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A heretic is a person who expresses or acts on opinions considered to be heresy
Heresy

Heresy is an introduced change to some system of belief, especially a religion, that conflicts with the previously established canon of that belief....
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A heretic is a person who expresses or acts on opinions considered to be heresy
Heresy

Heresy is an introduced change to some system of belief, especially a religion, that conflicts with the previously established canon of that belief....
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Heretic may also refer to:

  • Heretic (video game), 1994 game from Raven Software
  • Heretic II
    Heretic II

    Heretic II is a fantasy action-adventure game developed by Raven Software and published by Activision in 1998 continuing the story of Corvus, the main character from its predecessor, Heretic ....
    , 1998 sequel to the aforementioned game


In literature:
  • Peter Cameron (minister)
    Peter Cameron (minister)

    Dr. Peter Cameron is a Scotland Presbyterian minister , theologian, lawyer, and the only churchman to be branded as a heretic in the 20th century for challenging Christian beliefs....
    , author of the autobiography Heretic, an account of his heresy trial by the Presbyterian Church of Australia
  • In Romeo & Juliet by Billy Bob Joe Thornburg Jr.


In music:
  • Heretic (Morbid Angel album)
    Heretic (Morbid Angel album)

    Heretic is the seventh studio album by the death metal band Morbid Angel.Stylistically, this album tends to move between the two differing styles Morbid Angel has toyed with in the past, with moments of powerful speed mixing with moments of atmospheric slowness ....
     (2003), death metal album by Morbid Angel
    Morbid Angel

    Morbid Angel is an United States death metal band based in Tampa, Florida. They, along with Death , Possessed , Obituary , Massacre , Deicide , Cannibal Corpse, and a handful of others were crucial in the development of the death metal genre and its standards, separating it from the thrash metal genre completely....
  • Heretic (Black metal band) ,from Holland formed in 1995
  • Heretic (Naked City album)
    Heretic (Naked City album)

    Heretic is the third studio album by the band Naked City , used as a soundtrack for the Underground culture Sadism and masochism film Jeux des Dames Cruelles....
     (1991), album by Naked City
    Naked City (band)

    Naked City was an avant-garde music group led by saxophonist and composer John Zorn. Active primarily in New York City from 1988 to 1993, Naked City was initiated by John Zorn as a "composition workshop" to test the limits of composition in a traditional rock and roll band lineup....
  • The Heretic, a song by experimental band The Sound of Animals Fighting
    The Sound of Animals Fighting

    The Sound of Animals Fighting is an experimental rock sideproject and supergroup put together by Rich Balling, anchored by Circa Survive's Anthony Green and members of Rx Bandits....
     from the album Lover, The Lord Has Left Us
  • The Heretic Anthem, a song by metal band, Slipknot
    Slipknot (band)

    Slipknot is an American heavy metal music band from Des Moines, Iowa, formed in 1995. Slipknot consists of nine members, the current band members are Sid Wilson, Joey Jordison, Paul Gray , Chris Fehn, Jim Root, Craig Jones, Shawn Crahan, Mick Thomson, and Corey Taylor....
    , from the album Iowa
    Iowa (album)

    Iowa is the second studio album by American nu metal band Slipknot . The album was released on August 28, 2001 by Roadrunner Records. It was the last album by the band to be Record producer by Ross Robinson....
  • The Heretic Hammer, a song by black metal band, Dimmu Borgir
    Dimmu Borgir

    Dimmu Borgir is a Norwegian symphonic black metal band from Oslo, Norway, formed in 1993. "Dimmu Borgir" means "Dark Cities" or "Dark Fortresses" in Icelandic language and Old Norse....
    , from the album In Sorte Diaboli
    In Sorte Diaboli

    In Sorte Diaboli is the seventh studio album by Norway black metal band Dimmu Borgir, and is the band's first concept album. A site on the Nuclear Blast website was created for In Sorte Diaboli, in which a new promotional photo can be seen and an audio sample can be heard....
  • "Heretics And Killers," a song by metal band Protest The Hero
    Protest the Hero

    Protest the Hero is a Canadian hardcore punk and Neo-classical influenced progressive metal band from Whitby, Ontario, Ontario. The Protest line-up has stayed the same since the band formed in 1999, when they were just 12 years old....
    , off their 2005 album, "Kezia."
  • "Heretics" is a song by Andrew Bird
    Andrew Bird

    Andrew Bird is an American musician, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist. He was born in Chicago and currently splits his time between Chicago and a farm near the town of Elizabeth, Illinois in northwest Illinois....
     on his 2007 album Armchair Apocrypha
    Armchair Apocrypha

    Armchair Apocrypha is American singer-songwriter Andrew Bird fourth studio album and his third post-Bowl of Fire album. The album features more electric guitars, a change from the more acoustic-oriented Eggs, though the songs are similar in character if slightly more straightforward....
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  • "Heretic Death Metal, extreme subgenre of heavy metal, created by SoulDaemon played only with bass, growl vocal, without guitars.


In fiction:
  • The Heretics, a religious alliance of alien races that broke from the Covenant in Halo 2
    Halo 2

    Halo 2 is a first-person shooter video game developed by Bungie Studios. Released for the Xbox video game console on November 9, 2004, the game is the second video game title in the Halo and the sequel to 2001's critically-acclaimed Halo: Combat Evolved....
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  • A Legion of Chaos slaves from the Warhammer 40,000
    Warhammer 40,000

    Warhammer 40,000 is a tabletop Miniature wargaming produced by Games Workshop, set in a science fantasy universe. Warhammer 40,000 was created by Rick Priestley in 1987 as the futuristic companion to Warhammer Fantasy Battle, sharing many game mechanics....
     wargame, equivalent to Imperial
    Imperium (Warhammer 40,000)

    The Imperium of Man is a fictional galactic empire of millions of star systems that contains the vastmajority of humanity in the forty-first millennium, set in the Warhammer 40,000 universe created by Games Workshop....
     servitors

See also

  • Heresy (disambiguation)
    Heresy (disambiguation)

    Heresy is a religious opinion held to be contrary, to the Christian Church or that of any church, creed, or religious system.Heresy may also refer to:...
  • "Homer the Heretic
    Homer the Heretic

    "Homer the Heretic" is the third episode of The Simpsons The Simpsons , which originally aired on Fox Broadcasting Company in the United States on October 8, 1992....
    ", an episode
    Episode

    An episode is a part of a dramatic work such as a Serial television program or Radio programming program. An episode is a part of a sequence of a body of work, akin to a chapter of a book....
     of the animated
    Animation

    Animation is the rapid display of a sequence of images of 2-D or 3-D artwork or model positions in order to create an illusion of movement. It is an optical illusion of Motion due to the phenomenon of persistence of vision, and can be created and demonstrated in a number of ways....
     TV show The Simpsons
    The Simpsons

    The Simpsons is an Television in the United States animated cartoon Situation comedy created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company....
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