#heresy
Question: To those who know of it, how do y’all feel about Pelagianism?
It sounds nice, but it fundamentally misunderstands what salvation is.
Pelagianism,as it is constructed and criticized by Augustine*, teaches that one does not need grace to perfectly obey God’s commandments, and (further) that one’s salvation is determined by one’s actions in this life, and those actions alone. The latter point especially is simply not feasible with the Catholic-Orthodox perspective of what salvation is - it’s not just some happy reward for those who do good things, but a very share in the life of God. And because of that, salvation is of necessity something that requires God’s intervention.
Human beings are not divine; there is absolutely nothing that human beings can do, in and of themselves, that will give them divinity. It must be given to us; that’s what grace is, the gifting of God’s very Self into our own selves.
And, frankly, that’s a good thing. We’re always talking about how we’re human, and that’s a good thing; how we mess up sometimes, how we’re not always going to be perfect. Pelagianism doesn’t really allow for that; if Pelagianism is true, if we are not drawn to sin, well, what is your excuse? Why do we sin? I very much believe that “human nature is flawed” is probably one of the most verifiable doctrines of the Christian faith; we stumble all the time. We have character flaws that predispose us to certain bad choices; do you really think you have the absolute freedom to do good in every situation that you’re in? And if you do genuinely believe that, why don’t you do the best in every situation you’re in?
Pelagianism is an attractive heresy because it assumes the absolute best of human nature, but in doing so it places an impossibly heavy burden on human nature; it makes God a Judge first and foremost, and not a Savior. And, worst of all, it encourages us to look in ourselves as the ultimate solution to our problems, rather than realizing that we are creatures meant to subsist in and coexist with others.
(*I phrase it this way because Pelagianism as we understand it probably did not exist; Augustine brought a bunch of different ideas associated with Pelagius together, and condemned them as if they were a formal and coherent system of theological thought. Poor Pelagius, condemned for these ideas, might not have even subscribed to them)
“Let’s call out heresy without apology: The evangelical fundamentalist view of salvation - from Reformed Calvinism to Dispensationalism and everything in between - is not that the atoning death of the Cross has saved us, but rather that our intellectual belief in the Cross has saved us. Ergo, they ultimately trust not in a salvation by divine grace, but in a salvation by human works - albeit a cognitive human works. And yet they dare to accuse the Orthodox of the very ‘works of salvation’ of which they are in fact guilty.”
~Gebre Menfes Kidus
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My real problem with food packaging that boasts about how “sinful” its contents are is that they seem to think anyone is going to be impressed by that. Like, okay, eating these marshmallows is a sin? Big deal. Sins are a dime a dozen – I’m probably committing a couple right now. Come back to me when you’ve got marshmallows that can blaspheme. I want to know exactly which heresies I’m committing by eating these marshmallows. I want marshmallows that caused a schism in the Catholic Church.
Marshmallows so good they make you confess Sabellianism?
Marshmallows that were personally condemned by Pope Julius II at the Fifth Lateran Council.
The Ninetey-Five Reece’s Pieces
the GazettE - 20th Anniversary: Heresy at Yoyogi National Stadium No. 1 Gymnasium
Photos by: Keiko Tanabe, Kyoka Uemizo and Yoshihiro Mori
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“I don’t think there is a single drop of goodness in you,” the priest spat.
“And I don’t think you’ve ever looked for one, given that you decided I was unsalvageable and unlikeable the moment you find out I wasn’t willing to hang on to your every word without question.”
So do all dogs go to heaven, or what? This question is important to many of us, so I have sought out the very roots of our answer in the theological complexities of Christian mosaic art. First in line we have a lovely shot of the ceiling of the mausoleum of Santa Costanza (4th century C.E.), built for the daughters of Emperor Constantine I, herself probably a Christian but also politically shrewd enough to include some ambiguous traditional themes such as animals drinking water in a net of vines in her mausoleum. Following, a detail of the same.
Next up we have the apse of the Basilica of San Clemente (late 11th/early 12th century C.E.), and following a detail of the same. Both of these beauties are in Rome, and I assure you this is not the last you will hear of them from the worst classicist.
So so so! What do these mosaics have to do with dogs going to heaven, you ask? Well, like I said that first mosaic in Santa Costanza draws heavily on traditional Greco-Roman wall decoration. The Romans loved elegant pastoral fantasy worlds, and what is more elegant and pastoral than animals drinking water out of fountains in a mystical grapevine landscape?
Yet the imagery of Santa Costanza is no mere secular aesthetic romp! As Christianity developed its own set of imagery based in older Greco-Roman motifs, but with new meanings, these kinds of pastorals could take on way heavier symbolic loads. Those birds aren’t just drinking water, they’re drinking the waters of the rivers of Paradise, and those endless grapevines make sure you get the point: Eternity! Paradise!
Seven hundred years later or so at San Clemente, the acanthus curliques springing from the cross are doing about the same work as those grapevines, although they are surely more fantastical. Just so, we have all kinds of birds and deer and other creatures drinking from the rivers of Paradise.
Though the history of early and medieval Christianity is rife with the heresies of Arians, Nestorians, and Iconoclasts, it seems to me very clear that Christianity has always come down on the side of all dogs going to heaven. Case closed!
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(Warhammer 40k story)
“From terror to the Apocalypse of the worlds”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lAhVMFfd_oI&ab_channel=Eliphas⚔
⚠ Warning: The following narrative is so heretical that a sanctified locket will be necessary to continue reading without falling under the influence of ruinous powers.
In summary, when the “Emperor” reached his main objective of conquering a large part of the galaxy and integrating the largest number of human worlds into his Galactic Empire, he decided out of exhaustion to return to the sacred “Terra” to secretly continue his master plan; Abandoning the leadership of the “Great Galactic Crusade” the Emperor himself ascended to his most worthy son to succeed him as the new “Warlord” and future conqueror of the Galaxy in his absence; The chosen son who received the honor of leading the armies and continuing the Crusade fell on the shoulders of the charismatic Primarch “Horus Lupercal”.
For a time the noble “Horus” led his father’s armies with distinction in the most remote areas of the galaxy, ignoring the hidden dangers that watched him, the gods of warp chaos had waited for their moment to act against the “Emperor” his greatest enemy but they were very weakened from not eating human souls for a long time so they decided to influence the weak minds of the exhausted, the marginalized and offended warriors who lost trust in the Emperor. The stain of corruption soon spread in each legion until it seduced with self-centered promises the mind of the Primarch “Horus” who accepted a vile pact with the demons to be the new Emperor of the corrupt humanity. (Initiating the Horus Heresy.)
The civil war that raged throughout the Imperium of Mankind was unmatched by later conflicts and the demons of Chaos feasted on innocent souls until the day the corrupted soul of the warlord “Horus” was erased from eternity for his disappointed and sad Father (The Emperor). Amidst all the Chaos and destruction the Imperium of mankind endured to see its golden age come to an abrupt end with the superstition and heresy of the legions that betrayed the Imperium. (Morally wounded by a demonic infection, the “Immortal” Emperor was admitted to his “Golden Throne” as life support, but his flesh decomposed over the millennia.)
As additional information, the heresy of the Primarch “Horus” is so relevant until the events of the 41-42 millennium that his ancient legion of the “lunar wolves” later renamed “Sons of Horus” (the genetically modified super-humans) followed him and they supported until they became a cursed legion under demonic possession that lost all kind of military coercion after the death of the traitor Primarch. Exiled and hunted for annihilation by Imperial mandate, a new leader rose to lead the broken legions of traitors with the title of “Abaddon the Despoiler” champion of Absolute Chaos; Under the fist of Commander ‘Abaddon’ the sons of 'Horus’ renounced the name of their failed Primarch to make a new evil start as 'the Black Legion’.
The Black Legion pursues the whims of their demon gods to curry favor with their dark masters with bloody rituals that spread like a torch of extermination over the loyal sons of the God Emperor. The ranks of the Black Legion are made up of cannibalistic mutants, warp demons, alien slaves and traitors who unite to spread chaos across the galaxy. (Its symbol is the eight-pointed star better known as “the star of Chaos” and its infinite possibilities.)
Finally a quote from the traitorous legions: “Innocence Proves Nothing.”
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Heresy Monday
This set contains female presenting nipples. Viewer discretion is advised
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Have a good day, folks!
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so I’m a lifelong atheist and I’ve never actually read the bible but this guy sure seems like he has ADHD
you’re telling me he hyperfocused so hard he created the whole world in 6 days, then got kinda tired of it and didn’t really do anything until the project started going wrong at which point he tried in frustration to flood the whole thing so he could start over
“with the Lord a day is like a thousand years, and a thousand years are like a day” bestie it is time to get tested
I unironically love the theological hot takes on this site.
GRAPHIC DESIGN: STORY PROJECT
‘THE DOWNWARD SPIRAL’ - NINE INCH NAILS
TRACK 3: HERESY
I ended up resorting to some photoshop trickery by means of the clone stamp tool, to borrow from selected areas of the image and use them to blend out others. This afforded me the space to place the NIN logo, which I manipulated to look uniform with the other protruding pieces of the manhole cover.
My selection of this manhole cover for the song ‘Heresy’ made sense as there was what looked identical to the Christian cross at the bottom of it.
Heresy is one of the more intense tracks on the album, both sonically and lyrically. Following the fall out of ‘Piggy’ and the declaration of “nothing can stop me now…”, our protagonist has decided that it is up to them to overthrow God.
“God is dead
And no one cares
If there is a hell
I’ll see you there”
A clear reference to Nietzsche, the protagonist believes God, or more specifically the manifestation of the Christian god as a means of control, to be the cause of their suffering and indeed that of the world. They are willing to accept the consequences of their actions, which are outright blasphemy and would condemn them to hell.
I think the manhole is well suited in this case, not just for the cross, but for its symbolism as a gateway to the underworld, or in our protagonists case, hell.
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