Tonight was the last SEITE session for the year.
We did our Pelagius vs Augustine debate which seemed to go quite well.
We then went on to look at orthodoxy and heresy generally and on pondering I wonder about what is seen as orthodox.

Does orthodox mean everyone having to believe the same thing with no room for questioning? Is it about deciding who is in and who is out? Is orthodox thought for ever or can it change with age?

For example – Augustine seemed to think of original sin and new-born babies condemned to hell because he had a view of conception based on Aristotle’s thoughts; i.e sperm contained humanity and the womb was just a vessel for growth. So he believed, on which he based his orthodox thought, that all attributes of a baby were passed down from the male. An idea that we now know to be incorrect. With the knowledge we have today would Augustine have thought differently about this one part of his orthodox thought?

So can something that was an orthodox in an age, become unorthodox is another?

Time to think …