heresy

Comes from a Greek term meaning “sect,” and was used by the early Churcha term translated from the Greek word “Ecclesia” which means an assembly called together and is sometime translated as a congregation. A church is... more theologians to identify doctrines that they rejected as not orthodoxDerived from a Greek term meaning “right belief” and also “right worship.” When the term is not capitalized it typically refers to teachings i... more. The term does not refer to unbelief but ideas held by some baptized Christian that was not in conformitySee nonconformist. with orthodoxDerived from a Greek term meaning “right belief” and also “right worship.” When the term is not capitalized it typically refers to teachings i... more authorities. During the ReformationA revolutionary religious movement during the 16th century Europe that initially sought to reform the Roman Catholic Church but led to the emergence o... more the various groups referred to the doctrines of other sects as heresy.