Word definition: 'heresy' • Lucid Lexicon

heresy

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Ancestral Lore

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Ancient Greek, hairesis "a taking or choosing for oneself, a choice, a means of taking; a deliberate plan, purpose; philosophical sect, school"

Latin hæresis "school of thought, philosophical sect"

heresy noun

theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the 'catholic' or orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. [OED]

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"The Greek word hairesis (from which heresy is derived) was originally a neutral term that signified merely the holding of a particular set of philosophical opinions."

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