Wondering how to use Heresy in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning and synonyms such as unorthodoxy or heterodoxy.
Heresy in a sentence
Heresy meaning
- A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs.
- A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.
Synonyms of Heresy
Using Heresy
- The main meaning on this page is: A doctrine held by a member of a religion at variance or conflict with established religious beliefs. | A controversial or unorthodox opinion held by a member of a group, as in politics, philosophy or science.
- Useful related words include: unorthodoxy, heterodoxy, orientation, orthodoxy.
- In the example corpus, heresy often appears in combinations such as: of heresy, heresy and, the heresy.
Context around Heresy
- Average sentence length in these examples: 22.3 words
- Position in the sentence: 4 start, 7 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Heresy
- In this selection, "heresy" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 22.3 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, public, fundamental, speak and cannot stand out and add context to how "heresy" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include akin to heresy the denial and alleged papal heresy cannot but. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "heresy" sits close to words such as airship, anal and andrei, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with heresy
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
And that idea is pure heresy in the US. (9 words)
Falsely charged with heresy, the order disbanded in 1308/9. (10 words)
So long as you're white or 'till you speak heresy. (11 words)
If they persisted in their heresy, however, Pope Gregory, finding it necessary to protect the Catholic community from infection, would have suspects handed over to civil authorities, since public heresy was a crime under civil law as well as Church law. (41 words)
GA-ASI also discussed its work with the California-based UAS Consulting Group, LLC and the Alabama-based on Project Heresy, which includes multi-mission control (MMC) software to allow the simultaneous control of six drones. (36 words)
This analogy comes close to the ancient heresy of Sabellianism, which claimed God is like an actor wearing several masks, one each depicting the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but with one person (God) behind them. (36 words)
Can we say that heresy does not consist only in spreading false doctrines, but also in silencing the truth about doctrine and morality? (23 words)
Example sentences (20)
If they persisted in their heresy, however, Pope Gregory, finding it necessary to protect the Catholic community from infection, would have suspects handed over to civil authorities, since public heresy was a crime under civil law as well as Church law.
Falsely charged with heresy, the order disbanded in 1308/9.
He was a violent man doing what he felt God wanted him to do, stamp out this heresy about Jesus.
Perhaps his most fundamental heresy was the belief that the computer revolution, which Weizenbaum not only lived through but centrally participated in, was actually a counter-revolution.
So long as you're white or 'till you speak heresy.
Thus, it is deeply troubling to consider the possibility that prelates holding the office of diocesan bishop in the Catholic Church may be separated or not in full communion because of heresy.
It has also sparked criticism at the highest levels, with Guinean Cardinal Robert Sarah, an influential figure in the conservative camp, slamming the declaration as “heresy”.
Think about the seventeenth-century church fathers who convicted Galileo Galilei of heresy for endorsing the Copernican revolution in astronomy.
To say otherwise would be akin to heresy, the denial of a doctrine.
You write that White Christian nationalism is not new, and that it’s a form of heresy.
GA-ASI also discussed its work with the California-based UAS Consulting Group, LLC and the Alabama-based on Project Heresy, which includes multi-mission control (MMC) software to allow the simultaneous control of six drones.
This analogy comes close to the ancient heresy of Sabellianism, which claimed God is like an actor wearing several masks, one each depicting the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit, but with one person (God) behind them.
I know not having a football team in Oklahoma seems like heresy, but I teach at a small public liberal arts university that is much cheaper and has a smaller student body and class sizes.
The demonstrators got the support of rocker Mick Jagger and veteran actor Donald Sutherland, who will walk that red carpet later to present their thriller The Burnt Orange Heresy.
This latest move to counter alleged papal heresy cannot but further divide the Church.
And that idea is pure heresy in the US.
Anthony returned to Alexandria in time to crush the Arian heresy.
Can we say that heresy does not consist only in spreading false doctrines, but also in silencing the truth about doctrine and morality?
In some ways, this is even worse than promoting heresy, Fr Weinandy added.
It took more than 300 years for the Church to admit that Galileo was right and to clear his name of heresy.
Common combinations with heresy
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- of heresy 29×
- heresy and 20×
- the heresy 12×
- for heresy 12×
- as heresy 10×
- heresy in 9×
- heresy was 8×
- heresy of 7×
- with heresy 6×
- heresy for 4×