heresiarch
Americannoun
noun
Etymology
Origin of heresiarch
1615–25; < Late Latin haeresiarcha < Greek hairesiarchḗs the leader of a school, equivalent to haíresi ( s ) heresy + -archēs -arch
Example Sentences
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His second letter to that heresiarch, and his letter to the Orientals, were adopted by the general councils of Ephesus and Chalcedon, and are a rule of the Catholic faith.
From The Lives of the Fathers, Martyrs, and Principal Saints January, February, March by Alban Butler
This was magnified by his opponent Eustathius into a correspondence and intercommunion between the archbishop and heresiarch.
From Historical Sketches, Volume I (of 3) The Turks in Their Relation to Europe; Marcus Tullius Cicero; Apollonius of Tyana; Primitive Christianity by John Henry Newman
Colendion was afterwards banished by the Emperor Zeno, and had to yield to the old heresiarch, Peter Fullo, who kept his patriarchate to his death in 488, and was succeeded by the equally heretical Palladius.
From The Formation of Christendom, Volume VII by Thomas W. Allies
He is given to fits of frenzy and wild excitement, but has withal, when he chooses, a most winning and earnest manner, fascinating to men and women alike—Arius the heresiarch.
From Saint Athanasius The Father of Orthodoxy by F. A. (Frances Alice) Forbes
Tradition tells us that the Apostle of love seconded his word with his deed, and on one occasion hastily quitted a bath because an heresiarch of the day had entered it.
From An Essay on the Development of Christian Doctrine by John Henry Cardinal Newman
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