Apostasy in Christianity
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| - | '''Apostasy''' (IPA: /əˈpɒs.tə.si/,/əˈpɑs.tə.si/) is the formal [[religious disaffiliation]] or abandonment or renunciation of one's [[religion]], especially if the motive is deemed unworthy. In a technical sense, as used sometimes by [[sociology|sociologists]] without the [[pejorative]] connotations of the word, the term refers to renunciation ''and'' criticism of, or opposition to, one's former religion. One who commits apostasy is an '''apostate''', or one who '''apostatizes'''. The word derives from [[Greek language|Greek]] αποστασία (apostasia), meaning ''a defection or revolt'', from απο, ''apo'', "away, apart", στασις, ''stasis'', "stand", "standing". The term is sometimes also used to refer to renunciation of a belief or cause by (generally facetious) extension of the religious connotation, such as in reference to a [[political party]] or a [[sports team]]. | + | '''Apostasy''' in [[Christianity]] is the rejection of Christianity by someone who formerly was a [[Christian]]. The term [[apostasy]] comes from the Greek word ''apostasia'' ("[[Wiktionary:ἀποστασία|ἀποστασία]]") meaning defection, departure, revolt or rebellion. It has been described as "a willful falling away from, or rebellion against, Christianity. Apostasy is the rejection of Christ by one who has been a Christian...." |
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| - | Apostasy is generally not a self-definition: very few former believers call themselves apostates and they generally consider this term to be a pejorative. Many religious movements consider it a [[vice]] ([[sin]]), a corruption of the [[virtue]] of [[piety]] in the sense that when piety fails, apostasy is the result. Unlike apostasy, [[heresy]] is the rejection or corruption of certain doctrines, not the complete abandonment of one's religion. Heretics claim to still be following a religion (or even to be the "[[belief|true believer]]s"), whereas apostates reject it entirely. | + | |
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| - | *[[Apostasy in Islam]] | + | * [[List of former Christians]] |
| - | * [[Heresy]] | + | * [[Christian atheism]] |
| - | * [[Religious conversion]] | + | * [[Backsliding]] |
| - | * [[Forced conversion]] | + | * [[Arminianism|Arminian]] doctrine of individual apostasy, see [[Conditional Preservation of the Saints]] |
| - | * [[Religious intolerance]] | + | * [[Christian heresy]] |
| - | * [[Blasphemy]] | + | * [[Conversion to Christianity]] |
| + | * [[Great Apostasy]] | ||
| + | * [[Rejection of Jesus]] | ||
| + | * [[Julian the Apostate]] | ||
| + | ===Apostasy in other religions=== | ||
| + | * [[Apostasy in Islam]] | ||
| + | * [[Apostasy in Judaism]] | ||
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If thy brother, the son of thy mother, or thy son, or thy daughter, or the wife of thy bosom, or thy friend, which [is] as thine own soul, entice thee secretly, saying, Let us go and serve other gods, which thou hast not known, thou, nor thy fathers; [Namely], of the gods of the people which [are] round about you, nigh unto thee, or far off from thee, from the [one] end of the earth even unto the [other] end of the earth; Thou shalt not consent unto him, nor hearken unto him; neither shall thine eye pity him, neither shalt thou spare, neither shalt thou conceal him: But thou shalt surely kill him; thine hand shall be first upon him to put him to death, and afterwards the hand of all the people. And thou shalt stone him with stones, that he die; because he hath sought to thrust thee away from the LORD thy God, which brought thee out of the land of Egypt, from the house of bondage. — Book of Deuteronomy 13:6–10 on apostasy in Christianity |
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Apostasy in Christianity is the rejection of Christianity by someone who formerly was a Christian. The term apostasy comes from the Greek word apostasia ("ἀποστασία") meaning defection, departure, revolt or rebellion. It has been described as "a willful falling away from, or rebellion against, Christianity. Apostasy is the rejection of Christ by one who has been a Christian...."
See also
- List of former Christians
- Christian atheism
- Backsliding
- Arminian doctrine of individual apostasy, see Conditional Preservation of the Saints
- Christian heresy
- Conversion to Christianity
- Great Apostasy
- Rejection of Jesus
- Julian the Apostate
Apostasy in other religions
