Heresy
From The Art and Popular Culture Encyclopedia
"In 380, under Theodosius I, Nicene Christianity became the official state religion of the Roman Empire. Christian heretics as well as non-Christians were subject to exclusion from public life or persecution, though Rome's original religious hierarchy and many aspects of its ritual influenced Christian forms, and many pre-Christian beliefs and practices survived in Christian festivals and local traditions."--Sholem Stein |
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Heresy, according to the Oxford English Dictionary, is a "theological or religious opinion or doctrine maintained in opposition, or held to be contrary, to the Roman Catholic or Orthodox doctrine of the Christian Church, or, by extension, to that of any church, creed, or religious system, considered as orthodox. By extension, heresy is an opinion or doctrine in philosophy, politics, science, art, etc., at variance with those generally accepted as authoritative." The study of heresy is heresiology.
See also
- blasphemy, libertinism, anticlericalism, materialism, heresy, profanity, counterculture, freethought
- Cathars
- Convention (norm)
- Deviationism
- Herem
- Heterodoxy
- Mores
- Münster Rebellion
- Norm (social)
- Schism