The word "damnation" originated from the word condemnation i.e.
damnation is the demnation in condemnation. Hence, "damnable"
means condemnable. The word "heresy" originated from a Greek
word which means a choice, a party or a sect. Various
translations of the Scriptures use the words interchangeably
e.g. for Acts 24:14, the Revised Standard Version has "that
according to the Way, which they call a sect, I worship the God
of our fathers," while the King James Version has "that after
the Way which they call heresy, so worship I the God of my
fathers." "There shall be false teachers among you who privily
shall bring in damnable heresies" In earlier times, a "heresy"
was a relatively innocent term that only meant being a member of
a group within the same organization, not necessarily in
opposition to it e.g. "But the high priest rose up and all who
were with him, that is, the party [KJV sect] of the Sadducees"
(Acts 5:17 RSV). From that usage, the terms sectarianism and
denominationalism originated. Over the cen