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Recent Examples of apostasy
This triggers a slippery slope toward apostasy — that is, de-prioritizing mindedness toward church vetted preoccupations.
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Cory Anderson,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
Its roots are in publicly paying penance for serious sins or crimes in the eyes of the church, like adultery or apostasy, which means renouncing the church and its beliefs.
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Lianna Norman,
Florida Times-Union,
16 Feb. 2026
Those who showed apostasy rarely got another assignment.
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Vince Passaro,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
According to a Pew Research Center Poll in 2013, 88 percent of Egyptian Muslims and 62 percent of Pakistani Muslims support the death penalty for apostasy.
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Andrew L. Peek,
Foreign Affairs,
14 June 2016
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Cory Anderson,
STAT,
6 Mar. 2026
Its roots are in publicly paying penance for serious sins or crimes in the eyes of the church, like adultery or apostasy, which means renouncing the church and its beliefs.
—
Lianna Norman,
Florida Times-Union,
16 Feb. 2026
Those who showed apostasy rarely got another assignment.
—
Vince Passaro,
Harpers Magazine,
30 Dec. 2025
According to a Pew Research Center Poll in 2013, 88 percent of Egyptian Muslims and 62 percent of Pakistani Muslims support the death penalty for apostasy.
—
Andrew L. Peek,
Foreign Affairs,
14 June 2016
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Recent Examples of Synonyms for apostasy
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The Vatican said dialogue was offered to the group ahead of the schism and that the step of ordaining bishops without church approval was considered so grave that excommunication was automatic.
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Parishioners at Saint Agnes said they were saddened by the schism and would continue to pray for a united church.
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South Korea took a soldier from the North into custody after the individual crossed the heavily fortified border this week in what is believed to be a defection, South Korea's Yonhap news agency reported Wednesday.
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But there have also been a number of high-profile defections and sporting tensions, such as Iran’s only female Olympic medallist, Kimia Alizadeh, leaving the country in 2020.
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Opinion polls indicate that separatism in Alberta lacks broad appeal, however.
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These tactical innovations have been reinforced by deliberate efforts at broadening the support base for Baloch separatism.
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When the nucleus ultimately disintegrates, these pieces move apart rapidly and the neck snaps quickly, a process known as scission.
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The structure is easily broken down in a reaction called scission (like scissors), which tears up the polymer chain.
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Kate divorced Jon, 48, in 2009 amid reports of infidelity surrounding her now ex-husband.
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Skratch also interviewed other sources for its story who alleged infidelity by Mickelson amid abrupt endings of memberships at other golf clubs.
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Joan of Arc was acquitted and declared innocent of alleged heresy by a retrial verdict 25 years after her execution by burning.
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While Ono faced the public just days after being named UF’s preferred candidate, Bell has spent more than two weeks under the microscope as conservative activists, bloggers and political operatives sifted through his decade-long record in Alabama searching for evidence of ideological heresy.
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In the book, the Senator is a man — Paul Thurman — but Yost previously confirmed that the show makes significant deviations from the source material.
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The structural design curtails the necessity for active safety mechanisms, electronic trip switches, or manual operator control interventions during an operational deviation.
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The biggest misconception about the trade has been thinking George is washed as a player.
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Byrd shared the story behind her longtime misconception while speaking with Jess Rothschild in a bonus episode of Finding Fire Island.
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“Apostasy.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/apostasy. Accessed 7 Jul. 2026.
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