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Apostasy
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/01624b.htmThe word itself in its etymological sense, signifies the desertion of a post, the giving up of a state of life; he who voluntarily embraces a definite state of life cannot leave it, therefore, without becoming an apostate.
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