heresy hunt

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• heresy-hunt — herˈesy hunt noun Vexatious pursuit of a supposed heretic • • • Main Entry: ↑heresy …   Useful english dictionary

• Heresy in the 20th century — Formal charges of heresy, although less common than in the medieval period, have not died out. Within the Christian churches there continued to be formal charges of heresy as well as less formal censures such as dismissal. The key issues in the… …   Wikipedia

• Witch-hunt — Witch trial redirects here. For the song by Rush, see Fear series. For the novel by Ian Rankin, see Witch Hunt (novel). A witch hunt is a search for witches or evidence of witchcraft, often involving moral panic, mass hysteria and mob lynching,… …   Wikipedia

• Christian heresy in the 20th century — Although less common than in the medieval period, formal charges of heresy within Christian churches still occur. Key issues in the Protestant churches have included modern biblical criticism, the nature of God, and the acceptability of gay… …   Wikipedia

• Herbert Hensley Henson — Infobox bishopbiog name =Herbert Hensley Henson religion =Church of England See =Durham Title = Bishop of Durham Period = 1920 1939 Predecessor = Handley Moule Successor =Alwyn Williams ordination = bishops = Bishop of Hereford post =Vicar of… …   Wikipedia

• BESALÚ — (Latin Bisuldunum, Bisuldum; Heb. ,ביואלרו, ביסאלו, בסלו), town in Catalonia, N.E. Spain. Its Jewish community was one of the oldest in Catalonia, a tombstone dating from 1090 having been found there. In 1258 James I gave permission to the Jews… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Witch trials in the Early Modern period — Punishments for witchcraft in 16th century Germany. Woodcut from Tengler s Laienspiegel, Mainz, 1508. The Witch trials in the Early Modern period were a period of witch hunts between the fifteenth and eighteenth centuries,[1] when across Early… …   Wikipedia

• France — /frans, frahns/; Fr. /frddahonns/, n. 1. Anatole /ann nann tawl /, (Jacques Anatole Thibault), 1844 1924, French novelist and essayist: Nobel prize 1921. 2. a republic in W Europe. 58,470,421; 212,736 sq. mi. (550,985 sq. km). Cap.: Paris. 3.… …   Universalium

• Europe, history of — Introduction       history of European peoples and cultures from prehistoric times to the present. Europe is a more ambiguous term than most geographic expressions. Its etymology is doubtful, as is the physical extent of the area it designates.… …   Universalium

• witchcraft — /wich kraft , krahft /, n. 1. the art or practices of a witch; sorcery; magic. 2. magical influence; witchery. [bef. 950; ME wicchecraft, OE wiccecraeft. See WITCH, CRAFT] Syn. 1. See magic. * * * Introduction  the exercise or invocation of… …   Universalium

• Diversity in early Christian theology — Constantine burning Arian books, illustration from a compendium of canon law, ca. 825 Main article: Christian heresy See also: Early Christianity and Christian theology Traditionally, orthodoxy and heresy have be …   Wikipedia