apostasy

Example Sentences

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He is part of the Argentine Coalition for a Secular State that is leading an apostasy movement.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 4, 2023

“There are about a dozen countries in the world where apostasy or blasphemy is, at least in theory, subject to the death penalty,” he said.

From Washington Times • Jan. 31, 2023

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

From Slate • Feb. 12, 2022

His apostasy did not prevent the spread throughout Europe and the Ottoman Empire of — well, let’s call it his sect, though in some ways Sabbatianism was a new religion.

From New York Times • Feb. 2, 2022

He has arrested an Essene on a trifling charge of apostasy and he is my voucher before the Essenic brotherhood for a loan to repay C�sar.

From Saul of Tarsus A Tale of the Early Christians by Miller, Elizabeth