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Why did the orthodox church pe(...) 08/24/26(Mon)21:12:48 No.18653577

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Why did the orthodox church persecute and exterminate the gnostic sects? Anonymous 08/24/26(Mon)21:12:48 No.18653577 Archived

What were they afraid of?

Anonymous
08/25/26(Tue)06:17:08 No.18653921

Anonymous 08/25/26(Tue)06:17:08 No.18653921

bump

Anonymous
08/25/26(Tue)06:21:39 No.18653925

Anonymous 08/25/26(Tue)06:21:39 No.18653925

Heresy

Anonymous
08/25/26(Tue)13:32:11 No.18654522

Anonymous 08/25/26(Tue)13:32:11 No.18654522

>>18653925
Not an excuse, there is no excuse to oppose Gnosticism or other rival Christian sects

Anonymous
08/25/26(Tue)13:53:22 No.18654559

Anonymous 08/25/26(Tue)13:53:22 No.18654559

>>18654522
>excuse
*reason, and yeah it's a pretty valid one

Anonymous
08/25/26(Tue)18:57:24 No.18655163

Anonymous 08/25/26(Tue)18:57:24 No.18655163

Are Christians ashamed to discuss this? No replies.

Anonymous
08/25/26(Tue)19:09:58 No.18655178

Anonymous 08/25/26(Tue)19:09:58 No.18655178

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>why did Christians try to prevent (what they considered) erroneous doctrines and ideas from spreading
Pic related.

If you thought a book contained heresy that would corrupt the reader and endanger their immortal soul, you'd feel justified in destroying it. Nobody likes to see how the sausage is made, it's pretty unseemly, but early Christians deemed it necessary to reject these texts and doctrines.

Anonymous
08/25/26(Tue)22:40:56 No.18655434

Anonymous 08/25/26(Tue)22:40:56 No.18655434

>>18653925
they should be worrying about themselves then