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Cacodoxical :: Cacodoxical (a.) Heretical.

Sarabaite :: Sarabaite (n.) One of certain vagrant or heretical Oriental monks in the early church.

Heterodox :: Heterodox (a.) Contrary to, or differing from, some acknowledged standard, as the Bible, the creed of a church, the decree of a council, and the like; not orthodox; heretical; -- said of opinions, doctrines, books, etc., esp. upon theological subjects..

Heretically :: Heretically (adv.) In an heretical manner.

Simonian :: Simonian (n.) One of the followers of Simon Magus; also, an adherent of certain heretical sects in the early Christian church..

Hussite :: Hussite (n.) A follower of John Huss, the Bohemian reformer, who was adjudged a heretic and burnt alive in 1415..

Anthropomorphite :: Anthropomorphite (n.) One who ascribes a human form or human attributes to the Deity or to a polytheistic deity. Taylor. Specifically, one of a sect of ancient heretics who believed that God has a human form, etc. Tillotson..

Damianist :: Damianist (n.) A follower of Damian, patriarch of Alexandria in the 6th century, who held heretical opinions on the doctrine of the Holy Trinity..

Shiah :: Shiah (n.) A member of that branch of the Mohammedans to which the Persians belong. They reject the first three caliphs, and consider Ali as being the first and only rightful successor of Mohammed. They do not acknowledge the Sunna, or body of traditions respecting Mohammed, as any part of the law, and on these accounts are treated as heretics by the Sunnites, or orthodox Mohammedans..

Adiaphorist :: Adiaphorist (n.) One of the German Protestants who, with Melanchthon, held some opinions and ceremonies to be indifferent or nonessential, which Luther condemned as sinful or heretical..

Inquisition :: Inquisition (n.) A court or tribunal for the examination and punishment of heretics, fully established by Pope Gregory IX. in 1235. Its operations were chiefly confined to Spain, Portugal, and their dependencies, and a part of Italy..

Catheretic :: Catheretic (n.) A mild kind caustic used to reduce warts and other excrescences.

Heretification :: Heretification (n.) The act of hereticating or pronouncing heretical.

Docetae :: Docetae (n. pl.) Ancient heretics who held that Christ's body was merely a phantom or appearance.

Heresiarch :: Heresiarch (n.) A leader in heresy; the chief of a sect of heretics.

Ebionite :: Ebionite (n.) One of a sect of heretics, in the first centuries of the church, whose doctrine was a mixture of Judaism and Christianity. They denied the divinity of Christ, regarding him as an inspired messenger, and rejected much of the New Testament..

Heretical :: Heretical (a.) Containing heresy; of the nature of, or characterized by, heresy..

Nestorian :: Nestorian (n.) An adherent of Nestorius, patriarch of Constantinople to the fifth century, who has condemned as a heretic for maintaining that the divine and the human natures were not merged into one nature in Christ (who was God in man), and, hence, that it was improper to call Mary the mother of Christ; also, one of the sect established by the followers of Nestorius in Persia, india, and other Oriental countries, and still in existence. opposed to Eutychian..

Heterodox :: Heterodox (a.) Holding heterodox opinions, or doctrines not orthodox; heretical; -- said of persons..

Heretic :: Heretic (n.) One who holds to a heresy; one who believes some doctrine contrary to the established faith or prevailing religion.

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