Five Heretics That Every Catholic Should Know and Why They Matter Today...
"Because of the
arrogance and pride of My clergy, many of Our sheep, Our children, are lost to
the Kingdom of Heaven. Many mitres are destined for the abyss. Heresy and
apostasy abounds upon earth." - Jesus, June 18, 1979
Ascending Mount Carmel reported on
October 28,
2012:
Oftentimes, what appears to be a newfangled
spiritual movement within Christianity is often
simply a regurgitated (and usually very watered-down)
heresy from many centuries ago.
In the
spirit of that statement, I thought it might be a
good idea to list who I think are some of the
heretics whose ideas are still active today; the
next time someone attacks the Church with a
particular statement or doctrinal assertion, you
will be able to say, "Well, actually that was
so-and-so who said that first, and he was condemned
by the Council of ______". It's always surprising
to see where heretical ideas actually originated
from.
Henceforth, I present to
you my personal take on five famous and
not-so-famous heretics...and why they matter to
Catholics today.
1. Arius (256 - 336 A.D.)
"The Word is
absolutely alien to the essence and property of the
Father. He is one of the order of works and
creatures; he is one of them."1
Let's get the obvious out of the way first. Arius
was the bane of orthodox Christianity, and his
heretical doctrines spread all over the place like
weeds, so much so that they still survive today.
Much of Christendom succumbed to his heresy, and if
not for the great figures of 4th-century orthodoxy
such as St. Athanasius, St. Hilary of Poitiers, and
many others, Christianity would be a much different
faith than it is today.
But what
exactly is the heresy of Arius? Simply put,
Arianism declared that Christ was subordinate to the
Father, and was a created being (i.e. not God). The
Nicene creed that you recite on Sundays is a direct
response to the heresy of Arius.
Like many heretics, Arius was not a fool -
fools would never be able to wreak as much damage to
the Body of Christ as he did. Citing Scripture and
twisting certain passages in the thought of Origen
to his own use, Arius managed to nearly destroy the
Church.
Why he matters today:
His teachings live on in various modern movements
such as the Jehovah's Witnesses, and the Arian
Catholic Church (yes, apparently this really
exists), along with any other group that denies the
divinity of Christ. If any group claiming to be
Christian denies that Christ is God, then you know
what kind of "ism" you are really dealing with. If
a supposedly Christian group is speaking of Jesus as
merely being a prophet or anything but God, then the
shadow of Arius is undoubtedly behind it.
2. Berengarius of Tours (999 - 1088 A.D.)
If you're Catholic or Orthodox, you've
probably (I hope anyways) always known that the
Eucharist is the Real Body and Blood of Christ - we
do not consume a symbol. Though others would argue
against it, the Church has always held to the
reality of the Body and Blood of Christ in the
Eucharist. What is interesting is that it wasn't
something first denied in the Protestant
Reformation, but was actually a man by the name of
Berengarius. Though rumblings had occurred in other
writers before, most notably in John Scotus
Eriugena, Berengarius seems to be the first to
explicitly attack the Real Presence in the
Eucharist. He instead opted for the view that
Christ is spiritually present in the sacrament but
not really present - later declarations
on "transubtantiation" were made in direct response
to this (though I do not think the Orthodox have
ever laid out what is going on during the
Consecration in as systematic a way as Catholic
theologians have).
Why he matters
today: Even though there were a couple
theologians that had gone against the Real Presence
in the Eucharist before him, Berengarius was really
the first to take his doctrines so far that even an
entire movement called the Berengarians survived
after him. He opposed and attacked the Church on
the issue of the Eucharist, denying that any change
took place resulting in its being the actual Body
and Blood of Jesus Christ, instead opting for a
spiritual understanding (something, I would argue,
is much closer to orthodox Calvinism).
When someone attacks the doctrine of the
Real Presence in the Eucharist, modern Catholics can
know where the idea came from, and why the Church's
theologians formally defined the change as
"transubstantiation". The ideas of Berengarius, I
would argue, live on today in the doctrines of the
Reformation, especially in the teachings of Calvin.
3. Montanus (2nd - 3rd century A.D.)
Montanus is one of my most disliked of all
heretics, as he was the wolf that snatched that
great apologist, Tertullian, from the bosom of the
Church - though really, when one reads Tertullian,
one can see the seeds of a great fall in his
writings. He needed something more extreme than
what the growing Church could provide. Thus he
joined the Montanists, a charismatic sect that had
grown up around the prophecies of Montanus and two
women named Prisca and Maximilla. Claiming the
direct influence of the Holy Spirit, they became
known as "fanatic rigorists"1, with Montanus
espousing himself as a prophet through whom the Holy
Spirit spoke through to the world.
Why he matters today: I think it's a fairly
easy parallel to draw between charismatic movements
and Montanism. But what I want to point out is that
Montanism, in my opinion, has made itself felt in
any movement where Holy Spirit is erroneously placed
in opposition to the Church. The "spirit of Vatican
II" movement, in my humble opinion, draws its
strength from the same poisoned well as Montanus and
his companions.
4. Miguel de Molinos (1640 - 1696 A.D.)
Miguel de Molinos is a little less-known than
others, by my reckoning, and yet his influence I
think is felt all over the world of unorthodox
prayer forms infiltrating the world of modern
Catholicism.
Molinos was the
central figure in a heresy known as "Quietism", and
"taught interior annihilation, asserting that this
is the means of attaining purity of soul, perfect
contemplation, and the rich treasure of interior
peace: hence follows the licitness of impure carnal
acts, inasmuch as only the lower, sensual man,
instigated by the demon, is concerned in them."3
E. Allison Peers, that distinguished
scholar of Spanish mysticism, intriguingly refers to
his teachings as warping the mysticism of such
figures as St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the
Cross.
Why he matters today:
When studying at Newman Theological College, I was
shocked to see that what is known as "centering
prayer" was being pushed on students as a good and
wholly orthodox form of prayer. Upon doing a little
research, I began to notice some very disturbing
similarities between it and a heresy known as
Quietism, which did most of its damage in the 17th
century.
In my opinion,
centering prayer as it is known today is merely a
watered-down form of core Quietist principles.
Though certainly modern centering prayer does not
advocate excuses for sinful acts as does the
doctrines taught by Molinos, it is undoubtedly
similar in its teachings on interior annihilation.
According to Catholic Answers,
"Quietism bears similarity to certain elements of
Eastern mysticism and the New Age movement, and it
is mirrored in one of the chief principles of
Protestantism.
Like Quietism,
many Eastern religions (Hinduism and Buddhism, for
instance) aim at a state of detachment or
indifference, whether it be Nirvana for the
Buddhists, tranquil oneness with the pantheistic
'all-god,' or the Tao.
Elements of Quietism can be seen in the
quasi-mysticism of the New Age movement. In
emphasizing subjective mystical experience or
'feeling,' downplaying personal moral
responsibility, and eliminating sacrament and
ritual, many moderns are unaware of the debt they
owe to a seventeenth-century writer for their
'modern' religion.
The
Reformation doctrine of sola fides is a
cousin to Quietism in that it rejects mankind's
reciprocal role (through obedience and good works)
in the process of salvation."4
5. Nestorius (d. 451 A.D.)
The chief
heresy propounded by Nestorius was that Christ's two
natures were entirely separate and distinct, thus
resulting in a kind of two persons in one body.
This was fought chiefly by St. Cyril of Alexandria.
But this is not the aspect of Nestorius'
thought that I had most interesting, nor why I
mention him here - modern scholarship seems to take
a more sympathetic view to Nestorius' Christological
errors. The reason why I mention him here is that
he was the first to deny the title of Theotokos
(God-bearer) to the Virgin Mary - in other words, he
attacked the idea that the Blessed Virgin Mary was
the Mother of God, preferring instead the term
Christotokos (Christ-bearer).
Why he
matters: Many evangelicals and fundamentalists
these days are very much against calling Mary the
Mother of God - now you can tell them where that
idea first came from, and that it was condemned in
the early Church. As a side note, if anyone brings
up the idea that the Virgin Mary did not remain
a virgin for the rest of her life (the doctrine of
her perpetual virginity), then one would do well to
bring up the fact that the first to say such a thing
was a heretic known as Helvidius. St.
Jerome's reply to Helvidius on the subject
is crucial reading.
1 - Arius, Thalia 2 - Rev. John Laux, Church History,
pg. 64 3 - A. Perez Goyena, The
Catholic Encyclopedia, "Miguel de Molinos" 4 - Todd M. Aglialoro, found HERE.
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HERESY, APOSTASY ABOUND "Because of the arrogance and pride of My clergy, many of Our sheep, Our
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1. Arius (256 - 336 A.D.)
2. Berengarius of Tours (999 - 1088 A.D.)
4. Miguel de Molinos (1640 - 1696 A.D.)
5. Nestorius (d. 451 A.D.)
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