Today's Word "apostasy"
Total departure from one's faith
on
Published in Vocabulary
apostasy \uh-POS-tuh-see\ (noun) - Total desertion or departure from one's faith, principles, or party.
"I understand apostasy, in the sense of abandonment of established policy or of doctrine -- and I must tell you that I cannot see how anyone could Pelagius or abandoning Christianity or its teachings -- but I don't understand the meaning of heresy." -- Jack Whyte, 'The Eagles' Brood'
Apostasy is derived from Greek apostasis, "a standing away from, a defection, a revolt," from aphistanai, "to stand off or away from, to revolt," from apo-, "from, away from" + histanai, "to stand."
Comments