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APOSTASY (aaoafiavis, in classical See also: term gene'See also: tally employed to describe a See also: complete renunciation of the
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Christian faith, or even an See also: exchange of one See also: form of it for another, especially if the See also: motive be unworthy
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In the first centuries of the Christian era, apostasy was most commonly induced by persecution, and was indicated by some outward See also: act, such as offering See also: incense to a See also: heathen deity or blaspheming the name of Christ.' In the See also: Roman Catholic See also: Church the word is also applied to the renunciation of monastic vows (apostasis a monachatu), and to the abandonment of the clerical profession for the
See also: life of the See also: world (apostasis a clericatu)
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Such defection was formerly often punished severely
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