apostasy

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Specifically, the renunciation of one's religion or faith
The renunciation of a belief or set of beliefs

The explanation of his apostasy was as simple as it was base : Navarre had no confidence in the success of his cause, and he cared little in his heart for anything but women and vanity.

a total departure from one's faith or religion
{n} a falling from one's former profession
Falling away from Christian belief or sound doctrine ( SEE: Heresy, Cult, Sect )
The act of renouncing faith in something and consequently standing apart from the group who believes
the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
   the act of abandoning a set of beliefs, or the position of having abandoned them
the act of abandoning a party or cause
Apostasy is from the Greek [apostasia], which means a departing or separating (2nd Thessalonians 2: 3) In Christianity it is a forsaking or departing from the faith, principles, or truth, to which the Church previously held (1st Timothy 4: 1, Hebrews 3: 12) This abandonment or falling away from the faith is an opposite of the protestant reformation, which was the returning to the faith, principles, and truths which the Church formerly held [back]
A departure from what was believed before Enmity, opposition against the faith after having previously believed in its teachings
A deliberate repudiation and abandonment of the faith that one has professed (Hebrews 3: 12)
is the continual falling away of people from God It is a denial of God, not a perversion to His Word In classical Greek, apostasia is a technical term for political revolt or defection The Septuagint relates the term and definition to rebellion against God (Joshua 22: 22; 2 Chron 29: 19) as originally instigated by Satan, the apostate dragon of Job 26: 13
\uh-POS-tuh-see\, noun: Total desertion or departure from one's faith, principles, or party
Abandonment or repudiation of a previously held faith, principle or party loyalty
Abandoning of the Catholic Faith One who abandons their Catholic Faith is called an apostate Canon Law #751 says "Apostasy is the total repudiation of the christian faith "
In Christian theology, the personal, knowledgeable, willful total rejection of one's Christian faith, after which repentance is impossible
The falling away from the faith It is a revolt against the truth of God’s word by a believer It can also describe a group or church organization that has "fallen away" from the truths of Christianity as revealed in the Bible
From a Greek term meaning "to revolt," apostasy is the act of abandoning or rejecting a previously held religious faith An apostate is one who has defected from or ceased to practice his or her religion
Specifically, the renunciation of ones religion or faith
{i} heresy; disloyalty
the act of abandoning a party or cause the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
An abandonment of what one has voluntarily professed; a total desertion of departure from one's faith, principles, or party; esp
the renunciation of a religious faith; as, Julian's apostasy from Christianity
If someone is accused of apostasy, they are accused of abandoning their religious faith, political loyalties, or principles. a charge of apostasy. when someone suddenly stops believing in a religion or supporting a political party (apostasia, from , from aphistasthai , from apo- ( APOCALYPSE) + histasthai )
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