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Apostasy (/ ə ˈ p ɒ s t ə s i /; Ancient Greek: ἀποστασία, romanized: apostasía, lit. ' defection , revolt ') is the formal disaffiliation from, abandonment of, or renunciation of a religion by a person.
Apostasy is the rejection of Christ by one who has been a Christian. …" [3] "Apostasy is a theological category describing those who have voluntarily and consciously abandoned their faith in the God of the covenant, who manifests himself most completely in Jesus Christ." [4] "Apostasy is the antonym of conversion; it is deconversion." [5]
The Great Apostasy is a concept within Christianity to describe a perception that mainstream Christian Churches have fallen away from the original faith founded by Jesus and promulgated through his Twelve Apostles.
Apostasy from Islam is not considered a hudud crime. [131] Ḥanbalī school – waiting period not necessary, but may be granted. Apostasy from Islam is considered a hudud crime. [131] Death penalty is the traditional form of punishment for both male and female apostates for leaving Islam. [129]
Heresy is contrasted with apostasy – "the total repudiation of the Christian faith" –, and with schism – " the refusal of submission to the Supreme Pontiff or of communion with the members of the Church subject to him". [4] This definition and contrast are reused in the Catechism of the Catholic Church.
Engraving of the Prodigal Son as a swineherd by Hans Sebald Beham, 1538.. Backsliding, also known as falling away [1] or described as "committing apostasy", [2] is a term used within Christianity to describe a process by which an individual who has converted to Christianity reverts to pre-conversion habits and/or lapses or falls into sin, when a person turns from God to pursue their own desire ...
According to the LDS Church, the Great Apostasy in Christianity began not long after the ascension of Jesus Christ. [6] It was marked with the corruption of Christian doctrine by Greek and other philosophies, [7] with followers dividing into different ideological groups, [8] and the martyrdom of the apostles [9] which led to a loss of priesthood authority to administer the church and its ...
The notification required therefore that the decision to leave the Church had to be manifested personally, consciously and freely, and in writing, to the competent Church authority, who was then to judge whether it was genuinely a case of "true separation from the constitutive elements of the life of the Church […] [by] an act of apostasy ...