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World Encyclopedia
Denial of, or deviation from, orthodox religious belief. The concept exists in most organized religions with a rigid, dogmatic system.
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A Dictionary of the Bible (2 ed.)
From the Greek, meaning ‘choice’ or ‘thing chosen’, or an opinion. It came to be used (in the Greek) for
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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions
(Gk., hairesis, ‘choice’).
The adoption of false views and practices. Basically, the Gk. word may mean simply the adoption
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The Oxford Dictionary of the Jewish Religion (2 ed.)
a term defined as a departure from orthodox belief. Various appellations are used for heretics. The generic name is minim...
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Encyclopedia of the Middle Ages
In a strictly historical perspective, to speak of “heresy” and “heretics” requires us to go beyond a theological viewpoint. The
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The New Oxford Companion to Literature in French
Derived from the Greek word for choice, heresy came to be defined by the medieval Church as ‘an opinion chosen
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A Concise Companion to the Jewish Religion
The holding of beliefs contrary to the Jewish religion. Any attempt to study the phenomenon of heresy in Judaism has
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The Oxford Companion to Chaucer
the formal denial of a defined orthodox doctrine (the term comes from a Greek word meaning ‘choice’ or ‘thing chosen’),
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The Oxford Companion to Italian Literature
as defined by the Catholic Church, were originally ecclesiastical offences, but from 1139 also received secular punishments, later including death
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Timothy E. Gregory, Alexander Kazhdan, and Anthony Cutler
The Oxford Dictionary of Byzantium
(αἵρεσις, lit. “sect, school”), a term used by the church fathers to designate a sectarian or dissident teaching, sometimes that of pagans or Jews (including ...
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable (2 ed.)
belief or opinion contrary to orthodox religious (especially Christian) doctrine. Recorded from Middle English, the word comes via Old French and Latin from Greek ...
