Ep.0: What is The Heretic Christian Podcast About?

"...measure these experiences according to the worship they accrue to God and the profit to your fellow Christians..." Julian of Norwich
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CORRECTION: Late in the episode, and repeated here, I said:   If Espousing notions contrary to dogma... I was supposed to also say: "Maybe someone has said you are, or you believe that about yourself." I missed that. Julian's quote is right on.

In the image that is connected to this introduction, some of the words that describe the host, Kyrie Dicentis, (me, hello) are "visionary" and "contemplative."  True enough, but I'd never shared much about my own experiences, considering them to be private. But now, having read what Julian said, I think it's time.

This podcast calls to the  Elect—anyone who longs to be oned with the Absolute—the unfathomable Love and Light that we call God.

When books and church and rote prayers are just not enough, when you long for Him, to be with Him, or if you've had an extraordinary experience and have found no one else to accept understand, possibly including you, yourself, I am reaching out to you through this podcast. The Elect need to find and support each other.

I am Kyrie Discentis, contemplative, visionary, professional writer, newbie podcaster, Elect, universalist, with backgrounds in science, law, and miracles.

Heresy in Ancient Greek, haíresis (αἵρεσις) meant choice. Also  a way of learning about and choosing among philosophies, committing to a way of life.

Alexandria, the center of such heretical pursuits, was home to the  Catechetical School of Alexandria, the center of Christian thought and study. Scholars there included Clement, Didymus, Origen.

CHRISTIANITY Jesus of Nazareth received messages directly from God, which is called gnosis. Jesus Christ was a heresiarch, His followers heretics. Ejected from their church, He and His followers were vilified, shunned and killed.

"The Heretic Christian" refers to both host, Kyrie Dicentis and the podcast, itself. If Espousing notions contrary to dogma is heresy, then I am a heretic. If relating what has been given to me by God is gnosis, then I am a gnostic.

But if I am embracing the Words and following the commands of Jesus Christ, then I am simply His follower, a Christian. What I know is:

~We have God in us, as we are in God.
~All will be saved and oned with God.
~The miracles in the New Testament never stopped, today is the same as then and as tomorrow.
~Contemplation is the highest form of prayer and

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Transcript

Marjorie Kempe, self-proclaimed visionary and a married woman with many children, was a rather infamous street preacher, generally considered as more potential asylum resident, than Divinely-inspired revealer of God's word. In 1413,  wanting to know if her visions were genuine, she visited the highly respected mystic and visionary Julian of Norwich in her cell. Julian was an anchoress, meaning she lived a life of prayer locked into in a single room built into a wall of a church.

Julian, often consulted on spiritual matters through her one window to the outside as anchorites were known and expected to do. She confirmed that Kempe's visions and her apparently continuous stream of tears were of Divine origin. But she also gave Kempe this advice:

"...measure these experiences according to the worship they accrue to God and the profit to your fellow Christians..."

In the image that is connected to this introduction, some of the words that describe the host, Kyrie Dicentis, (me, hello) are "visionary" and "contemplative."  True enough, but I'd never shared much about my own experiences, considering them to be private. But now, having read what Julian said, I think it's time.

This podcast calls to the  Elect—anyone who longs to be oned with the Absolute—the unfathomable Love and Light that we call God.

When books and church and rote prayers are just not enough, when you long for Him, to be with Him, or if you've had an extraordinary experience and have found no one else to accept understand, possibly including you, yourself, I am reaching out to you through this podcast. The Elect need to find and support each other.

I am Kyrie Discentis, contemplative, visionary, research nerd, scholar of writings  about the Savior by those who knew Him. Professional writer, newbie unpaid podcaster, lover of the Lord, universalist, with backgrounds in science, law, and miracles.

"The Heretic Christian." Let's start with heretic. Heresy had more meanings and connotations in Ancient Greece than just believing what is not dogma. It meant a different opinion, in one form it meant exploring different philosophies and choosing a way of life. Differences of opinion were were met with logic and debate, not with condemnation, shunning or stake-burning.

In 1st century Judaism and as adopted by much of Christianity by the 4th century, espousing notions contrary to dogma is to commit heresy. The originator of the heresy, the heresiarch, and his adherents—heretics—were vilified,  shunned, imprisoned or killed.  Their writings were forbidden and burned when found, and the holder of forbidden documents punished or sometimes killed.
 
Jesus of Nazareth received messages directly from God, which is called gnosis. Jesus Christ was a heresiarch, His followers heretics. Ejected from their church, He and His followers were vilified, shunned and killed.

"The Heretic Christian" On to the Christian part. If espousing information contrary to dogma is heresy, then I am a heretic. If relating what has been given to me by God is gnosis, then I am a gnostic.

But if I am embracing the Words and following the commands of Jesus Christ, then I am simply His follower, a Christian. What I know is:

~We have God in us, as we are in God.
~The miracles in the New Testament never stopped, today is the same as then and as tomorrow.
~Contemplation is the highest form of prayer and you don't have to be anything special do practice it.
~Jesus is with us all to the end -- to Parousia.

If you listen to the podcast, you can decide about the heretic thing.