I consider this book seminal in both its topics and scope. If you are a Christian, (or even if you have no interest in church history,) "Will The Real Heretics Please Stand Up" will challenge you as perhaps no other can or will. The early Christian writers, (sometimes referred to as "fathers,") left a body of writings that have been preserved to this day, (enough to fill a 10 volume set.) Though not inspired by God, (as were...
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Seldom has a book challenged my views as much as Mr. Bercot's work has done. David Bercot is an individual qualified to assess exactly just what the Early Christian community taught and believed. Not only is he a lawyer, but he also has a Master of Divinity degree and is an accredited member of the National Patristics Society. What impressed me most about this work was the standard that Mr. Bercot employed to determine...
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After reading all the reviews posted, I would like to clarify a few things about the Author and this book. David Bercot may not have a doctorate,but it is quite clear after over 20 years of study of the complete works of the early church fathers, Editor of "The Dictionary of Early Christian Beliefs" and other studies too numerous to mention, this gentleman would be deserving of one. I find it doubtfull that any of these reviewers...
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In this book, David Bercot evaluates 5 doctrines (The roles of Faith & Works in Salvation, Predestination & Free Will, Baptism, Prosperity, and whether New Testament Moral Teachings Surpass those of the Old Testament) in the light of the writings of the Early Church Fathers. Those reviews that express concern over the authority that Bercot vests in the Fathers are misrepresenting the author's thesis. Bercot addresses...
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Bercot does a good job of summarizing what the early church believed, and passing the information onto us. He challenges the beliefs of many Christians today whose beliefs do not match up with what the Earliest Christians believed. One only has to read the texts to know that, but Bercot saves us that trouble. Bercott not only tells us what they believed on such issues as Calvinism, but he gives scripture to back up the...
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