apostasy

• This apostasy was a cause of great grief to the others, and Garcin's name was stricken from the official list of the founders of the Felibrige, and replaced by that of Jean Brunet. —  Frederic Mistral
• "Let no man deceive you by any means: for that day shall not come, except there come a falling away •Strongs 646: apostasia, ap-os-tas-ee´-ah; feminine of the same as 647; defection from truth (properly, the state) (" apostasy "): - falling away, forsake. first, and that man of sin be revealed, the son of perdition;" —  In The Days
• It's also why I agree with the writer of Hebrews that genuine apostasy is a real possibility. —  Levellers
• His apostasy from the Greek to the Roman faith, also, was suspected, and the clergy became his implacable enemies. —  Strange Stories from History for Young People
• If every error in life has to be paid for sooner or later, the price due from Fox for his apostasy was very promptly demanded and was very heavy It is to be regretted that Pitt began his long period of authority by an attempt as stubborn as it was ungenerous to keep his great rival out of public life. —  A History of the Four Georges and of William IV, Volume III (of 4)

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