Liberalism's Great Challenge?

[Thumpalumpacus]

No, it doesn't. That is its etymology, not its definition or current usage. You'll find its meaning here.

This is definition that I was referencing:

Origin and Etymology of heresy
Middle English heresie, from Anglo-French, from Late Latin haeresis, from Late Greek hairesis, from Greek, action of taking, choice, sect, from hairein to take

First Known Use: 13th century

http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/heresy

No, it doesn't. That is its etymology, not its definition or current usage. You'll find its meaning here.

Let me clarify my point some more.  Heresy, as understood by the Medieval Catholic Church, meant choice.  That's how the Inquisitions used the term.  From Saint Thomas Aquinas's Summa Theologica:

I answer that, the word heresy as stated in the first objection denotes a choosing.

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http://www.newadvent.org/summa/3011.htm

Yes, you are referencing its etymology, not its current usage. Not even Aquinas's own church uses it in that sense.

Obviously heresy is a choice, but that doesn't mean that is the definition, or current usage, of the word. 325 years ago a bureau was a writing desk with drawers. That doesn't mean that a government agency is a piece of wooden furniture.