heretic
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In both his realms, James worked to solidify the Reformation while facing attacks from the Puritans as an oppressor and from Rome as a heretic.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 5, 2025
And he doesn't necessarily hope to, he said, which "makes me a bit of a heretic."
From Salon • Aug. 14, 2024
Pearson was shunned by other evangelical leaders, branded a heretic and later became a United Church of Christ minister.
From Seattle Times • Nov. 20, 2023
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
“Really? What am I going to say now? He winks at me. “You think I’m a brute, a heretic, a—” “A crackpot,” I complete for him.
From "Everything, Everything" by Nicola Yoon
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