The word "heresy" is correct and usable in written English.
It is usually used to describe an opinion or behavior deemed wrong by a religion, especially Christian denominations. Example sentence: The doctrine of predestination was viewed as a dangerous heresy by many Protestant churches.
In a way this was admirable: the more restful atmosphere was welcome, and the idea that a party's leader must originate all its policy is a modern heresy.
St Peter Martyr was an inquisitor whose job was to exterminate the Cathar heresy in southern France in the 13th century.
To some, touching the hallowed concrete landscape – a site of pilgrimage for skateboarders and brutalist fans – was heresy, with any suggestion of alteration to be dismissed outright.
Kark's is also a fascinating performance: it might be a recorded-era heresy, but I like his relentless tempo in the first movement just as much as Nikisch's more fantastical and flexible approach; the sound, too, is fuller and airier in comparison with the Nikisch.
For her heresy she was brought down.
Believe it or not, his mere 6ft 6in (1.98m) actually qualifies as short in America's National Basketball Association NBAA).So let us offer a couple of heretical propositions: it is usually a disadvantage to be big; and, in any case, the best sports are those for all shapes and sizes with one in particular, we would argue, being paramount.The first heresy, admittedly, is a little tricky to prove.
Indeed, golf surely proves our second heresy rather convincingly, as do billiards, pool and snooker (one overweight Canadian snooker player truly proof that snooker is for all shapes and sizes needed to drink enormous amounts of beer during matchplay in order to control a congenital hand tremor).But the virtues of golf and snooker, while making them sports for all-comers, are not complete.
Rival fly-halves may be just as short but they pack at least another 20lb (9kg) of muscle on their frames.Only cricket is left to confirm the truth of our heresyAll of which leaves only one sport to confirm the truth of our heresy while still testing the athlete to the limits of both physique and personality.
In the early 1990s, when privatisation was still heresy in Brazil, Mr Palocci, then mayor of Ribeirao Preto, a city in Sao Paulo's farmbelt, sold the municipal telephone company and called on private investors to build a water-treatment system.
Pay and politics Something rotten Where freedom is still at stake Reprints Related items A bold Muslim voice: From harsh terrainAug 6th 2009 Egypt and global Islam: The battle for a religion's heartAug 6th 2009The deadly effects of heresy charges are only part of the broader problem of fundamentalist Islam's incompatibility with human rights.
In the city of Berlin, the Left Party has abetted austerity measures such as pay cuts for public workers that would be deemed heresy in parts of the SPD.
