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Originally Posted by panta dokimazete So: If this is true, then Molinists are heretics, right? | Depends on your definition of "heretics". "Heresy" is usually reserved for an error that prevents one from being saved. Are you willing to say that Bill Craig is actually not a Christian? |
Mr. Australia Guy (your signature is deficient),
Heresy just means a schism, or a tearing apart of the body of Christ. In this sense, anabaptism may be called a heresy.
There are schisms which tear asunder the body, but do not send the holders of them to hell; yet, they are still heresy. Some schisms tear the body asunder, and likewise send men to hell. These are
damnable heresies. The Greek term, however, simply means a division. In fact, it is used of the "Sect" of the Nazarene in Acts 24:5. It didn't mean that Paul was going to hell, it just meant it was dividing the Jewish community (which it was).
Hairslittingly yours,