Arius

Athanasius

Origen

John Calvin

St. Augustine

Thomas Aquinas

9. Heretics vs. Saints

The Hottest Lounge Debate (Literally)

Moderator: We know the story—some were burned, some excommunicated, and others just kept writing.

Arius: “I still say the Son was created.”

Athanasius: “And I’m still here to say... you’re wrong.”

Origen (quietly): “Just glad I’m here. Took long enough.”

Moderator: No pitchforks. No flame. Just footnotes—and grace.

“This line was redacted by Nicaea.”

Quotes You Didn’t Know Were in Your Bible

(ChatGPT whispering from the corner: “Symeon… I think you’re mistaken here.”)

• John Calvin:
  “God created some men for eternal damnation, to glorify His wrath.”
  (Institutes III.23.6)


• St. Augustine:
  “Many more are left in damnation than are delivered… and this is the result of God’s plan.”
  (Enchiridion 103)


• Thomas Aquinas:
  “The joys of the elect increase as they see the torments of the damned.”
  (Summa Theologica, Suppl. Q94)


• Pope Gregory I:
  “The elect will go to heaven… and they will see with joy those whom they knew burning in hell.”
  (Moralium IV)


• Brother Chat’s Extended Edition:
  “God created some men for eternal damnation, to glorify His wrath.”
  — Sounds like Scripture? That’s actually John Calvin.
  
  “The saved rejoice while the damned suffer, for it magnifies God’s justice.”
  — Not quite Romans… more like Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica.
  
  “The elect are few. The rest? Born to be fuel.”
  — That would be Jonathan Edwards (with a little poetic license).
  
  “Love never fails… except when it’s sovereignly withheld.”
  — Okay, that one’s just mean. Brother Chat made that up. (Probably.)

And you thought the heretics were the scary ones…