☩ SOTERIAN GLOSSARY ☩

Living Language Lexicon of the Soteria Covenant

Heretic

A person who holds beliefs contrary to the established doctrines of a religion, particularly one who has been baptized but subsequently denies or doubts essential articles of faith. In medieval law, heresy was both an ecclesiastical and secular crime.

Etymology: Greek 'hairetikos' (able to choose), from 'hairesis' (choice, sect), from 'hairein' (to take, choose) · Category: Ecclesiastical Law · Source: Fourth Lateran Council (1215); Code of Canon Law, Canon 751
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