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APOSTASY (<l7r6<7Ta<7is, in classical Greek a defection or revolt from a military commander), a term generally employed to describe a complete renunciation of the Christian faith, or even an exchange of one form of it for another, especially if the motive be u ...

AOSTA (anc. Augusta Praetoria Salassorum), a town and episcopal see of Piedmont, Italy, in the province of Turin, 80 m. N.N.W. by rail of the town of Turin, and 48 m. direct, situated 1910 ft. above sea-level, at the confluence of the Buthier and the Dora Balt

... church was a matter that occasioned serious controversy. The emperor Julian's " Apostasy " is discussed under JULIAN. applied in practice; and to we find " apostle " used in several tenses, once it emerges as a technical term. 1. In the Apostolic age itself, " ...

... eted in different quarters. Orthodox evangelicalism is tempted to view it as an apostasy or an aberration. On the other hand, not merely agnostics like Leslie Stephen but Christian theologians of the Left like Ernst Troeltsch regard it as the time when superna ...