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Heresy

Heresy is any belief or theory that is strongly at variance with established beliefs or customs, particularly the accepted beliefs or religious law of a religious organization. A heretic is a proponent of a heresy.

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Heresy

Nodes207
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Triples189
Avg. degree1.99
Density0.009662
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related to Bibliography · 30
Heresy → Alain Le Boulluec, Albany, Earliest Christianity, Early Christian Patterns, Etudes Augustiniennes, Fortress Press, Greek Literature, Henderson, ISBN, Islamic, Jewish, John, Kraft, La, Neo-Confucian, New York, New York Press, NY, Orthodoxy, Oxford University Press
related to Anglicanism · 27
Heresy → Act, Although, Anglican Communion, Articles, Cardinal John Fisher, Catholics, Christ's, Church, During, Edward's, England, English Reformation, Henry VIII's, In Britain, James VI, Mary, Pelagianism, Protestants, Scotland, Sir Thomas More
related to Lutheranism · 22
Heresy → Anabaptists, Arians, Christians, Donatists, Eunomians, God, Jewish, Johannes Agricola, Law, Luther, Lutheran Churches, Lutheranism, Manichaeans, Martin Luther, Mohammedans, Pelagians, Philip Melanchthon, Samosatenes, Ten Commandments, The Augsburg Confession
related to Other religions · 19
Heresy → According, Although, Buddhism, Buddhist, Buddhists, China, Chinese, Confucianism, Japan, Neo-Confucian, Pali, Sanskrit, Shinto, Taoism, Taoist, The, The Buddhist, Three Teachings, Thus
related to Christianity · 15
Heresy → AD, Christ, Christianity, Church, From, In, In Titus, Jesus, Jew, Jewish, Jews, Judaism, Tertullian, The Greek, This
related to Methodism · 13
Heresy → Christian, He, If, Jesus, John Wesley, Methodist, Methodist Christians, Methodist Churches, Pelagianism, Religion, Saint John, Ten Commandments, The Articles
related to Catholicism · 11
Heresy → Canon Law, Catholic, Catholic Church, Church, Code, Codex Justinianus, Eastern Roman Empire, Faith, In, Orthodox, The
related to External links · 10
Heresy → Cathars, Catholic Encyclopedia, French, Gawrisch, History, Lutheran, Philosophy, Some, What Is Heresy, Wilbert
related to Etymology · 8
Heresy → Ancient Greek, Christian, Derived, English, However, Islamic, Jewish, The
related to Non-religious usage · 5
Heresy → Asimov, Characteristics, He, In, Scientist/author Isaac Asimov

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church heretics heretical judaism christianity orthodoxy christian catholic considered law also jewish heretic orthodox islam within term heresies roman one

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the Congregationalist cleric Frank Hugh Fosterinstance ofby theologians0.80text
the Roman Catholic historian Hilaire Bellocinstance ofby theologians0.80text
the latter describing it asinstance ofby theologians0.80text
the Patariniinstance ofmore organised groups0.80text
the Dulciniansinstance ofmore organised groups0.80text
the Waldensiansinstance ofmore organised groups0.80text
the Cathars were beginning to appear in the townsinstance ofmore organised groups0.80text
cities of northern Italyinstance ofmore organised groups0.80text
southern Franceinstance ofmore organised groups0.80text
Flanders.In France the Cathars grew to represent a popular mass movementinstance ofmore organised groups0.80text
the belief was spreading to other areasinstance ofmore organised groups0.80text
though some historians such as Robert Ian Moore point out a paucity of direct evidenceinstance ofmore organised groups0.80text

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