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41Gospel of St. Matthew — Gospel of St. Matthew † Catholic Encyclopedia ► Gospel of St. Matthew I. CANONICITY The earliest Christian communities looked upon the books of the Old Testament as Sacred Scripture, and read them at their religious assemblies.… …
42Marital conversion — Part of a series on the Religious conversion Types Active conversion Secondary conversion Marital conversion Forced conversion Deathbed conversion Related concepts Apostasy Assimilation …
43cynical — I (New American Roget s College Thesaurus) adj. misanthropic, sneering, satirical, pessimistic, distrustful, sarcastic, cutting, disdainful, contemptuous, censorious; surly, snarling, captious. See contempt, disapprobation, malevolence.Ant.,… …
44skeptical — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. cynical, dubious, distrustful, unbelieving; see doubtful 2 , suspicious 1 . II (Roget s Thesaurus II) also sceptical adjective 1. Experiencing doubt: doubtful, dubious, uncertain, undecided, unsure. Idiom: in doubt. See …
45Unbelief — (Roget s Thesaurus) Doubt. < N PARAG:Unbelief >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 unbelief unbelief disbelief misbelief Sgm: N 1 discredit discredit miscreance Sgm: N 1 infidelity infidelity &c.(irreligion) 989 Sgm: N 1 dissent dissent …
46Irreligion — (Roget s Thesaurus) < N PARAG:Irreligion >N GRP: N 1 Sgm: N 1 irreligion irreligion indevotion Sgm: N 1 ungodliness ungodliness &c. >Adj. Sgm: N 1 laxity laxity quietism GRP: N 2 Sgm: N 2 skepticism skepticism …
47incredulous — (adj.) unbelieving, 1570s, from L. incredulus unbelieving, incredulous, from in not (see IN (Cf. in ) (1)) + credulus (see CREDULOUS (Cf. credulous)). Formerly also of religious beliefs. Related: Incredulously; incredulousness …
48infidel — [in′fə del΄, in′fədəl] n. [ME < MFr infidèle < L infidelis, unfaithful (in LL(Ec), unbelieving) < in , IN 2 + fidelis: see FIDELITY] 1. a person who does not believe in a particular religion, esp. the prevailing religion; specif., a)… …
49miscreant — [mis′krē ənt] adj. [OFr, unbelieving < mes (see MIS 1) + creant, prp. of croire, to believe < L credere: see CREED] 1. villainous; evil 2. Archaic unbelieving or heretical n. 1. an evil person; criminal; villain …
50Heathen — Hea then (h[=e] [th] n; 277), n.; pl. {Heathens} ( [th] nz) or collectively {Heathen}. [OE. hethen, AS. h[=ae][eth]en, prop. an adj. fr. h[=ae][eth] heath, and orig., therefore, one who lives in the country or on the heaths and in the woods (cf.… …
