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Line 1: {{trope}} [['''The Heretic]]''' is a traitor to [[The Church]] and/or its [[Canon]]. Most commonly, he was once a member of its congregation or even its [[Good Shepherd\|clergy]] but got officially excommunicated for propagating beliefs that go against [[The Church]]'s official dogma. Often, the Church sends out [[Knight Templar\|Knights Templar]] to [[Kill It with Fire\|Kill Them With Fire]] along with [[Burn the Witch\|witches]]. Just being a heretic doesn't mark you evil by default: A heretic to a [[Saintly Church]] is often [[Chaotic Evil]], but a heretic to a [[Corrupt Church]] or a [[Path of Inspiration]] may well be a [[Defector From Decadence]]. To qualify as a heresy worthy of condemnation, the "heresy" should have an intrinsic connection to doctrines of the church in question. Someone who merely disagrees with the Church as an outsider is not a heretic - for instance, Hypatia of Alexandria. Wiccans are not considered "heretics" to the Catholic religion, but Padre Ned Reidy was put on trial for heresy.

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