| Dissenter |
| Dissident |
| Freethinker |
| Nonconformer |
| Church's foe |
| Deviationist |
| Nonconformist |
| Abelard, e.g. |
| Dogma opposer |
| Luther was one |
| Galileo, for one |
| Doctrine doubter |
| Galileo, to some |
| Torquemada victim |
| Doctrine rejecter |
| Orthodoxy opponent |
| Unorthodox thinker |
| Auto-da-fé victim |
| Inquisition victim |
| Inquisition target |
| Inquisitor's quarry |
| Unorthodox believer |
| Rogue church member |
| Religious dissenter |
| Freethinker, perhaps |
| Jan Hus, to some: 1412 |
| Relative of an apostate |
| Excommunication candidate |
| Galileo, to Pope Urban VIII |
| One with unorthodox beliefs |
| Martin Luther, to Pope Leo X |
| One at risk of excommunication |
| One seriously straying from the flock? |
| Person in conflict with Roman Catholic dogma |