P-Marlowe,
Nice try, but you're wrong. Christ was condemned as a blasphemer by Jewish leaders, not as a heretic.
Maybe if you had ever read the Bible you would know this.
Matthew 26:64-66 (New King James Version) 64 Jesus said to him, “It is as you said. Nevertheless, I say to you, hereafter you will see the Son of Man sitting at the right hand of the Power, and coming on the clouds of heaven.”
65 Then the high priest tore his clothes, saying, “He has spoken BLASPHEMY! What further need do we have of witnesses? Look, now you have heard His blasphemy! 66 What do you think?” They answered and said, “He is deserving of death.”
Or how about Mark? Mark 14:63-65 (New King James Version)
63 Then the high priest tore his clothes and said, “What further need do we have of witnesses? 64 You have heard the BLASPHEMY! What do you think?” And they all condemned Him to be deserving of death.
Even before He was tried He was accused of BLASPHEMY: John 10:32-34; 32 Jesus answered them, “Many good works I have shown you from My Father. For which of those works do you stone Me?”33 The Jews answered Him, saying, “For a good work we do not stone You, but for BLASPHEMY, and because You, being a Man, make Yourself God.” 34 Jesus answered them, “Is it not written in your law, ‘I said, “You are gods”’?
The same was said of Stephen when he was stoned to death:
Acts 6:10 And they were not able to resist the wisdom and the Spirit by which he spoke. 11 Then they secretly induced men to say, “We have heard him speak BLASPHEMOUS words against Moses and God.” ... 13 They also set up false witnesses who said, “This man does not cease to speak BLASPHEMOUS words against this holy place and the law; 14 for we have heard him say that this Jesus of Nazareth will destroy this place and change the customs which Moses delivered to us.”
n 1: a person who holds religious beliefs in conflict with the dogma of the Roman Catholic Church [syn: misbeliever, religious outcast] 2: a person who holds unorthodox opinions in any field (not merely religion)
I'd have to say that on both counts Jesus could be considered a heretic.