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heresiarch
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he·re·si·arch  (h-rz-ärk, hr-s-)
n.
One who originates or is the chief proponent of a heresy or heretical movement.
[Late Latin haeresiarcha, from Late Greek hairesiarkhs : Greek hairesis, sect; see heresy + Greek -arkhs, -arch.]
heresiarch [hɪˈriːzɪˌɑːk]
n
(Spirituality, New Age, Astrology & Self-help / Alternative Belief Systems) the leader or originator of a heretical movement or sect
heresiarch
1. the originator of a heresy.
2. the leader of a group of heretics.
See also: Heresy
Translations
heresiarch [heˈriːzɪɑːk] N → heresiarca mf


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In the eyes of the Church there was no more urgent task than to silence anyone who encouraged the idea that such freedom could be pursued without fear or blame, or without any constraint whatever; hence it smothered and destroyed them or clothed them in the tawdry religious garb of heresiarchs.
The hammer and the Free Spirit: toward a practical heresy by Gundy, Jeff / Cross Currents
the master of the field constrains the servants who wish to suppress heresy by the sword; they should tolerate the heresiarchs who might amend and turn from tares to wheat.
Constraint on Trial: Dirck Volckertsz Coornhert and Religious ... by Coogan, Robert / Renaissance Quarterly
And when we study the lives of the founders of modern Socialism, the great Anarchists and even some of the apostles of nationalist Liberalism like Mazzini, we feel at once that we are in the presence of religious leaders, whether prophets or heresiarchs, saints or fanatics.
Christopher Dawson by King, Edward / Catholic Insight
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