See also:

• APOSTASY (aaoafiavis, in classical Greek a defection or revolt from a military commander)

APOSTASY (aaoafiavis, in classical See also:

• GREEK
• GREEK, ETRUSCAN AND

Greek a defection or revolt from a military See also:

• COMMANDER

commander)  , a See also:

• TERM

term gene'See also:

• TALLY

tally employed to describe a See also:

• COMPLETE

complete renunciation of the . See also:

• CHRISTIAN
• CHRISTIAN, WILLIAM (1608-1663)

Christian faith, or even an See also:

• EXCHANGE

exchange of one See also:

• FORM (Lat. forma)

form of it for another, especially if the See also:

• MOTIVE (from Lat. movere, to move)

motive be unworthy . In the first centuries of the Christian era, See also:

• APOSTASY (aaoafiavis, in classical Greek a defection or revolt from a military commander)

apostasy was most commonly induced by persecution, and was indicated by some outward See also:

• ACT (Lat. actus, actum)

act, such as offering See also:

• INCENSE

incense to a See also:

• HEATHEN

heathen deity or blaspheming the name of See also:

• CHRIST (Gr. X pLQTOS, Anointed)
• CHRIST, WILHELM VON (1831-1906)

Christ.' In the See also:

• ROMAN

Roman See also:

• CATHOLIC (Gr. KcaBoXuK6s, general, universal)

Catholic See also:

• CHURCH
• CHURCH (according to most authorities derived from the Gr. Kvpcaxov [&wµa], " the Lord's [house]," and common to many Teutonic, Slavonic and other languages under various forms—Scottish kirk, Ger. Kirche, Swed. kirka, Dan. kirke, Russ. tserkov, Buig. cerk
• CHURCH, FREDERICK EDWIN (1826-1900)
• CHURCH, GEORGE EARL (1835–1910)
• CHURCH, RICHARD WILLIAM (1815–189o)
• CHURCH, SIR RICHARD (1784–1873)

Church the word is also applied to the renunciation of monastic vows (apostasis a monachatu), and to the See also:

• ABANDONMENT (Fr. abandonnement, from abandonner, to abandon, relinquish; abandonner was originally equivalent to mettred banddn, to leave to the jurisdiction, i.e. of another, bandon being from Low Latin bandum, bannum, order, decree, " ban ")

abandonment of the clerical profession for the See also:

• LIFE

life of the See also:

• WORLD

world (apostasis a clericatu) . Such defection was formerly often punished severely .