What makes a belief heretical?

Curiously Kaitlyn

Phil Vischer

Religion & Spirituality

5 • 759 Ratings

🗓️ 24 June 2025

⏱️ 28 minutes

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Summary

Kaitlyn is back with another Getting Schooled episode, this time about heresy. Are heresies even real? How do we define them? And most importantly—should you call someone on the internet a heretic? We’ll be back to normal kid questions on Curiously, Kaitlyn next week!

0:00 - Show Starts

0:38 - Theme Song

4:00 - What Even is Heresy?

8:00 - What’s a Core Doctrine?

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16:45 - Creeds vs Scripture?

24:41 - Resources

27:30 - End Credits

Resources:

The Bible Made Impossible: Why Biblicism Is Not a Truly Evangelical Reading of Scripture by Christian Smith: https://a.co/d/j5mZ2Jr

Christian Theology: an Introduction by Alister McGrath and Matthew J. Thomas: https://a.co/d/aA04bop

Practicing Christian Doctrine: An Introduction to Thinking and Living Theologically by Beth Felker Jones: https://a.co/d/hatSVjT

Transcript

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0:00.0	Hey everyone, producer Mike here. We're taking one more week off from our regular Curiously
0:04.4	Caitlin episodes. But don't worry, Caitlin will be back next week with a brand new conversation
0:09.4	with Mike Erie. In the meantime, we've got one more getting schooled episode for you. This one's
0:15.0	all about heresy. How do we know when a belief crosses the line into heresy or when it's just
0:20.6	a disagreement among Christians?
0:22.7	If you've enjoyed the getting schooled episodes over the past few weeks,
0:26.2	I hope you considered signing up for Holy Post Plus to access the full catalog of getting schooled episodes,
0:31.7	along with all of the other great bonus content we have to offer.
0:35.2	All right, that's all I've got for you.
0:36.8	Hope you enjoy today's
0:37.9	episode.
0:40.7	I don't know. That doesn't make any sense.
0:48.1	All right, kids, take your seats.
0:59.0	Class is in session.
1:01.1	Caitlin, happy new year.
1:03.1	Happy New Year's, Guy.
1:04.6	We're starting off with a great topic this year for the beginning of 2025.
1:08.8	We're going to talk today about-
1:10.0	Positive. Yeah, we're talking about heresy.
1:13.1	Heresy.
1:14.0	Yeah, heresy.
1:14.8	Okay, so this is an accusation that gets thrown around all the time,
	...

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