Sentences with 'heresies'
Example sentences and phrases with the word heresies and other words derived from it.
• « For example, a Christian in Syria, a subject of the Muslim Arab kingdoms in the eighth century, could not speak to a Byzantine Christian, nor would she be welcome in Constantinople, as she was probably a Monophysite Christian (one of the many Christian heresies, at least from the Orthodox perspective) rather than an Orthodox one. »
• « From the perspective of the Catholic hierarchy, these new denominations, grouped under the category of "Protestant", were nothing more and nothing less than new heresies, sinful breaks with the correct and orthodox beliefs and practices of the Church. »
• « All the heresies of the past had remained limited in scope compared to the incredible rapidity with which Lutheranism spread. »
• « Lutheranism also spread much more rapidly than earlier heresies, which tended to be confined to certain regions; in this case, the fact that Luther and his followers readily embraced the printing press to spread their message had a major impact, as news of the new movement spread throughout Europe in the course of the 1520s. »