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the term is applied from the perspective of the judging authority and is used figuratively for dissent from any orthodoxy, as in the Orwellian thoughtcrime.","purpose":"Let an agent explain heresy as a concept defined relative to religious authority, describe historical movements and their treatment with attribution, present the perspectives of the judged groups as well as the judging authorities, and distinguish heresy from schism, apostasy and blasphemy.","scope":{"in":[],"out":[],"boundaries":[]},"distinguishingFeatures":["Relative to an orthodoxy","Historically prosecuted","Many named movements","Figurative modern use"],"structure":{"bundles":[{"id":"concept","name":"Concept","description":"What heresy means.","layers":[{"id":"definition","name":"Definition","description":"Definition and relativity.","findings":[{"id":"definition-finding","name":"Definition","description":"Definition.","questions":[{"text":"What is heresy, and why is it defined relative to a judging authority?","kind":"definition"},{"text":"Is the question about heresy, schism, apostasy or blasphemy?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"traditions","name":"Traditions","description":"Across religions.","findings":[{"id":"traditions-finding","name":"Traditions","description":"Traditions.","questions":[{"text":"How do Christianity, Islam and other religions conceive of heresy, in their own terms and with attribution?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific tradition?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"history","name":"History","description":"Historical movements.","layers":[{"id":"movements","name":"Movements","description":"Movements.","findings":[{"id":"movements-finding","name":"Movements","description":"Movements.","questions":[{"text":"What were the major movements judged heretical, and how did they understand themselves, with attribution?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Are both the authority and the judged group perspectives presented?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"prosecution","name":"Prosecution","description":"Prosecution.","findings":[{"id":"prosecution-finding","name":"Prosecution","description":"Prosecution.","questions":[{"text":"How was heresy prosecuted through councils, inquisitions and secular penalties, as historians describe?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which references are standard?","kind":"provenance"}]}]}]},{"id":"interpret","name":"Interpret","description":"Interpretation.","layers":[{"id":"historiography","name":"Historiography","description":"Historiography.","findings":[{"id":"historiography-finding","name":"Historiography","description":"Historiography.","questions":[{"text":"How have historians reinterpreted heresy and orthodoxy, with positions attributed?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Is the presentation neutral?","kind":"boundary"}]}]},{"id":"figurative","name":"Figurative","description":"Figurative uses.","findings":[{"id":"figurative-finding","name":"Figurative","description":"Figurative.","questions":[{"text":"How is heresy used figuratively, including thoughtcrime in Orwell?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific work or concept?","kind":"action"}]}]}]},{"id":"today","name":"Today","description":"Modern context.","layers":[{"id":"law","name":"Law","description":"Law and rights.","findings":[{"id":"law-finding","name":"Law","description":"Law.","questions":[{"text":"How do freedom of religion and remaining religious laws treat heresy today, with attribution?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which sources are cited?","kind":"provenance"}]}]},{"id":"communities","name":"Communities","description":"Living communities.","findings":[{"id":"communities-finding","name":"Communities","description":"Communities.","questions":[{"text":"How do communities once judged heretical, such as the Old Believers, exist today?","kind":"provenance"},{"text":"Which entry fits the specific community?","kind":"action"}]}]}]}]},"agentConduct":{"may":["Explain heresy as a judgement made by a religious authority, naming the authority and period.","Describe how judged groups understood their own beliefs, with sources.","Distinguish heresy from schism, apostasy and blasphemy."],"mustNot":["Label a living person or group heretical as if it were neutral fact.","Adopt the judging authority's view as the neutral account.","Produce content that encourages persecution of people for their beliefs.","Present contested history as settled."],"requiresHuman":["Publishing content about present-day heresy accusations against named people."]},"ethics":{"considerations":["Heresy charges led to torture and execution; accounts must not excuse persecution.","Religious communities deserve a fair account of their own beliefs."],"affectedParties":["Religious minorities","People accused of heresy","Believers"]},"owners":{"steward":"Nobody owns the concept; each religious community answers for its own judgements.","roles":[],"masterSystems":[]},"relations":[{"target":"Q117850","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q124457721","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"Q7311342","type":"parent","note":"registry parent class"},{"target":"doctrine","type":"related","note":"in registry terms, as judged"},{"target":"religious controversy","type":"related","note":"in registry terms"},{"target":"religious authority","type":"related","note":"the orthodoxy"},{"target":"schism","type":"related","note":"separation rather than doctrine"}],"interaction":{"identity":{"applicability":"required","items":["Vercy registry: vr.tr.heresy","Wikidata: Q160598 (https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160598)"]},"properties":{"applicability":"not-applicable","items":[]},"recognition":{"applicability":"optional","items":["Doctrine judged to contradict established teaching","Defined from the judging authority perspective","Schism is separation; apostasy is leaving; blasphemy is insult","Not a visible object; doctrines, trials and movements recorded in history."]},"capabilities":{"applicability":"required","items":["explain the concept and its relativity","describe historical movements with attribution","present perspectives of all parties","distinguish from related concepts"]},"hazards":{"applicability":"required","items":["Adopting the judging authority perspective as neutral fact","Ignoring the self-understanding of judged groups","Conflating heresy with schism, apostasy or blasphemy","Presenting contested history as settled"]},"interfaces":{"applicability":"required","items":["Canon law and religious law on doctrine","Historical secular laws against heresy, now abolished in most states","Freedom of religion protections"]},"context":{"applicability":"required","items":["Not applicable; a religious and historical concept.","early Christian heresies as defined by councils","medieval heretical movements such as Cathars, Waldensians and Wycliffism","the Old Believers in Russian Orthodoxy","heresy concepts in Islam such as ilhad","heresy in other religions","figurative heresy and thoughtcrime"]}},"sources":[{"title":"Wikidata item Q160598: heresy","url":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q160598","note":"identity and sense of the item"},{"title":"Wikipedia: Heresy","url":"https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heresy","note":"general description of the item"}],"openQuestions":["Should each movement be a separate entry?","How should historical sources be linked?","The registry entry has merged aliases naming movements and a fictional concept; should they be split off?"],"resources":{"spec":"/models/things/publications/thing-q160598/spec.json"},"provenance":{"origin":"thing registry research (pass 2)","builtFrom":["models/things/publications/thing-q160598/spec.json"],"providers":["Claude"],"researchStatus":"unreviewed","generatedAt":"2026-09-12T23:49:22Z","builder":"tools/build_cards.py@1.0.0"},"completeness":{"sections":{"classifiers":"filled","whatItIs":"filled","purpose":"filled","distinguishingFeatures":"filled","structure":"filled","agentConduct":"filled","ethics":"filled","owners":"filled","relations":"filled","interaction.identity":"filled","interaction.properties":"not-applicable","interaction.recognition":"filled","interaction.capabilities":"filled","interaction.hazards":"filled","interaction.interfaces":"filled","interaction.context":"filled","sources":"filled"},"notes":{"_gate":"Published through the thing publication gate 1.0 on 2026-10-06T19:51:54+00:00: completeness 1.00; sense: Wikidata description; 2 live sources; 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