| For clues in his text suggest some of them have apostatized because they too have experienced persecution and even in some cases death, for the sake of the gospel. |
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| It is reported, for example, that immediately after the death of Mohammed, many tribes apostatized. |
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| At the April 10, 1872 session of the General Council, the observation was made that Father Alquié had already apostatized in his heart and consequently there was a unanimous vote to expel him from the Congregation. |
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| Elijah's assertion that the whole country apostatized is a piece of hyperbole based on the view that whoever did not actively fight Jezebel was implicated in her polluted cult. |
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| Some Pentecostal churches suggest the need for rebaptism of those who have apostatized and have been subsequently restored. |
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| Only confessors and those who had not apostatized would be considered in the communion of the Church. |
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