They that approve a private opinion, call it opinion; but they that dislike it, heresy; and yet heresy signifies no more than private opinion.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
In academia, I discovered that issues and insights, commonplace among the scholars, are viewed as highly controversial and even as 'heresy' in the churches.
Very few editors worry about heresy - their goals are much too commercial, thank goodness.
In the end it is worse to suppress dissent than to run the risk of heresy.
They can say I have an opinion about something.
Difference of opinion is advantageous in religion. The several sects perform the office of a Censor - over each other.
What manner of thing this 'public opinion' is, should be best known to those who have its name forever in their mouths and erect the regard for it into a positive article of religion. Its self-styled organ in our times is the 'Press.'
There is no heresy or no philosophy which is so abhorrent to the church as a human being.
It rarely adds anything to say, 'In my opinion' - not even modesty. Naturally a sentence is only your opinion; and you are not the Pope.
Neither was there any heresy, or diversity of opinion, or disputing about the matter, till the pope had gathered a council to confirm this transubstantiation: wherefore it is most likely that this opinion came up by them of latter days.
Heresy is another word for freedom of thought.