Difference between revisions of "Heresy"

<div> '''1: '''''Αἵρεσις''''' ''' (Strong'S #139 — Noun [[Feminine]] — hairesis — hah'ee-res-is ) </div> <p> denotes (a) "a choosing, choice" (from haireomai, "to choose"); then, "that which is chosen," and hence, "an opinion," especially a self-willed opinion, which is substituted for submission to the power of truth, and leads to division and the formation of sects, &nbsp;Galatians 5:20 (marg., "parties"); such erroneous opinions are frequently the outcome of personal preference or the prospect of advantage; see &nbsp; 2 Peter 2:1 , where "destructive" (RV) signifies leading to ruin; some assign even this to (b); in the papyri the prevalent meaning is "choice" (Moulton and Milligan, Vocab.); (b) "a sect;" this secondary meaning, resulting from (a), is the dominating significance in the NT, &nbsp;Acts 5:17; &nbsp;15:5; &nbsp;24:5,14; &nbsp;26:5; &nbsp;28:22; "heresies" in &nbsp;1 Corinthians 11:19 (see marg.). See Sect. </p>