Whaddaya Mean -- I'm *Not* a Heretic??!!

[qos]

You scored as Chalcedon compliant. You are Chalcedon compliant. Congratulations, you're not a heretic. You believe that Jesus is truly God and truly man and like us in every respect, apart from sin. Officially approved in 451. </td> Pelagianism 92% Chalcedon compliant 92% Monophysitism 67% Monarchianism 67% Nestorianism 50% Apollanarian 42% Socinianism 42% Adoptionist 25% Modalism 25% Arianism 17% Gnosticism 17% Albigensianism 0% Donatism 0% Docetism 0% Are you a heretic? created with QuizFarm.com

This test gave me flashbacks to my first seminary course, Christian Anthropology, the first third of which was devoted to the question "What does it mean to be 'human'?" The theory being that it's impossible to meaningfully discuss the degree to which Christ /was/is or is not human unless we first understand what we mean when we say "human."

Taking the test, I realized again that -- despite my love of studying theology -- I found most of these questions to be utterly beside the point where my personal faith and relationship with God is concerned.

I typed another sentence after that, but then deleted it, because 9:30pm is not the time for me to get started on a theological reflection. . . it would be an hour or more before I got to bed.

Maybe tomorrow.

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[blessed-harlot.livejournal.com]

NOT A HERETIC! *points and laughs*

Actually, I found the test to represent some of the worst qualities of theology. Nothing resembling real life anywhere in there. *Sigh*... and I had such high hopes when I first saw the long list of results.

[qos.livejournal.com]

The prof of the aforementioned Christian Anthropology class was a Catholic priest. One of the best things about his pedagogy was that after discussing some high-falutin' theological concept he would say, "Okay -- so what does this mean to us as pastors? How do we use this in the real life world of an ordinary person's life?" And then he would point out the nitty-gritty, down-to-earth implications, and it was wonderful.

Unfortunately, it's now been more than three years since I took the class (and it's 5:45am), so I can't remember any actual examples to share.

Last night it occurred to me that it may well have been his theology classes that resulted in my scoring as I did. My personal spiritual life is heterodox, but I can recognize and appreciate 'sound' theology when I see it. (LOL!)