arch-apostate

Not wishing to be left completely in the dust, but not having the guts to take the lead over arch-apostate Ingham, he has unequivocally – well, provisionally decided – ambivalently – on:

Weasel Words from Colin Johnson, Bishop of Toronto « Anglican Samizdat 2009

Not wishing to be left completely in the dust, but not having the guts to take the lead over arch-apostate Ingham, he has unequivocally – well, provisionally decided – ambivalently – on:

2009 January « Anglican Samizdat 2009

Unto these severe and hellish measures fallen upon at this time, for the more effectual suppression and extirpation of the gospel of CHRIST, and professors of it, the managers were principally instigated by that arch-apostate

Act, Declaration, & Testimony for the Whole of our Covenanted Reformation, as Attained to, and Established in Britain and Ireland; Particularly Betwixt the Years 1638 and 1649, Inclusive The Reformed Presbytery

And Theophilus of Antioch, the arch-criminal, the arch-conspirator, the arch-apostate?

Gathering Clouds: A Tale of the Days of St. Chrysostom 1831-1903 1895

The friends of liberty who were compelled to remain in the desecrated old capital appreciated the urgent necessity of acquainting General Beauregard with the designs of McDowell, and the arch-apostate, Scott; but all channels of egress seemed sealed; all roads leading across the Potomac were vigilantly guarded, to keep the great secret safely; and painful apprehensions were indulged for the fate of the Confederate army.

Macaria 1872

The friends of liberty who were compelled to remain in the desecrated old capital appreciated the urgent necessity of acquainting General Beauregard with the designs of McDowell and the arch-apostate, Scott; but all channels of egress seemed sealed; all roads leading across the Potomac were vigilantly guarded, to keep the great secret safely; and painful apprehensions were indulged for the fate of the Confederate army.

Macaria; or, Altars of Sacrifice Augusta Jane 1864

The pulpits, meanwhile, thundered denunciations on the one hand against the weak and wicked King, who worshipped idols, and who sacrificed the dearly-earned pittance of his subjects to feed the insolent pomp of his pampered favourites; and on the other, upon the arch-heretic, the arch-apostate, the Bearnese

History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce, 1584 John Lothrop Motley 1845

And so promptly and energetically did he denounce the "arch-apostate

The Story of My Life Being Reminiscences of Sixty Years' Public Service in Canada Egerton Ryerson 1842