Heresy vs Apostacy - What's the difference?
heresy | apostacy |
(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
A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.
Abandonment of religion (see apostasy)
(legal) the ancient criminal offence of heresy or non-belief in religion.
As nouns the difference between heresy and apostacy
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 apostacy is abandonment of religion (see apostasy).heresy
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(wikipedia heresy)Alternative forms
*Noun
(heresies)- 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.
