As nouns the difference between heresy and disbelief
is that
heresy is (religion) a doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from roman catholic dogma while
disbelief is unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.
heresy Alternative forms
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Noun
( heresies)
(religion) A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from Roman Catholic dogma.
* 1968 , History of Western Civilization, edited by Heyes, Baldwin & Cole, p.47. Macmillan. Library of Congress 67–13596
- Heresy meant deliberate departure from the accepted doctrines of the church. It was intellectual and spiritual dissent and concerned the beliefs of Christianity, not the morals of its adherents.
A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.
Related terms
* heresiarch
* heretic
* heretical
See also
* schism
* Arianism
* monophysism
* Nestorianism
* Pelagianism
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disbelief English
Noun
Unpreparedness, unwillingness, or inability to believe that something is the case.
- She cried out in disbelief on hearing that terrorists had crashed an airplane into the World Trade Center in New York City.
Astonishment.
- I stared in disbelief at the Grand Canyon.
The loss or abandonment of a belief; cessation of belief.
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Synonyms
* incredulity
Related terms
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