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I remember someone claimed (I can't find it again) that the early Christian anti-heresy writers were pioneers in this regard. They believed that suppressing her
by vintermann 3y ago
I remember someone claimed (I can't find it again) that the early Christian anti-heresy writers were pioneers in this regard. They believed that suppressing heresy was not enough, that unless a particular religious error was described and refuted it would surely be reinvented. This wasn't the norm.
Of course, it wasn't exactly defense of free speech, they still certainly didn't believe in letting heretics describe their beliefs in their own words.
- sacnoradhq 3y agoAnti-heresy? What do you mean? 16th writers had to use veiled metaphors to criticize the church to avoid being brought before the inquisition. Martin Luther's works formed the basis of Protestantism and of Nazi ideology. Sir Thomas More opposed Luther's ideology and Reformation, and was killed by Henry VIII for failing to be a "yes" man.
- vintermann 3y agoThat is 1000+ years after the writers I refer to. Heresy catalogs start with Irenaeus "against heresies" from ~180.