Some skeptics, cultists, and non-orthodox scholars wrongly assert that original Christianity is actually heresy. Walter Bauer is the most influential of these falsely asserting that the Church in the third and fourth centuries suppressed an earlier “original” heretical Christianity. Christian scholars and apologists have soundly refuted this argument but it remains popular in academia primarily due to reasons of prejudice. ---------- Fair Use: Copyright Disclaimer Under Section 107 of the Copyright Act in 1976; Allowance is made for "Fair Use" for purposes such as criticism, comment, news reporting, teaching, scholarship, and research. Fair use is a use permitted by copyright statue that might otherwise be infringing. Non-profit, educational or personal use tips the balance in favor of fair use. All rights and credit go directly to its rightful owners. No copyright infringement intended.