Heresy has a different and more negative connotation today than it often did to the writers of the New Testament. Consider the evidence:
At Acts 24:14, the apostle Paul says that he is being accused by Jewish leaders as a heretic or a member of what his detractors call a “cult.”
1 Corinthians 11:19 describes what the King James Version (KJV) terms as “heresies” or other bible translations as “factions” within the church over the taking of communion.
Galatians 5:20 uses the term “heresies” in some translations — in others such as the English Standard Version (ESV) as “divisions” — evidence for “works of the flesh.”
2 Peter 2:1 condemns “false prophets” for what is variously translated as destructive “heresies,” “opinions,” “lies,” “wrong” things, “untrue” doctrines, “destructive opinions,” and “divisions.”
Finally, Paul at Titus 3:10 warns against “heretics” (KJV), or those who stir up “division” (as with the ESV).
Outside the mainstream — yes. And if so, judge on the scriptural merits of the accepted orthodox versus less than orthodox position being considered.
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