heresy

Converse of object

• condemn: He was the first to condemn the heresy of Paul of Samosata.
• combat: To combat heresies, the Church set up Councils which relied on reason.
• oppose: Timothy was left at Ephesus to oppose heresies into which some had fallen, vv.
• teach: There were false prophets or people teaching heresy in the churches.
• introduce: False prophets, false teachers will introduce secretly destructive heresies.
• consider: You consider the Gnostic heresy that is here in embryo in this book.

Adjective modifier

• Pelagian: In these times the Pelagian heresy arose throughout the world.
• damnable: We had better beware of " false teachers... who privily shall bring in damnable heresies " ( II Pet.
• Arian: One of the triggers for compiling the Nicene Creed was the Arian heresy.
• Christological: It is no longer used as a bulwark against christological heresies, but rather to magnify the status of our Lord's mother.
• Gnostic: That was the Gnostic heresy - to say ' matter is bad or mistaken ' .
• destructive: All he says about their doctrine is it is damnable, or damning or destructive heresy.

Modifies a noun

• trial: He compared the inquiry to the heresy trials which had led to witches being burned at the stake in the dark ages.
• charge: The church then made formal moves to allow more room for doctrinal diversity and to make heresy charges much harder to bring.
• law: With the repeal of many of Henry's heresy laws, England became home to many continental heretics.

Noun used with modifier

• word: The word heresy means " a choice " { from " to choose " } .
• pagan: Arthur appears as defender of Christianity, driving out pagan heresy, conquering Denmark, Norway and Gaul.

Preposition: in

• church: There were false prophets or people teaching heresy in the churches.
• century: A number of clergymen were tried for heresy in the nineteenth century.

Preposition: of