Beetow
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Basically: an apostate is a defector whereas an heretic is an insurrectionist. Apostates
typically renounce their current belief system so they can leave and affiliate with
another, whereas heretics stay where they are and work to undermine a church's
leadership, and to revise its established beliefs, teachings, and doctrines.
Apostates we can condone, viz: we shouldn't want folks to stay with us whose heart is
elsewhere, but heretics we cannot condone because they are a serious danger to
congregational unity.
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Basically: an apostate is a defector whereas an heretic is an insurrectionist. Apostates
typically renounce their current belief system so they can leave and affiliate with
another, whereas heretics stay where they are and work to undermine a church's
leadership, and to revise its established beliefs, teachings, and doctrines.
Apostates we can condone, viz: we shouldn't want folks to stay with us whose heart is
elsewhere, but heretics we cannot condone because they are a serious danger to
congregational unity.
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