apostasy

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Among them is Lin Pao Rafetta, who is part of the Argentine Coalition for a Secular State, which has led the apostasy movement.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023

According to Harvard University’s Gutman Library, the government of Quincy, Massachusetts in 1637 banned Thomas Morton’s “The New English Canaan” for apostasy in criticizing Puritan customs and exercise of power.

From Washington Times • Apr. 9, 2023

Mace could’ve taken this opportunity to lean further into apostasy.

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2022

The flip side of apostasy, of course, is the enmity it earns you from your old comrades.

From New York Times • Jan. 26, 2022

The apostasy of Archbishop Tarnoczy of Salzburg, who also voted with the majority, excited grief but no surprise.

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von