Definition:
- (n.) An opinion held in opposition to the established or commonly received doctrine, and tending to promote a division or party, as in politics, literature, philosophy, etc.; -- usually, but not necessarily, said in reproach.
- (n.) Religious opinion opposed to the authorized doctrinal standards of any particular church, especially when tending to promote schism or separation; lack of orthodox or sound belief; rejection of, or erroneous belief in regard to, some fundamental religious doctrine or truth; heterodoxy.
- (n.) An offense against Christianity, consisting in a denial of some essential doctrine, which denial is publicly avowed, and obstinately maintained.
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hearsay vs. heresy
apostasy vs. heresy
heresy vs. macedonianism
heresy vs. jezebel
arian vs. heresy
blasphemy vs. heresy
heresy vs. lapse
heresy vs. inquisition
heresy vs. nestorianism
heresy vs. pelagianism
arianism vs. heresy
heresiarch vs. heresy
heresy vs. science
heresy vs. philosophy
heresy vs. politics
heresy vs. unorthodox
heresy vs. opinion
heresy vs. orthodoxy
heresy vs. schism
heresy vs. heretical
heresy vs. heretic
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