The Church was attacked from within. By Heretics …
Origin: 1300–50; ME heretik < MF heretique < LL haereticus < Gk hairetikós able to choose (LGk: heretical)
In Against Heresies, Epiphanius quotes against these choosers …
There are threescore queens, and fourscore concubines, and maidens without number, My dove, my undefiled, is but one
There was only one right way …
1581, from L.L. orthodoxus, from Gk. orthodoxos “having the right opinion,” from orthos “right, true, straight” + doxa “opinion, praise”
March 18th, 2010 at 10:24 am
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