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Rebel vs Heresy - What's the difference?

rebel | heresy |

As nouns the difference between rebel and heresy

is that rebel is a confederate soldier while heresy is (religion) a doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance with established religious beliefs, especially dissension from roman catholic dogma.

rebel

English

(wikipedia rebel)

Etymology 1

From (etyl) rebelle, from (etyl) .

Noun

(en noun)
  • A person who resists an established authority, often violently.
    • Related terms
    * rebellion * rebellious

    Etymology 2

    From (etyl) rebeller, from (etyl) . See also (l).

    Verb

    (rebell)
  • To resist or become defiant toward an authority.
    • Synonyms
    * defy
    Antonyms
    * obey * submit

    heresy

    English

    (wikipedia heresy)

    Alternative forms

    *

    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

    References