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Roman Catholic AnswerThere are various names for a person who breaks away from the Catholic Church. The generic name for someone who forsakes their religion is an apostate. Someone who breaks away from the Catholic Church while maintaining a belief in Our Blessed Lord, and His priesthood is a schismatic (such as the Orthodox and those who follow the St. Pius X Society. One who breaks away from the Church and denies the truths of the faith is an heretic; if the heretic in question claims to found a new kind of Christianity then they are a protestant.
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