Heresy and Orthodoxy in Early Christianity with According to Walter Bauer's Work
Subject Areas :
Christianity
Mehran Rahbari
1
(
PhD Candidate of Comparative Religion and Mysticism, Science and Research Branch, Islamic Azad University, Tehran, Iran
)
Shahram Pazouki
2
(
Professor of Comparative Religion and Mysticism at the Iranian Research Institute of Philosophy, Tehran, Iran
)
Received: 2021-12-17
Accepted : 2021-12-17
Published : 2021-08-23
Keywords:
Early Christianity,
Orthodoxy,
Heresy,
Church fathers,
Walter Bauer,
Abstract :
Christianity emerged from the Strict Jewish religion and over time they gradually parted ways. The Early Church Fathers’ Writings confirm that the dimensions of orthodoxy were drew and considered other ideas as heresy. They saw their view as the only correct reading of Christianity that was consistent with the teachings of Jesus and the apostles, and emphasized the struggle against heretics. The advent of Christian rule in the fourth century increased the power of the church and narrowed the field to others. Until the last century, this belief that early Christianity did not have diversity and that the views of the Church of Rome were the only correct reading was accepted by scholars. But Walter Bauer, a scholar of early Christianity, criticized this theory in his book. He tried to reconsider the definition of early Christianity from a historical point of view, independent of the views of the Catholic Church, by presenting various evidences. According to his research, Christianity has been diverse from the beginning, and we are witnessing the existence of "types of Christianity." The Church of Rome did not tolerate them and tried to eradicate their other beliefs, which accelerated with the Christianization of the Roman Empire.
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