RLG100Y1 Lecture Notes - Heresy In Christianity, European Witchcraft
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Such prac=ces as perceived by the ecclesias=cal leaders are maters of ecclesias=cal understand. They show the aztude that these prac=ces must be stopped because they are against god"s law. Ecclesias=cal elites (popes, bishops) begin to wonder whether or not sorcery and divina=on should be considered a topic of inves=ga=on for church inves=gators or inquisitors of heresy. 1320, sorcery is clearly de ned as the worship of demon; at this point, this is heresy. There are lots of arguments about what beliefs and rituals are licit and appropriate. We are seeing that the framework being used is built out of chris=an theology and a sense of morality which is deeply in uenced by sources of chris=anity (i. e. augus=ne, the. There is variety in these views over =me as well as the concern with things like harm, public safety and the social good.
