The Story of the Stological Developments of the Second Century

I would hope that the model, or the approach that i am modelling in this chapter could apply as much to day as it does in the study of ancient christianity. Rather than immediately putting up a wall and declaring another christian denomination apostate, try and understand them on their own terms. Too often, i think we use our narrative of a great apostasy as a chance to pat ourselves on the back and say, we're right. Every y else is wrong. And any time that we feel the need to disparage somebody else's beliefs in order to feel good about our own, think it's time to check our faith.