Heterodoxy

Word HETERODOXY
Character 10
Hyphenation het er o dox y
Pronunciations /ˈhɛtɛɹədɒksi/

Definitions and meanings of "Heterodoxy"

What do we mean by heterodoxy?

The condition or quality of being heterodox. noun

A heterodox opinion or doctrine. noun

The quality or state of being heterodox: as, the heterodoxy of a doctrine, book, or person. noun

A heterodox belief or doctrine; a departure from an established standard or principle; a heresy. noun

An opinion or doctrine, or a system of doctrines, contrary to some established standard of faith, as the Scriptures, the creed or standards of a church, etc.; heresy. noun

The quality of being heterodox. noun

A heterodox belief, creed, or teaching. noun

The quality of being unorthodox noun

Any opinions or doctrines at variance with the official or orthodox position noun

The quality of being heterodox.

A heterodox belief, creed, or teaching.

Synonyms and Antonyms for Heterodoxy

The word "heterodoxy" in example sentences

As a matter of fact, the orthodoxy of these Churches is what we call heterodoxy, since it rejects the Papal Infallibility, and the Papal Supremacy, the dogma of the Immaculate Conception, that of Purgatory, etc. ❋ 1840-1916 (1913)

Note 69: In our own time, no scientific or philosophical consensus exists on this question; the resulting heterodoxy is too complex to summarize briefly here. ❋ Unknown (2007)

Some church historians say Galileo's actions should be classified as heterodoxy, which is less severe than heresy. ❋ Unknown (2008)

I'll be using the word heterodoxy in future, even though I don't know what it means. ❋ Push Jelly (2008)

Good Men: How Catholic Seminaries Turned Away Two Generations of Vocations From the Priesthood, "Michael S. Rose examines the destructive effect of what he terms heterodoxy on seminarians struggling to absorb and adhere to the ancient doctrines of the church, handed down from the Apostles for 2,000 years. ❋ Unknown (2009)

It seemed to me that Hayes’ definition of heterodoxy is “significant methodological or axiomatic disagreement with mainstream economists, so long as that disagreement has left-wing implications.” ❋ Unknown (2007)

I'll admit to resorting to the dictionary to comprehend the meaning of the word 'heterodoxy'. ❋ Unknown (2009)

I was beginning to think that you were linking "heterodoxy" with sexuality, which is hardly the whole of it. ❋ Terry Nelson (2006)

And I think Xiaolongu's probably right that "heterodoxy" would likely be a more appropriate term than "paganism", because of the specific historical weight of "paganism" as an epithet used from within Christianity. ❋ Unknown (2005)

Instead of dogmatic controversy dying away it is becoming more general; "heterodoxy" is being hunted with a keener zest than for years, and doctrinal disputation has become well-nigh as virulent as the polemics of partisan politics. ❋ Unknown (1898)

It shows the present state of social science, and of the struggle between ultra-conservative orthodoxy, which is blinded to the sad truths of contemporary life by its traditional syllogisms and innovating heterodoxy which is ever becoming more marked among the learned, as well as strengthening its hold upon the collective intelligence. ❋ Enrico Ferri (1894)

Is he saying that what he considers "heterodoxy" as a group walked away from Christ? ❋ Unknown (2010)

I also predict you will become intimately acquainted with two techincal terms: "heterodoxy" and "process." ❋ Unknown (2008)

Kevin, was the sardonic "look up 'heterodoxy' in the dictionary" routine really necessary? ❋ Unknown (2008)

Brian, you asked: "Kevin, was the sardonic" look up 'heterodoxy' in the dictionary "routine really necessary?" ❋ Unknown (2008)

This heterodoxy recently culminated in a wonderful discussion with the fine folks at TheoFantastique, in which Cardin discusses his article "Gods and Monsters, Worms and Fire: A Horrific Reading of Isaiah," which of course makes us want to go track down a copy of Ken Russell's 1988 religious masterpiece featuring Hugh Grant's superlative performance. ❋ Unknown (2010)

By challenging our own fundamental beliefs, challenging our own understanding of self and other, right and wrong, orthodoxy and heterodoxy, and enemy and friend, Korean questioning meditation thus opens the possibility of a entirely new way of perceiving the things of this world, a new way of thinking in which clinging to our own views alone does not hold sway. ❋ Robert Buswell (2011)

More important, they brought the framework for parliamentary democracy that Indians, who already possessed indigenous traditions of heterodoxy and pluralism, were able to fit to their own needs. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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