Tom grew up in a heretical sect.
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Heretical
/həˈɹɛtɪkəl/
Synonyms for "heretical" (154 found)
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inner directedinner-directedirreligiousjansenistjansenisticjovinianistjovinianistickinkylollardmanichaeanmaverickminimifidianmisbelievingmiscreantmonophysitemonophysiticmontanistmontanisticnonbelievingnonconformist
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5 entriesheretical beliefheretical doctrineheretical ideaheretical movementheretical stance
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At least as Auxentius reports him in the covering letter which precedes Ulfila’s confession, he is as vehement in his opposition to what he sees as heretical alternatives to his own form of belief as most other participants in the controversies of the time. Heretics are not Christians but antichrists. Homoousians, Homoiousians, and Macedonians are all included in this blanket condemnation.
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