Tag Archives: Peter Abelard

heresies for dummies

Posted on July 4, 2012 by Dave

Puritanism, millenarianism, mysticism and rationalism: the four permanent sources of heresy. None of them are necessarily heretical, nor need they be radical. But at certain times and at certain places something has happened to swell these streams of thought into … Continue reading →

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WRETCHED DESIRES: “WEEP FOR THE SAVIOR NOT THE SEDUCER”

Posted on September 3, 2010 by Dave

Peter Abelard. An impudent nuisance to his contemporaries, a romantic figment later, and perhaps our first free man. “By doubting, we come to inquire and by inquiry we arrive at truth”. The church has never quite understood Abelard to the … Continue reading →