Apostasy, derived from Greek ἀποστασία or Latin apostasia, is the technical term for the renunciation of faith. Based on the Greek etymology of the word, late antiquity considers that a person who “turns away” or “backs away” from God has abandoned the faith (see Clem. Strom. 2.15.68.1; Greg. Nyss. Eun. 3 3.10.16; Hornung, 2016, 13). Often used in a broad sense in literary texts, the concept of apostasy…