heretic
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It is set at a biographical turning point: 1147, when Hildegard’s transcribed visions were submitted to the pope, who would declare her either a prophet or a heretic.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 12, 2026
And he doesn't necessarily hope to, he said, which "makes me a bit of a heretic."
From Salon ● Aug. 14, 2024
Darren Henley, the Arts Council’s chief executive, wrote in The Guardian that “new ideas may seem heretic to traditionalists,” but that opera needed to reinvent itself to “remain exciting and meaningful to future generations.”
From New York Times ● Dec. 9, 2022
“To pose these questions doesn’t mean being an enemy or a heretic but a practical” person, Meloni said in a 70-minute speech.
From Seattle Times ● Oct. 25, 2022
This was a tribulation; Isaac wanted sorely the camaraderie of his heretic congregation, their sweet witness; he missed the singing and tears, the prayers of love and fellow-feeling, the entreaties of sorrow assuaged.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves" by M.T. Anderson
While a handful of moderate dissidents are tacitly tolerated as a matter of expedience, most other heretics have been driven from the tent.
From Slate ● Sep. 10, 2026
Mr. Persico mentions that Martin Luther hated Jews and persecuted heretics, and he acknowledges that Locke excluded Catholics and atheists from toleration.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 24, 2025
In its statement, the Patriarchate of Georgia said that an icon could depict "real stories related to the life of the saint, including rulers and ordinary people, heretics and persecutors of the Christian faith".
From BBC ● Jan. 11, 2024
He taught an essential lesson by asserting that religious and political people alike were divided between those who hunted for heretics and those who sought converts.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 23, 2022
All night, I slept with Gwenforte curled beside me, and my sleep was deeper than any I had had since my disaster with the heretics in Italy.
From "The Inquisitor's Tale" by Adam Gidwitz
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