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Originally Posted by prometheus
It depends on how you define heresy.
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I suppose that you are right and we would first need to have a more ample definition of what constitutes a heresy. But in principle, a heresy is a deviation from any orthodox ruling. In which case, it too depends upon what one identifies as the orthodox view.
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'Dardanidae duri, quae uos a stirpe parentum
prima tulit tellus, eadem uos ubere laeto
accipiet reduces. Antiquam exquirite matrem:
hic domus Aeneae cunctis dominabitur oris,
et nati natorum, et qui nascentur ab illis.'
We can easily forgive a child who is afraid of the dark; the real tragedy of life is when men are afraid of the light.