Love this perspective. Thank you for holding space for the difference. It strikes me that this also is connected to the political dimension of the early church, a time where they did not have much political power within Rome. Could heresy have been like prophecy in the OT? False prophets were stoned in the OT for getting the word wrong because Israel was so frail. Heretics perhaps were castigated and excommunicated in the early church because the church was so frail. By contrast, what is the means of heresy post-constantine? And is heresy principally a move of Whiteness? I don't hear Black Christians emerging from Black Christian space concerned about heresy. Notably, I don't hear that amongst most musicians of faith either. What does doctrinal rigidity due for the ossification of Whiteness and of creativity?
Love this perspective. Thank you for holding space for the difference. It strikes me that this also is connected to the political dimension of the early church, a time where they did not have much political power within Rome. Could heresy have been like prophecy in the OT? False prophets were stoned in the OT for getting the word wrong because Israel was so frail. Heretics perhaps were castigated and excommunicated in the early church because the church was so frail. By contrast, what is the means of heresy post-constantine? And is heresy principally a move of Whiteness? I don't hear Black Christians emerging from Black Christian space concerned about heresy. Notably, I don't hear that amongst most musicians of faith either. What does doctrinal rigidity due for the ossification of Whiteness and of creativity?
Good point. This attitude has led to the ridiculous number of denominations/churches in today's America.