Heresiarch

Quick meaning: Heresiarch is a noun meaning (religion) The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy.

Meaning

(religion) The founder of a heresy, or a major ecclesiastical proponent of such a heresy.

Example Sentences

Sermons, whose writers played such dangerous tricks / Their own heresiarchs called them heretics, […]

He died in 1223, and seems to have had no successor; not is it an ascertained point that more than one such hæresiarch was ever recognized.

Who were the heresiarchs of the Beguins? Surely the ultimate heresiarch was Peter [John] Olivi himself, and his body ("relics" to his followers, mere bones to the inquisitors) were spirited away from Narbonne at the very beginning of the conflict to be burned like a live heresiarch, with the ashes thrown into the Rhône.

Nestorǐus, a celebrated Haeresiarch, was appointed patriarch of Constantinople a.d. 428, but in consequence of his heresy was deposed at the council of Ephesus, 431. […] Nestorius carefully distinguished between the divine and human nature attributed to Christ, and refused to give to the Virgin Mary the title of Theotocus (Θεοτόκος) or "Mother of God."

Word Forms

• heresiarchs

Synonyms for heresiarch

Depending on context, synonyms include arch-heretic.

Related Words

Related dictionary entries include heresiarchy, heresiography, heresimach, hierophant, pope, oecist.

Related Dictionary Tools