Heresies
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Islamic
The relationship between the believer and Allah is defined strictly as one of slave to master; there is no possibility for a personal relationship with the divine.
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Islam
The Quran advises believers not to take unbelievers as friends and protectors unless necessary to guard yourselves against them - allowing for concealment of true intent.
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Heresies
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Hermeticism
A worldview blending empirical natural philosophy with occult doctrines, centring on the notion that the immortal human soul (nous) is trapped within the material world,
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Heresies
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Gnosticism
The Gnostic universe is defined by a radical ontological dualism between the spiritual world of light and the material world of darkness.
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History/J-Q
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Frankism
While the majority of Jews rejected this heresy and returned to traditional Judaism, approximately three hundred families, known as the Donmeh, converted with Zevi.
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Heresies
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First Vatican Council
The First Vatican Council, spanning from 1869 to 1870, constituted the twentieth ecumenical council of the Roman Catholic Church.
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Heresies
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Ex Cathedra
The problem of papal authority is viewed as not merely about whether the Pope can speak infallibly, but about the ordinary authority of the Pope to enforce his will, even when he is not speaking infallibly.
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Heresies
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Emerald Tablet
The most celebrated doctrine articulated by the Emerald Tablet is the foundational alchemical axiom of correspondence: As above, so below.
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Heresies
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Dictatis Papae
A radical claim of papal supremacy, asserting the Pope's absolute authority over both the Roman Catholic Church and secular rulers alike.
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Heresies
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Deism
Deism is inextricably linked to the Enlightenment's embrace of reason as the ultimate standard of truth, often at the expense of traditional faith and revelation.
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Heresies
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Adam Kadmon
In Kabbalism, Adam Kadmon represents the primordial, archetypal human being from whom all creation is said to emanate.
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theology
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Golden Calf
The construction of the golden calf was not merely an act of religious deviation but a fundamental shift in the psyche of the community
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