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The Bible warns believers in

1 Peter 5:8 that a crafty and powerful enemy is doing whatever he can to attempt to destroy the faith and testimony of those who possess a relationship with Jesus Christ:


“Be sober, be vigilant; because your adversary the devil, as a roaring lion, walketh about, seeking whom he may devour.”

This enemy of our souls, Satan himself, is restless and relentless. He is not simply aiming to maim his prey, but to “devour” or “destroy” it.

Sadly, it seems as though the majority of those who profess to know Jesus Christ as their Savior live life day by day without even realizing that they are being constantly attacked! And, of course, one who does not even realize he or she is being attacked is certainly going to be destroyed.

On a personal and social level, threats to the believer exist primarily on three fronts—in the home, in the church and in the world.

This first of a three-part series will consider the threats facing believers from within the church. Subsequent issues of Foundation magazine will address the modern-day threats coming from within the home as well as from the secular world in general.

Yes, it is certainly true—the local church can serve the home and lead family members to a better relationship with God and one another, but the church can also actually aid in destroying the home and the lives of individuals!

Just because a group of people constitute a local church does not mean such an entity brings glory to Jesus Christ.

Believers need to beware of the dangers of churches that preach and embrace a false gospel and false teaching, and they need to be aware of dangers that can arise even within solid, Bible-centered local churches.

Threat #1—A De-emphasis of Doctrine

A serious threat facing churches today is the undermining of the importance of sound (healthy, true) doctrine.

Many church leaders have a tendency to downplay doctrinal distinctives that differentiate one church or denomination from another. “As long as another professing Christian can call Jesus ‘Lord,’ then we can work with him or worship with him” is the cry often heard from many pastors and laypeople.

Such individuals often arrive at an arbitrary list of biblical doctrines they feel are unimportant or unworthy of division or separation between brethren.

Yet the fact remains—the Bible makes much of the importance of doctrine, and a de-emphasis of doctrine fails to grow the believer to the point of spiritual maturity.

Without spiritual maturity and discernment, individuals and families will think, act and make decisions to their own detriment and often actually embrace false doctrine in the end.

For example, a family can attend a church that encourages participation in an ecumenical weekend retreat; the family attends, joins with a group or church that propagates false doctrine (even though their own church might not agree with such) and ends up regularly participating in a Bible study or church event with those whose doctrinal beliefs do not coincide with their own church.

Before even realizing it, they are completely immersed in doctrinal error and embracing it themselves.

Suddenly, they are failing to exercise discernment and are, in reality, being “carried about with every wind of doctrine”—something about which the apostle Paul warned the Ephesian Christians.

Some denominations and churches even boast of their lack of emphasis on doctrine (what they often call “finer points” or “minor points” of doctrine).

They usually make it a point to describe themselves as theologically or doctrinally “inclusive.”

For example, the Evangelical Free Church of America, a denomination that boasts some 1300 churches in the United States, celebrates its doctrinal inclusivity. While the Evangelical Free Church in America does embrace a general “statement of faith,” the denomination also describes three of its distinctives as “inclusive not exclusive,” “evangelical but not separatistic” and “ecumenical in spirit.” The statement of faith could be embraced by most who call themselves evangelical or fundamental, yet what sets the denomination apart is its de-emphasis of doctrine in areas where Christians often disagree.

Threat #2—The Propagation or Toleration of False Doctrine

Of course, the propagation of false doctrine is a serious threat to any church. False doctrine—any teaching that is contrary to the teaching of the holy Scriptures—can shipwreck the lives of individuals and families.

In 2 Timothy 2:16-18, the apostle Paul warned Timothy about false teaching and those who propagate it, and he even described the dangerous consequences of heeding such error:

“But shun profane and vain babblings: for they will increase unto more ungodliness.

And their word will eat as doth a canker (a cancerous growth): of whom is Hymenaeus and Philetus; who concerning the truth have erred, saying that the resurrection is past already; and overthrow the faith of some.”

Clearly, false teaching—even concerning prophetic truth—can do incalculable harm to the local church.

Throughout the New Testament, the human authors of Scripture realized the dangers inherent in false teaching and warned their readers—including us today—of such teaching and the need to separate from it.

False teaching contains no redeeming value. Therefore, it is unwise and dangerous for any church to tolerate any amount of it.

Not only is the teaching of error a serious threat to the church, but even tolerating those who teach or spread false doctrine is dangerous and worthy of Christ’s stern rebuke.

Notice Jesus Christ’s estimation of a local church that allowed false teaching to be disseminated in the body of believers.


Jesus wrote to the local church at Pergamos: “I have a few things against thee, because thou hast there them that hold the doctrine of Balaam. … So hast thou also them that hold the doctrine of the Nicolaitans, which thing I hate.

Repent; or else I will come unto thee quickly, and will fight against them with the sword of My mouth” (Rev. 2:14-16). Notice that Jesus Christ’s problem with this church was its toleration of those who embraced false doctrine.

Response to Threats #1 and #2:

Attend a church that makes much of doctrine and opposes and exposes doctrinal error. Christians need to understand that what they believe will determine how they act. A believer’s convictions are predicated upon doctrine. Therefore, to undermine the importance of doctrine, or to tolerate or propagate false doctrine, is a grave and serious offence in the eyes of God.

Only sound doctrine glorifies God and benefits the Christian (Eph. 4:14). Throughout Scripture, God frequently emphasizes the importance of doctrine (notice, for example, 2 Timothy 3:16-4:4).

In fact, God’s Word also gives abundant instruction concerning the believer’s response to any teaching that fails to coincide with biblical truth. The Bible tells us not to listen to false doctrine (Prov. 19:27).

Concerning false teaching and false teachers,

God commands us to “mark” and “avoid” such (Rom. 16:17), to “rebuke them” (Titus 1:13), to “have no fellowship” (Eph. 5:11), to “withdraw yourselves” (2 Thess. 3:6), to “receive him not” (2 Jn. 10-11), to “have no company with him” (2 Thess. 3:14), to “reject him” (Titus 3:10), to “be ye separate” (2 Cor. 6:17) and to “purge out”


(1 Cor. 5:7). The believer who abides in the will of God and enjoys fellowship with Him will not be a part of a church that minimizes the importance of sound doctrine, that tolerates such or that propagates it.

And now, Thomas Aquinas' opinion on what should be done with heretics ...

Thomas Aquinas' Summa Theologica
on Heresy and Heretics

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St. Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274) is highly respected as an author and teacher in the Roman Catholic Church. He wrote on nearly the entire range of theology and philosophy. His main works were Summa contra Gentiles and Summa Theologiae. He was canonized as a Catholic saint in 1323, proclaimed a doctor of theology in 1567, and named patron of Catholic schools and education on January 28, 1880.

Here from Summa Theologiae is Thomas Aquinas' definition of a heretic:


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Aquin.: SMT SS Q[11] A[2] R.O. 3 Para. 1/1

Reply OBJ 3: As Augustine says (Ep. xliii) and we find it stated in the Decretals (xxiv, qu. 3, can. Dixit Apostolus): "By no means should we accuse of heresy those who, however false and perverse their opinion may be, defend it without obstinate fervor, and seek the truth with careful anxiety, ready to mend their opinion, when they have found the truth," because, to wit, they do not make a choice in contradiction to the doctrine of the Church.

Accordingly, certain doctors seem to have differed either in matters the holding of which in this or that way is of no consequence, so far as faith is concerned, or even in matters of faith, which were not as yet defined by the Church; although if anyone were obstinately to deny them after they had been defined by the authority of the universal Church, he would be deemed a heretic.

This authority resides chiefly in the Sovereign Pontiff. For we read [*Decret. xxiv, qu. 1, can. Quoties]: "Whenever a question of faith is in dispute, I think, that all our brethren and fellow bishops ought to refer the matter to none other than Peter, as being the source of their name and honor, against whose authority neither Jerome nor Augustine nor any of the holy doctors defended their opinion."

Hence Jerome says (Exposit. Symbol [*Among the supposititious works of St. Jerome]): "This, most blessed Pope, is the faith that we have been taught in the Catholic Church. If anything therein has been incorrectly or carelessly expressed, we beg that it may be set aright by you who hold the faith and see of Peter. If however this, our profession, be approved by the judgment of your apostleship, whoever may blame me, will prove that he himself is ignorant, or malicious, or even not a catholic but a heretic."


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So according to Thomas Aquinas, the issue at stake is the defined doctrines and dogma of the Roman Catholic Church. If you knowingly contradict the Papacy and doctrines as the Pope defines them, then you are a classed as a heretic. Following are four possible observations about tolerating heretics...


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Aquin.: SMT SS Q[11] A[3] Thes. Para. 1/1

Whether heretics ought to be tolerated?

Aquin.: SMT SS Q[11] A[3] Obj. 1 Para. 1/1

OBJ 1: It seems that heretics ought to be tolerated. For the Apostle says (2 Tim. 2:24,25): "The servant of the Lord must not wrangle . . . with modesty admonishing them that resist the truth, if peradventure God may give them repentance to know the truth, and they may recover themselves from the snares of the devil." Now if heretics are not tolerated but put to death, they lose the opportunity of repentance. Therefore it seems contrary to the Apostle's command.

Aquin.: SMT SS Q[11] A[3] Obj. 2 Para. 1/1

OBJ 2: Further, whatever is necessary in the Church should be tolerated. Now heresies are necessary in the Church, since the Apostle says (1 Cor. 11:19): "There must be . . . heresies, that they . . . who are reproved, may be manifest among you." Therefore it seems that heretics should be tolerated.

Aquin.: SMT SS Q[11] A[3] Obj. 3 Para. 1/1

OBJ 3: Further, the Master commanded his servants (Mt. 13:30) to suffer the cockle "to grow until the harvest," i.e. the end of the world, as a gloss explains it. Now holy men explain that the cockle denotes heretics. Therefore heretics should be tolerated.

Aquin.: SMT SS Q[11] A[3] OTC Para. 1/1

On the contrary, The Apostle says (Titus 3:10,11): "A man that is a heretic, after the first and second admonition, avoid: knowing that he, that is such an one, is subverted."


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And now, Thomas Aquinas' opinion on what should be done with heretics ...
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Aquin.: SMT SS Q[11] A[3] Body Para. 1/2

I answer that, With regard to heretics two points must be observed: one, on their own side; the other, on the side of the Church.

On their own side there is the sin, whereby they deserve not only to be separated from the Church by excommunication, but also to be severed from the world by death.

For it is a much graver matter to corrupt the faith which quickens the soul, than to forge money, which supports temporal life.


Wherefore if forgers of money and other evil-doers are forthwith condemned to death by the secular authority,

much more reason is there for heretics, as soon as they are convicted of heresy, to be

not only excommunicated but even put to death.

Aquin.: SMT SS Q[11] A[3] Body Para. 2/2

On the part of the Church, however, there is mercy which looks to the conversion of the wanderer, wherefore she condemns not at once, but "after the first and second admonition," as the Apostle directs: after that, if he is yet stubborn, the Church no longer hoping for his conversion, looks to the salvation of others, by excommunicating him and separating him from the Church, and furthermore delivers him to the secular tribunal to be exterminated thereby from the world by death. For Jerome commenting on Gal. 5:9, "A little leaven," says: "Cut off the decayed flesh, expel the mangy sheep from the fold, lest the whole house, the whole paste, the whole body, the whole flock, burn, perish, rot, die. Arius was but one spark in Alexandria, but as that spark was not at once put out, the whole earth was laid waste by its flame."


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Submission to their alleged authority has always been the primary concern of the Roman Catholic Church. History well documents the bloodshed that resulted from thinking like that demonstrated above, when people dared to read the Bible for themselves and follow its precepts and doctrines without interference from the Catholic Church, even daring to reject the pronouncements and decrees of the Pope himself. The death of these martyrs of the faith at Catholic hands is also recorded prophetically in the Bible-

Rev 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Jesus: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration.
Here is the above section of Summa Theologica online at the New Advent Catholic Supersite.

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