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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20395" /> == | == Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_20395" /> == | ||
<p> (ἀποστάτης , a rebel, renegade), a term used, in its strict sense, by ecclesiastical writers, to designate one who has, either wholly or in part, left the true faith to embrace a false belief, or who has forsaken any holy profession to which he was bound by solemn vows. The term apostate is, in [[Church]] history, applied by way of emphasis to the [[Emperor]] Julian, who, though he had been nominally [[Christian]] when he came to the throne, renounced the Christian religion, and used every means in his power to reestablish paganism in the empire. (See [[Heretic]]). </p> | <p> (ἀποστάτης , a rebel, renegade), a term used, in its strict sense, by ecclesiastical writers, to designate one who has, either wholly or in part, left the true faith to embrace a false belief, or who has forsaken any holy profession to which he was bound by solemn vows. The term apostate is, in [[Church]] history, applied by way of emphasis to the [[Emperor]] Julian, who, though he had been nominally [[Christian]] when he came to the throne, renounced the Christian religion, and used every means in his power to reestablish paganism in the empire. (See [[Heretic]]). </p> | ||
