What does heresy mean?

Derived from the Ancient Greek haíresis (αἵρεσις), the English heresy originally meant “choice” or “thing chosen”. What heresies have you chosen?

(Cross, F. L., and E. A. Livingstone, eds. 1974. “Heresy.” The Oxford Dictionary of the Christian Church (2nd ed.). Oxford: Oxford University Press.)

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