Heresy
Heresy was a belief which opposed established doctrine, usually religious. A person who held such beliefs was called a heretic.
On Earth in the distant past, Megron angrily denounced as heresy the Fourth Doctor's prediction that order would arise out of the chaos. (AUDIO: Exploration Earth [+]Loading...["Exploration Earth (audio story)"])
On Mars, Skaldak was noted as being the vanquisher of the Phobos Heresy. (TV: Cold War [+]Loading...["Cold War (TV story)"])
In 325, Arius was regarded as a heretic for believing that God had created Jesus Christ, which contradicted the belief that God and Jesus were part of the Trinity. (AUDIO: The Council of Nicaea [+]Loading...["The Council of Nicaea (audio story)"])
In the 16th century, the Catholic Church regarded Protestants as heretics and persecuted them. (TV: The Massacre [+]Loading...["The Massacre (TV story)"], AUDIO: The Marian Conspiracy [+]Loading...["The Marian Conspiracy (audio story)"])
The Catholic Church considered heliocentrism to be heretical. (AUDIO: The Galileo Trap [+]Loading...["The Galileo Trap (audio story)"])
On Tigella, Deon leader Lexa regarded the Savants as heretics for wanting to study the Dodecahedron, which she believed was a gift from Ti. (TV: Meglos [+]Loading...["Meglos (TV story)"])
On Sarn, Timanov regarded those who did not believe in Logar as heretics. (TV: Planet of Fire [+]Loading...["Planet of Fire (TV story)"])
On Ribos, Binro's discovery that the change of seasons was caused by natural processes rather than the war between the gods was regarded as heresy and he was forced to recant. (TV: The Ribos Operation [+]Loading...["The Ribos Operation (TV story)"])
In the Church, it was a Level One Heresy, punishable by death, to attempt to lower the hood of a Headless Monk. (TV: A Good Man Goes to War [+]Loading...["A Good Man Goes to War (TV story)"])
In 5343, Scratch denounced as heresy the sight of River Song and the Twelfth Doctor presenting King Hydroflax's cybernetic head. (TV: The Husbands of River Song [+]Loading...["The Husbands of River Song (TV story)"])
Calib called Leela's blasphemy against Xoanon a heresy. (TV: The Face of Evil [+]Loading...["The Face of Evil (TV story)"])
On Adamantine, Yasmin Khan's claim that she and Graham O'Brien were from another world was denounced as heresy and they were arrested by the Greenwatch. (PROSE: Molten Heart [+]Loading...["Molten Heart (novel)"])
When the Dalek Prime was restored during the Last Great Time War, an alternate Davros made a plea for the revived Dalek Empire to instead follow him. When one agreed, the Prime dubbed it a heretic and ordered it exterminated. (AUDIO: Restoration of the Daleks [+]Loading...["Restoration of the Daleks (audio story)"])
