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Heresy logo #10101) Act of messing with doctrine 2) BBC Radio 4 programme 3) BBC Radio comedy programme 4) Belief opposed to the norm 5) Blasphemy 6) British hardcore punk group 7) Charge against Galileo 8) Conflicting doctrine 9) Council of Trent subject 10) Crime in a theocracy 11) Dangerous pronouncements 12) Diet of Worms concern
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Heresy logo #10101) Albigensian 2) Albigensianism 3) Arianism 4) Catharism 5) Docetism 6) Gnostic 7) Gnosticism 8) Heterodoxy 9) Iconoclasm 10) Marcionism 11) Monophysite 12) Monophysitic 13) Monophysitism 14) Nestorian 15) Nestorianism 16) Nonconformance 17) Tritheism 18) Unorthodoxy
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Heresy logo #21000 Heresy is any provocative belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs. A heretic is a proponent of such claims or beliefs. Heresy is distinct from both apostasy, which is the explicit renunciation of one`s religion, principles or cause, and blasphemy, which is irreverence toward religion. The term is usually ....
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Heresy logo #21002• (n.) An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained. • (n.) An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually,...
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Heresy logo #23018A religious opinion, act or doctrine going against the Imperial creed. Heresy is often not merely an unconventional religious viewpoint, but the act of Chaos worship.
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heresy logo #21003a theological doctrine or system rejected as false by ecclesiastical authority. [16 related articles]
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heresy logo #20688Any doctrine opposed to orthodox belief, especially in religion. Those holding ideas considered heretical by the Christian church have included Gnostics, Arians, Pelagians, Montanists, Albigenses,...
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heresy logo #20973Origin: OE. Heresie, eresie, OF. Heresie, iresie, F. Heresie, L. Haeresis, Gr. A taking, a taking for one's self, choosing, a choice, a sect, a heresy, fr. To take, choose. ... 1. An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; ...
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Heresy logo #22385(from Greek, 'choice') A 'mistaken' or heterodox religious belief, i.e., one that does not agree wit
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Heresy logo #20972Her'e·sy noun ; plural Heresies . [ Middle English heresie , eresie , Old French heresie , iresie , French hérésie , Latin haeresis , Greek ... a taking, a taking for one's self, choosing, a choice, a sect, a heresy, from ... to take, choose...
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heresy logo #20001 belief contrary to what is generally accepted 
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Heresy logo #22986Either a rejection of doctrines taught by a communal authority or a choice to advocate an alternative doctrine/interpretation opposed to the authoritative conventional teaching. This concept is tied to the early Christian tradition, as the Church attempted to dispel certain Hellenistic philosophies. It also is evident in Judaism and Islam, although...
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Heresy logo #23049the conscious and deliberate rejection of a dogma of the Church.
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heresy logo #20400[n] - a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
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heresy logo #21009heresy 1. An unorthodox belief or doctrine; especially as regards some theological or church beliefs or 'orthodox' doctrine. 2. An opinion or a doctrine at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from or denial of Roman Catholic dogma by a professed believer or baptized church member; adherence to such dissenting opinion...
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heresy logo #23047obstinate persistence in false belief. Both the Catholic and Protestant churches recognised the concept, though the Catholics had more developed mechanisms (Inquisition, Index of forbidden books) for punishing it.
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heresy logo #22985a religious opinion, or adherence to such an opinion, that is contrary to an established religious teaching. The word comes from Greek hairesis, `action of taking, choice, sect.” Originally a heresy was simply a difference of opinion. It became a religious crime, often punished by death.
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heresy logo #20974 noun a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
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heresy logo #21221Any doctrine opposed to orthodox belief, especially in religion. Those holding ideas considered heretical by the Christian church have included Gnostics, Arians, Pelagians, Montanists, Albigenses, Waldenses, Lollards, and Anabaptists
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heresy logo #23665[SAT terms] a belief that rejects the orthodox tenets of a religion
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