Heresy vs Heretical - What's the difference?
heresy | heretical | Related terms |
(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.
Of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.
(of ideas or views) Contrary to mainstream or accepted opinion.
Heretical is a related term of heresy.
As a noun heresy
is a doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from Roman Catholic dogma.As an adjective heretical is
of or pertaining to heresy or heretics.heresy
English
(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.
