'The Firstborn of Satan': The Origins of Heresy in Polycarp's Letter to the Philippians

Taking its lead from Walter Bauer's classical work Rechtgläubigkeit und Ketzerei im ältesten Christentum, this paper proposes that the specifically Christian concept of 'heresy' (αἵρεσις) developed from early Christian notions relating to a range of essentially undifferentiated forms...

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Main Author: Linderborg, Otto (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Mohr Siebeck 2021
In: Religion in the Roman empire
Year: 2021, Volume: 7, Issue: 3, Pages: 368-383
Further subjects:B History of Religious Ideas
B Early Christianity
B History of Religious Discourse
B Origins of Heresy
B Polycarp
B Apostolic Fathers
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