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Meaning of "heresiology" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF HERESIOLOGY

heresiology  [ˌherəsɪˈɒlədʒɪ] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF HERESIOLOGY

noun
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pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Heresiology is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES HERESIOLOGY MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Heresiology

In theology or the history of religion, heresiology is the study of heresy. Heresiology, in the traditional sense, developed as a part of the development of orthodoxy in the Roman/Byzantine Church. Church scholars studied and documented the teachings of various Christian sects in order to clearly distinguish between those they accepted as orthodox and those they rejected as heretical. Other Christian communions developed their own competing heresiological traditions as well.

Definition of heresiology in the English dictionary

The definition of heresiology in the dictionary is the study of heresy.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH HERESIOLOGY


anesthesiology
ˌænɪsˌθiːzɪˈɒlədʒɪ
archaeology
ˌɑːkɪˈɒlədʒɪ
archeology
ˌɑːkɪˈɒlədʒɪ
biology
baɪˈɒlədʒɪ
cardiology
ˌkɑːdɪˈɒlədʒɪ
epidemiology
ˌɛpɪˌdiːmɪˈɒlədʒɪ
etiology
ˌiːtɪˈɒlədʒɪ
geology
dʒɪˈɒlədʒɪ
ideology
ˌaɪdɪˈɒlədʒɪ
kinesiology
kɪˌniːsɪˈɒlədʒɪ
microbiology
ˌmaɪkrəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒɪ
neurobiology
ˌnjʊərəʊbaɪˈɒlədʒɪ
ology
ˈɒlədʒɪ
pathophysiology
ˌpæθəʊˌfɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ
physiology
ˌfɪzɪˈɒlədʒɪ
radiology
ˌreɪdɪˈɒlədʒɪ
sociology
ˌsəʊsɪˈɒlədʒɪ
soteriology
sɒˌtɪərɪˈɒlədʒɪ
theology
θɪˈɒlədʒɪ
zoology
zəʊˈɒlədʒɪ

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE HERESIOLOGY

hereness
hereof
hereon
Herero
heres
heresiarch
heresies
heresiographer
heresiography
heresiologist
heresthetic
heresthetical
heresthetician
heresy
heretic
heretical
heretically
hereticate
hereto
heretofore

WORDS THAT END LIKE HERESIOLOGY

anthology
anthropology
apology
astrology
biotechnology
dermatology
ecology
genealogy
histology
homology
information technology
methodology
mythology
neurology
oncology
pathology
pharmacology
phonology
psychology
technology
terminology

Synonyms and antonyms of heresiology in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «heresiology» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF HERESIOLOGY

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The translations of heresiology from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «heresiology» in English.

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heresiology
1,325 millions of speakers

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heresiology
570 millions of speakers

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heresiology
510 millions of speakers

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heresiology
380 millions of speakers
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heresiology
280 millions of speakers

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heresiology
278 millions of speakers

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heresiology
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heresiology
260 millions of speakers

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hérésiologie
220 millions of speakers

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Heresiologi
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heresiology
180 millions of speakers

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heresiology
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heresiology
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Heresiologi
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heresiology
80 millions of speakers

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முரணான கோட்பாடுகள் பற்றிய
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

Heresiology
75 millions of speakers

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heresiology
70 millions of speakers

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heresiology
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heresiology
50 millions of speakers

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heresiology
40 millions of speakers

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heresiology
30 millions of speakers
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αιρεσιολογία
15 millions of speakers
af

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heresiology
14 millions of speakers
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heresiology
10 millions of speakers
no

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heresiology
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of heresiology

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «HERESIOLOGY»

The term «heresiology» is barely ever used and occupies the 199.401 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «HERESIOLOGY» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «heresiology» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «heresiology» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about heresiology

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «HERESIOLOGY»

Discover the use of heresiology in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to heresiology and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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Border Lines: The Partition of Judaeo-Christianity
See minim/minut and rabbinic heresiology; rabbinic heresiology heresiology and theory, ... of religion, 7—13, 232 n.39; heresiology as ideological apparatus, 26— 27; heresy and orthodoxy, 2—3; hybridity and heresy, 13—22, 234 nn. 54, 65 ...
Daniel Boyarin, 2011
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The Cultural Turn in Late Ancient Studies: Gender, ...
AVERIL CAMERON If, as has been suggested, literature is the Cinderella of Byzantine studies, then heresiology is still the Cinderella of late antique and Byzantine literature.1 Whether writings against heresy can be considered literature at all ...
Dale B. Martin, Patricia Cox Miller, Philip Rousseau, 2005
3
Heresy and Identity in Late Antiquity
heresiology may have been formed in interaction with Jewish models, as Daniel Boyarin has recently emphasized.32 Acknowledging the culturally-constructed character of heresy and orthodoxy, scholars of late antique religions have now ...
Eduard Iricinschi, Holger M. Zellentin, 2008
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A Companion to Second-Century Christian 'Heretics'
version of Justin's Syntagma, written sometime after the original work.9 The updated heresiology might be the same that was used by Hippolytus in his Refutation, a heresiology that was written—accord- ing to the author—already “a long time ...
Antti Marjanen, Petri Luomanen, 2008
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On Diaspora: Christianity, Religion, and Secularity
There is, of course, a certain peculiarity in associating heresiology with something that explicitly separates itself from religion. Yet, without denying this peculiarity, it is important to propose such an association. This is because the operation ...
Daniel Colucciello Barber, 2011
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Return to Authority: The Monothelete Controversy and the ...
Speaking of heresiology, Cameron argued for reading these works as "part of... the Byzantine sociology of knowledge, self-perpetuating constructions that helped to formulate thought and underpin social norms." It is through just these sorts of ...
Daniel Larison, 2009
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The Origin of Heresy: A History of Discourse in Second ...
6. Policing. the. Boundaries. The. Politics. of. Heresiology. They went out from us, but they did not belong to us; for if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us. But by going out they made it plain that none of them belongs to ...
Robert M. Royalty, 2013
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Late Antiquity: A Guide to the Postclassical World
Heresy and orthodoxy alike were thus constructs, and heresiology a tool used to control the pluralism of belief that in fact prevailed. Heresiology became progressively more important and more necessary as the church struggled to define and ...
Glen Warren Bowersock, Peter Brown, Oleg Grabar, 1999
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Abandoned to Lust: Sexual Slander and Ancient Christianity
In doing so, Abandoned to Lust highlights the complex interrelationships between sex, gender, and sexuality within the classical, biblical, and early-Christian traditions.
Jennifer Wright Knust, 2013
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A Study in Anti-Gnostic Polemics: Irenaeus, Hippolytus and ...
identify generically the heresies they refuted and infer something of the influence of these now lost works on the history of heresiology. It is not possible, however, to gain a clear idea of the arguments they used to counter their opponents.
Gerard Vallee, 1981

4 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «HERESIOLOGY»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term heresiology is used in the context of the following news items.
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Patriarch Bartholomew: Those Who Don't Agree with Ecumenism …
There have always been those who engaged in 'Heresiology', that is, the studies of heresies; yet, it was for the purpose of promoting Orthodoxy ... «NFTU, May 14»
2
Where Did Heresy Begin?
Disagreement regarding who qualified as a faithful Jew, and who did not, marks the origin of heresiology. Apocalyptic literature promised God's ... «Huffington Post, Jan 13»
3
Brutal Presbyterian Disunity
Radner frames his discussion around eristology rather than schismatology or heresiology. That in and of itself is enormously helpful. Eris is the ... «Patheos, Dec 12»
4
Indicted Harvard Student Adam Wheeler's Armenian Connection
... Blind Man's Son (Koroghlu)” and “The Rime of the Book of the Dove: Zoroastrian Cosmology, Armenian Heresiology and the Russian Novel. «ianyan magazine, May 10»

REFERENCE
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