Heterodoxy Vs Orthodox Christianity

The Bible is the revealed word of God and the primary authority for Christian life and worship. For Christians, the Cross is revelation; it “reveals who God is and in what way man is.”1 (foster) Orthodox Christians accept the love of Jesus Christ, who “stands in” for them, allowing them to be “united in it and thus become worshippers with him and in him.” 2 (foster) This absoluteness of love, is the core of Christian worship. Christians believe that humans were created in the image of God, and through their free will they turned away from God by following their own desires rather than God’s will. This divergence from God’s will, ultimately gave raise to the tendency towards evil, also know as “original sin.” Although, Christians believe that
The focus of most heterodox beliefs involves controversial questionings of Jesus’ humanity and divinity- his identity as the Son of God. One major heresy taught in the early Church was Arianism. Arius, a priest from Alexandria taught that Christ was a creature made by God, thus he was not eternal. Arius held that God created Jesus as a being with divine attributes, but Jesus was not divine in and of Himself; therefore, Jesus does not share one nature with God.3 (rusch) Another example of heterodoxy is Nestorianism. Netorinaism is the doctrine that Jesus existed as two persons: Jesus as a human being and the divine Son of God, rather than as one person with two natures.4(incanitorn of the..) Such debates among Christians over issues of Jesus’ relationship to God were causing unrest and confusion within the Roman Empire, which pushed Constantine to call the bishops to a council at Nicaea. The council at Nicaea wrote and clarified key points of theology, including doctrines on the Trinity and the divinity of Jesu, These statements came to be known as the Nicene Creed. The Creed is divided into three parts. The Creed begins with the first Divine Person, God the Father, and the work of creation. It affirms there is only one God, the Father Almighty, and He is the creator of everything. The second part speaks of the second Divine Person, Jesus Christ, and His Redemption of mankind. And lastly, the Creed speaks of the third Divine Person of the Trinity, the Holy Spirit, who is able to dwell within us so that we can have the gift of the grace of God. In conclusion, the Nicene creed confirmed that Jesus Christ is eternally begotten from the Father. So there was never a time when He did not exist. Jesus is also consubstantial, which means he is not a separate being from God, and they share the same