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# Mere Fidelity: The Value of Controversy
- URL: https://mereorthodoxy.com/mere-fidelity-value-controversy/
- Published: 2017-09-19T13:58:15.000Z
- Updated: 2026-04-20T20:06:11.000Z
- Description: Mere Fidelity: The Value of Controversy
- Author: Mere Orthodoxy
- Tags: Matthew Lee Anderson, Mere Fidelity

On this week's show, Alastair, Matt and Derek consider the nature, ethics, and benefits of theological controversies. We can neither confirm nor deny that recent events played a role in helping us choose this topic.

Next week's show will be a discussion of Book 1 of Augustine's *Confessions.* If you'd like to read along--which we encourage you to do--[Henry Chadwick's translation is available widely at a reasonable price](https://www.amazon.com/Confessions-Oxford-Worlds-Classics-Augustine/dp/0199537828?ref=mereorthodoxy.com).

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