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Apostasy

Apostasy

Allusions--Cultural, Literary, Biblical, and Historical: A Thematic Dictionary | 1986 | Copyright

29. Apostasy (See also Sacrilege.)

  1. Aholah and Aholibah symbolize Samaria’s and Jerusalem’s abandonment to idols. [O.T.: Ezekiel 23:4]
  2. Albigenses heretical sect; advocated Manichaean dualism. [Fr. Hist.: NCE, 53]
  3. Arians 4th-century heretical sect; denied Christ’s divinity. [Christian Hist.: Brewer Note-Book, 43]
  4. Big-endians heretical group; always break eggs unlawfully at large end. [Br. Lit.: Gulliver’s Travels ]
  5. Cathari heretical Christian sect in 12th and 13th centuries; professed a neo-Manichaean dualism. [Christian Hist.: EB, II: 639]
  6. Donatists Christian group in North Africa who broke with Catholicism (312). [Christian Hist.: EB, III: 618]
  7. Ebionites 2nd- and 3rd-century Christian ascetic sect that retained a Jewish emphasis. [Christian Hist.: EB, III: 768]
  8. Erastianism doctrine declaring state is superior to the church in ecclesiastical affairs (1524–1543). [Christian Hist.: EB, III: 937]
  9. Fires of Smithfield Marian martyrs burnt at stake as heretics. [Br. Hist.: Brewer Dictionary, 1013]
  10. Gnosticism heretical theological movement in Greco-Roman world of 2nd century. [Christian Hist.: EB, IV: 587]
  11. Inquisition Roman Catholic tribunal engaged in combating and suppressing heresy. [Christian Hist.: NCE, 1352]
  12. Jansenism unorthodox Roman Catholic movement of the 17th and 18th centuries led by Cornelius Jansen. [Christian Hist.: EB, V: 515]
  13. Julian the Apostate (331–363 ) Roman emperor, educated as a Christian but renounced Christianity when he became emperor. [Rom. Hist.: Benét, 533]
  14. Lollards in late medieval England, a name given to followers of unorthodox philosopher John Wycliffe. [Christian Hist.: EB, VI: 306]
  15. min appellation of any heretic, Jew or non-Jew. [Judaism: Wigoder, 417]
  16. Monophysites heretical Christian sect who questioned the divine and human nature of Jesus. [Christian Hist.: EB, VI: 1003]
  17. Montanism 2nd-century heretical Christian movement led by prophet Montanus. [Christian Hist.: EB, VI: 1012]
  18. Sabellianism 3rd-century Christian heresy led by Sabellius. [Christian Hist.: EB, VIII: 747]
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Apostasy

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of World Religions | 1997 | | Copyright

Apostasy, (Gk., ‘stand away from’). The act or state of rejecting one religious faith for another. Apostasy has been regarded with horror by Jews, although a distinction was always made between apostates who converted for gain and the anusim or Marranos who were forced to convert and tried to maintain their Judaism secretly. According to the halakhah, an apostate remains a Jew: he can contract a valid Jewish marriage, and the child of an apostate mother is considered a Jew. However, as the law stands at present, an apostate Jew is not entitled to immigrate to Israel under the law of Return.

In Christianity, the debate mainly took the form of the ability of one elected to salvation to fall from grace (see e.g. ARMINIUS). In Islam, the issue is extremely prominent, involving the argument whether it requires the death penalty: see MURTADD.
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apostate

The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

a·pos·tate / əˈpäsˌtāt; -tit/ • n. a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle. • adj. abandoning a religious or political belief or principle. DERIVATIVES: ap·o·stat·i·cal / ˌapəˈstatikəl/ adj.

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The Concise Oxford Dictionary of English Etymology | 1996 | | Copyright

apostate XIV. — (O)F. apostate or ecclL. apostata — late Gr. apostātēs, f. apostēnai, f. apó APO- + stênai STAND.
So apostasy XIV. — ecclL. — late Gr. apostasíā, for apóstasis defection. apostatize XVI. — medL.
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The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable | 2006 | | Copyright

apostate a person who renounces a religious or political belief or principle. Recorded from Middle English, the word comes via ecclesiastical Latin from Greek apostatēs ‘apostate, runaway slave’.
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apostasy

The Concise Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church | 2000 | | Copyright

apostasy. The abandonment of Christianity. Until 1983 the term was used in the RC Church also of public defection from the RC Church and of desertion by a professed religious who had taken perpetual vows.
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The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English | 2009 | Copyright

a·pos·ta·sy / əˈpästəsē/ • n. the abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief.

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apostasy

The Columbia Encyclopedia, 6th ed. | 2011 | Copyright

apostasy in religion: see heresy .

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

apostasy •radiancy •immediacy, intermediacy •expediency • idiocy • saliency •resiliency • leniency •incipiency, recipiency •recreancy • pruriency • deviancy •subserviency • transiency • pliancy •buoyancy, flamboyancy •fluency, truancy •constituency • abbacy • embassy •celibacy • absorbency •incumbency, recumbency •ascendancy, intendancy, interdependency, pendency, resplendency, superintendency, tendency, transcendency •candidacy •presidency, residency •despondency • redundancy • infancy •sycophancy • argosy • legacy •profligacy • surrogacy •extravagancy • plangency • agency •regency •astringency, contingency, stringency •intransigency • exigency • cogency •pungency •convergency, emergency, insurgency, urgency •vacancy • piquancy • fricassee •mendicancy • efficacy • prolificacy •insignificancy • delicacy • intricacy •advocacy • fallacy • galaxy •jealousy, prelacy •repellency • valency • Wallasey •articulacy • corpulency • inviolacy •excellency • equivalency • pharmacy •supremacy • clemency • Christmassy •illegitimacy, legitimacy •intimacy • ultimacy • primacy •dormancy • diplomacy • contumacy •stagnancy •lieutenancy, subtenancy, tenancy •pregnancy •benignancy, malignancy •effeminacy • prominency •obstinacy • pertinency • lunacy •immanency •impermanency, permanency •rampancy • papacy • flippancy •occupancy •archiepiscopacy, episcopacy •transparency • leprosy • inerrancy •flagrancy, fragrancy, vagrancy •conspiracy • idiosyncrasy •minstrelsy • magistracy • piracy •vibrancy •adhocracy, aristocracy, autocracy, bureaucracy, democracy, gerontocracy, gynaecocracy (US gynecocracy), hierocracy, hypocrisy, meritocracy, mobocracy, monocracy, plutocracy, technocracy, theocracy •accuracy • obduracy • currency •curacy, pleurisy •confederacy • numeracy •degeneracy • itinerancy • inveteracy •illiteracy, literacy •innocency • trenchancy • deficiency •fantasy, phantasy •intestacy • ecstasy • expectancy •latency • chieftaincy • intermittency •consistency, insistency, persistency •instancy • militancy • impenitency •precipitancy • competency •hesitancy • apostasy • constancy •accountancy • adjutancy •consultancy, exultancy •impotency • discourtesy •inadvertency • privacy •irrelevancy, relevancy •solvency • frequency • delinquency •adequacy • poignancy

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Oxford Dictionary of Rhymes | 2007 | Copyright

apostate •lactate, tractate •apartheid • peltate • edentate •testate • dictate • meditate • agitate •vegetate • interdigitate •cogitate, excogitate •ingurgitate, regurgitate •facilitate, habilitate, militate •debilitate • imitate • decapitate •palpitate • crepitate • precipitate •irritate •acetate, capacitate, triacetate •necessitate • felicitate • resuscitate •gravitate • levitate • hesitate •apostate, prostate •pernoctate • potentate • annotate •amputate • permutate • orientate •auscultate • commentate • superstate •devastate • salivate • elevate •activate • captivate • titivate •motivate • cultivate • ovate • excavate •enervate, renovate •innovate • aggravate • rotavate

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