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A heretic is a person who practices heresy; heresy is belief or opinion that is contrary and deviates from mainstream, or orthodox doctrine. It usually applies to Christianity.

This happened mostly in the middle-ages and renaissance era, but most prominently during the Protestant Reform from the Catholic Church.

At the time, the Catholic Church was the main religious institution in the Western world, and held tremendous influence. Some people began to believe that the Catholic Church had become hypocritical, fraudulent and corrupt, (for good reason), and decided to reform.

Such leaders as Martin Luther and others started this "heretical" revolution, and churches that spring from this are Lutheran, Methodist, Baptist, Adventist, Anglican, Pentecostal etc.

In effect, people who were "avoided" and "called heretics" were those who, historically, disagreed with the Catholic Church in any way.

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People who were considered heretics were individuals whose beliefs or practices were seen as contradictory to established religious doctrines. They were often avoided and persecuted by the religious authorities of the time.

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