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Anathema
The word anathema has two main meanings. One is to describe that something or someone is being hated or avoided. The other refers to a formal excommunication by a church.[1][2][3] These meanings come from the New Testament,[4] where an Anathema was a person or thing cursed or condemned by God.[5] In the Old Testament, an Anathema was something or someone cursed and separated from God because of sin.[6] These represent two types of settings, one for devotion, the other for destruction.[7]
- ^ "Anathema", Grammarist, 15 June 2011, retrieved September 22, 2016,
The main definitions of the noun anathema are (1) a detested person or thing, and (2) a formal ecclesiastical ban.
- ^ "Anathema", English Oxford Living Dictionaries, Oxford University Press, archived from the original on September 23, 2016, retrieved September 22, 2016
- ^ "Anathema", Merriam-Webster's Learner's Dictionary, retrieved September 22, 2016
- ^ "Bible Gateway passage: 1 Corinthians 16:22 – Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition". Bible Gateway. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ "Anathema", New Testament Greek Lexicon – KJV, retrieved 15 June 2023,
Its meaning in the New Testament is "disfavour of God", and is used both of the sentence of disfavour, as in Acts 23:14, and to the object of God's disfavour, as in the other cited places.
- ^ "Bible Gateway passage: Deuteronomy 7:26 – Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition". Bible Gateway. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
- ^ "The Word "Anathema" and it's [sic] meaning – by Saint John Maximovitch". www.orthodox.net. Retrieved 2023-06-15.
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