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A heretic is a person who commits heresy.

Heretic or The Heretic may also refer to:

Epithet

Real

• Jacob the Heretic, faith healer in the Talmud and Tosefta

Fictional

• Camber the Heretic, a 1981 novel by Katherine Kurtz
• Flavia the Heretic, a 1974 Italian-French film
• "Homer the Heretic", a 1992 episode of The Simpsons

Film and theatre

• Exorcist II: The Heretic, a 1977 American horror film
• Heretic (play), a 1996 play by David Williamson
• The Heretic (play), a 2011 play by Richard Bean
• The Heretics (2009 film), an American documentary film
• The Heretics (2017 film), a Canadian horror film

• Heretic (film), a 2024 American horror thriller film

Literature

• The Heretic: A Novel of the Inquisition, a 1998 novel by Miguel Delibes
• Heretic (novel), the third novel in The Grail Quest series by Bernard Cornwell
• Heretic: Why Islam Needs a Reformation Now, a 2015 book by Ayaan Hirsi Ali
• Heretics (book), a 1905 essay collection by G. K. Chesterton
• Heretic, a 1994 autobiographical book by Peter Cameron

Music

• Heretic (band), an American speed and thrash metal band

Albums

• Heretic (Morbid Angel album), 2003
• Heretic (Naked City album), 1991
• Heretics (Toadies album), 2015
• The Heretics (album), a 2019 album by Rotting Christ

Songs

• "Heretic", a song by Avenged Sevenfold from the 2013 album Hail to the King
• "Heretic", a song by Bury Tomorrow from the 2023 album The Seventh Sun
• "Heretic", a song by Soundgarden from the 1986 album Deep Six

Other uses

• Heretic (ballet), a 1929 ballet by Martha Graham
• Heretic (comics), a DC Comics character
• Heretic (video game), a 1994 dark fantasy video game
  • Heretic II, a 1998 video game sequel
• Heretic Films, an American film production company
• The Heretics Society, a group at Cambridge University which questioned traditional authorities and religious dogmas

See also

• Heresy (disambiguation)

• Disambiguation pages