Heresy often turns out to have been prophecy -- when properly aged.
