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In the Catholic church, a heretic is anyone who teaches or preaches that which is not church doctrine or canon. Traditionally, a suspected heretic is given an opportunity to ''recant'', or officially withdraw their heretical views and be welcomed back into the fold; a heretic who resumes his or her heretical beliefs is said to have ''relapsed''. In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, relapsed heretics were generally turned over to the state (the ''secular arm'') for execution. | In the Catholic church, a heretic is anyone who teaches or preaches that which is not church doctrine or canon. Traditionally, a suspected heretic is given an opportunity to ''recant'', or officially withdraw their heretical views and be welcomed back into the fold; a heretic who resumes his or her heretical beliefs is said to have ''relapsed''. In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, relapsed heretics were generally turned over to the state (the ''secular arm'') for execution. | ||
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Revision as of 06:14, April 12, 2007
In the Catholic church, a heretic is anyone who teaches or preaches that which is not church doctrine or canon. Traditionally, a suspected heretic is given an opportunity to recant, or officially withdraw their heretical views and be welcomed back into the fold; a heretic who resumes his or her heretical beliefs is said to have relapsed. In the Middle Ages and the Renaissance, relapsed heretics were generally turned over to the state (the secular arm) for execution.