Infallibility vs Heresy - What's the difference?
infallibility | heresy |
The property of being infallible; the ability to never make a mistake.
(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.
As nouns the difference between infallibility and heresy
is that infallibility is the property of being infallible; the ability to never make a mistake while heresy is a doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from Roman Catholic dogma.infallibility
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Noun
(infallibilities)- Sadly, dictionary compilers do not show the trait of infallibility .
Synonyms
* faultlessness * perfectionAntonyms
* fallibilityheresy
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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.