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Noun
/əˈpästəsē/,
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apostasies, plural;
  1. The abandonment or renunciation of a religious or political belief

  1. the state of having rejected your religious beliefs or your political party or a cause (often in favor of opposing beliefs or causes)
  2. the act of abandoning a party for cause
  3. Apostasy is the formal religious disaffiliation, abandonment, or renunciation of one's religion, especially if the motive is deemed unworthy. ...
  4. Apostasy is a Swedish black metal band formed in 2000.
  5. The Apostasy is the eighth full-length album by Polish blackened death metal band Behemoth. The album was released on July 17, 2007 through Regain Records. It was recorded at the Radio Gdańsk Studios from November 2006 till March 2007. ...
  6. A falling away or departure from the Christian faith (Mt. 24:9-13; 2 Thes. 2:3; 1 Tim. 4:1-2; 2 Tim. 3:1-7; 4:3-4; 2 Pet. 2:1-3). An apostate is one who has “fallen away” from the Christian faith.
  7. Abandonment or repudiation of a previously held faith, principle or party loyalty.
  8. The act of a religious leaving the monastery without license, or adopting the clothing of a layperson.
  9. Jude also warns against apostasy, the turning away from Christ. We are to remember that God punishes rebellion against him. We must be careful not to drift away from a faithfull commitment to Christ. Those who do seek to know the truth in God's Word are susceptible to apostasy. ...
  10. seems a bit more formal than heresy. When you officially renounce your prior faith, you are an apostate. Truth tell, we’re not clear on the difference.
  11. A Jew who converts to another religion, though an apostate, is still considered a Jew. Anton Rubinstein, who converted to Eastern Christianity, was still considered an Ashkenazi Jew. ...
  12. In Christian theology, the personal, knowledgeable, willful total rejection of one's Christian faith, after which repentance is impossible.
  13. Literally, "turning away." This sin is committed when a Christian or body of believers rejects the true faith of Christ (1 Tim. 1:5 7; 4:1-3).
  14. Falling from grace, backsliding, losing salvation through unconfessed sin.
  15. 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."
  16. Abandoning your declared religion. This is the sin of Deuteronomy, Israel abandoning Yahweh for the Baals.
  17. 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.
  18. The public abandoning of your faith for another.
  19. Defection from God through entire rejection of either one or more of the following after it had been previously accepted: (1) the Catholic faith; (2) ecclesiastical obedience; (3) the religious or clerical state.
  20. A person’s separation from previous spiritual affiliations and beliefs.
  21. n. - desertion from religion or similar body.
  22. Turning from God or religion. Synonymous with secular humanism.
  23. (1) Most commonly used to describe the act of leaving the LDS church. (2) Mormons also talk about the Great Apostasy which they describe as the time between the death of the apostles and Joseph Smith’s establishment of the LDS church. ...
  24. Turning away from God.  Often associated with gross sin.  For we who believe in the security of true believers, there are no true Christian apostates, only those who seemed to be Christian, who, through apostasy, eventually demonstrated that they were not . (1 John 2:19)
  25. Abandoning one's religious belief.