Nigerian Heresy is a term introduced by the U.S. Episcopal equal rights activist Maury Johnston in her article, "Facing the Spectre of Schism" (2006), to describe the theology articulated by many Anglican bishops outside of North America, and especially in Africa, who do not hold to a widespread Anglican understanding of the basis for Protestant faith as being scripture, tradition, and reason.
Those claimed to be guilty of the Nigerian Heresy espouse "sola scriptura", or scripture alone, as the basis of Christian faith. Another element in identifying Nigerian Heresy is the innovative practice of overlapping dioceses and annexing parish churches into foreign dioceses. The term is most frequently used tongue-in-cheek.
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“The difference between heresy and prophecy is often one of sequence. Heresy often turns out to have been prophecy—when properly aged.”
—Hubert H. Humphrey (1911–1978)