Modern Movements
| Heresy | Description | Origin | Official condemnation | Other |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Americanism | A group of related heresies which were defined as the endorsement of freedom of the press, liberalism, individualism, and separation of church and state, as an insistence upon individual initiative, what could be incompatible with the principle of Catholicism of obedience to authority. | Condemned by Pope Leo XIII on his letter Testem Benevolentiae Nostrae in 1899 | ||
| Anglo-Israelism | Holds that English and to a lesser extent white peoples are the descendants of the ancient Israelites. | Forms the Basis of the Christian Identity Movement. | | ||
| Christian Zionism | Belief that the ingathering of the exiles (Jews) in Israel is a prerequisite for the Second Coming of Jesus. This belief is primarily, though not exclusively, associated with Christian Dispensationalism. | The Jerusalem Declaration on Christian Zionism (August 22, 2006) rejects Christian Zionism, concluding that it is a "false teaching that corrupts the biblical message of love, justice and reconciliation." | ||
| Community of the Lady of All Nations | The movement believes that its 90-year-old founder Marie Paule Giguère reincarnates Virgin Mary | Founded by Marie Paule Giguère in Quebec in 1971. | Her followers were excommunicated as heretics by the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith on July 11, 2007 | also known as Army of Mary |
| Feeneyism | A theology that favors a strict interpretation of the doctrine extra Ecclesiam nulla salus ("outside the church there is no salvation"). | Associated with Leonard Feeney (1897–1978), a Jesuit priest and founder of the Slaves of the Immaculate Heart of Mary. | ||
| Modernism | Evolution of dogma in time and space | Alfred Loisy, George Tyrell, Ernesto Buonaiuti | Condemned by popes Leo XIII and Pius X in a series of encyclical between 1893 and 1910 | |
| Positive Christianity | A term adopted by Nazi leaders to refer to a model of Christianity consistent with Nazism. | With the fall of the Nazi regime in 1945, Positive Christianity as a movement fell into obscurity. It continues to be espoused by some Christian Identity groups, but has been rejected by mainstream Christian churches. | ||
| Reincarnationism | Belief that certain people are or can be reincarnations of biblical figures, such as Jesus Christ and the Virgin Mary. | Doctrinal Note of the Catholic Bishops of Canada concerning the Army of Mary and Tribus Circiter on the Mariavites. |
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