Heretic vs Saint - What's the difference?
heretic | saint |
Someone who, in the opinion of others, believes contrary to the fundamental tenets of a religion he claims to belong to.
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A person to whom a church or another religious group has officially attributed the title of "saint"; a holy or godly person; one eminent for piety and virtue.
(figuratively, by extension) A person with positive qualities; one who does good.
One who is sanctified or made holy; a person who is separated unto God’s service.
One of the blessed in heaven.
* Milton
(nonstandard) To canonize, to formally recognize someone as a saint.
As an adjective heretic
is heretical.As a noun saint is
a title given to a saint, often prefixed to the person's name.heretic
English
Alternative forms
* (archaic), (obsolete), heretick (obsolete), (l) (archaic)Noun
(en noun)- In the framework of traditional medical ethics, the patient
deserves humane attention only insofar as he is potentially
healthy and is willing to be healthy—just as in the framework
of traditional Christian ethics, the heretic deserved humane
attention only insofar as he was potentially a true believer and
was willing to become one. In the one case, people are
accepted as human beings only because they might be healthy
citizens; in the other, only because they might be faithful
Christians. In short, neither was heresy formerly, nor is sick-
ness now, given the kind of humane recognition which, from
the point of view of an ethic of respect and tolerance, they
deserve.
Synonyms
* apostate * withersakeAntonyms
* orthodoxAnagrams
* ----saint
English
Noun
(wikipedia saint) (en noun)- Kateri Tekakwitha was proclaimed a saint .
- Dorothy Day was a living saint .
- Thanks for looking after the house while I'm away. You're a saint !
- to the assembly of God which is at Corinth; those who are sanctified in Christ Jesus, called to be saints , with all who call on the name of our Lord Jesus Christ in every place, both theirs and ours. (1Cor. 1:2)
- Then shall thy saints , unmixed, and from the impure / Far separate, circling thy holy mount, / Unfeigned hallelujahs to thee sing.
Synonyms
* (holy person) (l), sheikSee also
* hallow * holos * holyVerb
(en verb)- Many wish to see Pope John Paul II sainted immediately.
