Comments on: Are You a Heretic?

By: adrian

adrian — Tue, 01 Aug 2006 13:36:12 +0000

The problem with this quiz is that the questions are being posed by the same pharoses that sent Jesus to the cross. If your faith is such that you can answer these accusations dogmatically then you will always be judged as not being a heretic. If on the other hand, like many Saints, not unlike Saint Joan, you are foolish enough to answer them as if they were a proposal to exemplify your prayers on a rosary, then you will always be judged a heretic. So the answer to this quiz is do not answer the questions that it poses, but pray upon the doubts that it casts.

By: Mary

Mary — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 02:55:45 +0000

Oh dear. I’m Chalcedon compliant, but also 100% Pelagian. hmmm

By: Victoria

Victoria — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 16:36:37 +0000

Chalcedon compliant. What a good girl am I! But also 50% Pelagian, so I’ll be interested to read Basil’s explanation.

By: Chris J. Davis

Chris J. Davis — Mon, 16 Jan 2006 14:51:10 +0000

Hmm, I was Chalcedon Compliant, but it was tied with Pelagian, my tiebreaker question pushed me over to Compliant.

Fascinating.

By: Ian

Ian — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 10:08:00 +0000

When I first looked at Orthodoxy, coming from a “Western” background, it did indeed look a tad Pelagian [which wasn't a big deal for me as I've always been told I have those tendencies: though I think I'm more a semi-Pelagian misguided fool than a full-blown one. ] It was interesting to speak to a few Orthodox and read a bit about it and get similar answers to those you provided.

By: Journeyman James

Journeyman James — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:42:50 +0000

Pelagia-neesm

67% Nestorianism? What?! Pelagianism?!?! Brits?!?!?! Good grief… You…

By: Theology and Biblical Studies

Theology and Biblical Studies — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 01:03:06 +0000

Eastern Orthodoxy and Pelagianism

Kevin Basil has taken the
heresy quiz and has some useful insights into the problems between West
and East over Pelagianism, and he explains why some Orthodox might have
scored highly as Pelagians.

Check out the post here

By: Steven Harris

Steven Harris — Fri, 13 Jan 2006 00:56:21 +0000

Thanks Kevin, I’m going to post a kind of answer sheet to the quiz in the next few days.

You’re right about Orthodoxy, sadly the West has all too often got it wrong and allowed Augustine a little too much pre-eminence, but your article is very insightful.

By: Jim N.

Jim N. — Thu, 12 Jan 2006 23:28:40 +0000

thanks Basil. I’d never even heard of the guy till I searched for him on OrthoWiki. I got the morality v guilt items on the quiz… I’m wondering which ones I missed. And as you mentioned, some of the questions weren’t that clear and I insisted on answering fully disagreeably or fully agreeably, with no neutral. Chararcter flaw of mine.

Good to know why I’d never heard of the guy. Also interesting about Sproul. Does he commente on the EO anywhere that you know of?