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== Total abandonment of belief ==

== Total abandonment of belief ==

Apostasy ''a fide'' or ''perfidiæ'' is the complete and voluntary abandonment of the Christian [[religion]] by an individual, whether the apostate embraces another religion such as [[Paganism]], [[Judaism]], [[cult]]s, or other belief, or merely makes profession of [[Naturalism (philosophy)|Naturalism]], [[Rationalism]], [[Atheism]], [[Humanism]], [[Agnosticism]], [[Islam]] or any other non-Christian [[worldview]]. The heretic differs from the apostate in that he or she only denies one or more of the [[doctrine]]s of revealed religion, not all of them, whereas the apostate denies the entire religion itself either implicitly or explicitly, a [[sin]] which has always been looked upon by adherents of the major world religions as one of the most grievous. The Christian who becomes apostate no longer claims to be a Christian, in thought, word and deed. In Catholicism, apostasy is a [[Sin#Roman Catholic|mortal sin]].<ref>[http://www.catholicessentials.net/apostasy.htm Catholic Essentials: Apostasy (catholicessentials.net)]</ref>

Apostasy ''a fide'' or ''perfidiæ'' is the complete and voluntary abandonment of the Christian [[religion]] by an individual, whether the apostate embraces another religion such as [[Paganism]], [[Judaism]], [[cult]]s, or other belief, or merely makes profession of [[Naturalism (philosophy)|Naturalism]], [[Rationalism]], [[Atheism]], [[Humanism]], [[Agnosticism]], [[Islam]] or any other non-Christian [[worldview]]. The heretic differs from the apostate in that he or she only denies one or more of the [[doctrine]]s of revealed religion, not all of them, while claiming to be Christian, whereas the apostate denies the entire religion itself either implicitly or explicitly, a [[sin]] which has always been looked upon by adherents of the major world religions as one of the most grievous. The Christian who becomes apostate no longer claims to be a Christian, in thought, word and deed. In Catholicism, apostasy is a [[Sin#Roman Catholic|mortal sin]].<ref>[http://www.catholicessentials.net/apostasy.htm Catholic Essentials: Apostasy (catholicessentials.net)]</ref>

== Past apostasy ==

== Past apostasy ==