Word: hereticism
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Victor Hugo though himself a great heretic in religion, but here again he exaggerated. Probably, indeed, he would have refused to accept any credal statement about the Christ, but he had nevertheless a deep reverence for the biblical story and a profound recognition of its influence and benefits. He believed...
Transcendentalism as a reform movement assumed so many shapes that any one who became involved in a new school of thought of any description was considered a heretic. This accounts in part for the public disapproval of the Brook Farm enterprise. It is remarkable, however, that many of those who...
The abolition of the compulsory system here was hailed by the faculty and students alike as a step toward true worship. It was a recognition of the truth that observance of mere forms is meaningless. Whoever attends chapel now, attends it with the true religious spirit and whatever faith a...
The Cardinal Antonelli had passed the day in dictating foreign despatches breathing words of hope from the imprisoned Pontiff, and hinting that, in such a time of duress and heretic persecution, it was hoped that the material offerings of believers would not be diminished, to the detriment of their spiritual...