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Heretics, The Creation of Christianity, from the Gnostics to the Modern Church

Heretics, The Creation of Christianity, from the Gnostics to the Modern Church

by Katinka Hesselink - Spirituality on February 7, 2011

Jonathan Wright tells a story that is well known in academia: that heretics are the counter point to true faith: that true faith needs heretics to define itself. That said: he tells the story brilliantly for a more general audience, with details that most readers will be unfamiliar with. From Arius to Martin Luther and John [...]