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APOSTASY (aaoafiavis, in classical Greek a defection or revolt from a military commander)

APOSTASY (aaoafiavis, in classical See also:
GREEK
GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND
Greek a defection or revolt from a military See also:
COMMANDER
commander) , a See also:

TERM

term gene'See also:

TALLY

tally employed to describe a See also:

COMPLETE

complete renunciation of the. See also:

Christian faith, or even an See also:

EXCHANGE

exchange of one See also:

FORM (Lat. forma)

form of it for another, especially if the See also:

MOTIVE (from Lat. movere, to move)

motive be unworthy. In the first centuries of the Christian era, apostasy was most commonly induced by persecution, and was indicated by some outward See also:

ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act, such as offering See also:

INCENSE

incense to a See also:

HEATHEN

heathen deity or blaspheming the name of See also:

Christ.' In the See also:

ROMAN

Roman See also:

CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

Church the word is also applied to the renunciation of monastic vows (apostasis a monachatu), and to the See also:

ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")

abandonment of the clerical profession for the See also:

LIFE

life of the See also:

WORLD

world (apostasis a clericatu). Such defection was formerly often punished severely.

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