Only one a dove

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”

One Response to “Only one a dove”

  1. Alfreda Iwasko Says:

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