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Naming Heretics

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Scot McKnight
Sep 17, 2025
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Did Jesus accuse the Pharisees and scribes of heresy? Was Jesus accused of heresy, or its equivalent, during his lifetime? Or, did Matthew put those words in the mouth of Jesus, insinuating that his contemporaries were accusing the messianic faith of the Jewish believers in Jesus of innovating too far? Early Christian heresiologists, writing in what tod…

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