A split within ere long issues in a split without whereas heterodoxy seeks shelter within in order to leaven the lump if possible.
Bad doctrine (the later ecclesiastical sense of “heresy”) does not of necessity lead its advocate to form a party without but schismatic feeling directly tends to this. The precise meaning here comes out incontestably. external division or sects), that the approved may become manifest among you.” (See also Gal. 5:20 20Idolatry, witchcraft, hatred, variance, emulations, wrath, strife, seditions, heresies, (Galatians 5:20) and 2 Peter 2:1 1But there were false prophets also among the people, even as there shall be false teachers among you, who privily shall bring in damnable heresies, even denying the Lord that bought them, and bring upon themselves swift destruction. (1 Corinthians 11:18‑19): “I hear that there are schisms among you (i.e., divisions within), and I partly believe it. 19For there must be also heresies among you, that they which are approved may be made manifest among you. Such is the usage in 1 Cor. 11:18, 19 18For first of all, when ye come together in the church, I hear that there be divisions among you and I partly believe it.
Answer:“Heresy” is used by the apostle for a party of self-will, a faction which severs itself from the assembly.
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