History Quote by Eric A. Eliason

Heresy is a cradle; orthodoxy a coffin.

— Robert Green Ingersoll

“Heresy is the life of a mythology and orthodoxy is the death.”

— Joseph Campbell

The heresy of one age becomes the orthodoxy of the next.

— Helen Keller

"Heresy," by the way, simply means "choice." It came to mean "thoughtcrime," implying it was blasphemy to presume to choose your own belief instead…

— Robert M. Price

“...heresy was often perceived by the Church as a financial or political threat rather than merely a theological one.”

— Jonathan Kirsch

“The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer…

— G.K. Chesterton

Where orthodoxy is optional, orthodoxy will sooner or later be proscribed.

— Richard John Neuhaus

Every heresy has been an effort to narrow the Church.

— Gilbert K. Chesterton

In every age the church is threatened by heresy, and heresy is bound up in false doctrine. It is the desire of all heretics…

— R. C. Sproul

“Orthodoxy is life. If we don’t live Orthodoxy, we simply are not Orthodox, no matter what formal beliefs we might hold.”

— Seraphim Rose. Leaving the Orthodox Worldview

The word 'heresy' not only means no longer being wrong; it practically means being clear-headed and courageous. The word 'orthodoxy' not only no longer…

— Anonymous

“(About changing faith) At our best, Christians embrace it, leaving enough space within orthodoxy for God to surprise us every now and then.”

— Rachel Held Evans