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material heresy

material heresy noun: an opinion that is objectively contradictory to the teachings of the Church, and as such heretical, but which is uttered by a person without the subjective knowledge of it being so.

Noun

material heresy (plural material heresies)

  1. An opinion that is objectively contradictory to the teachings of the Church, and as such heretical, but which is uttered by a person without the subjective knowledge of it being so.

Forms of material heresy

pluralmaterial heresies

Origin of material heresy

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin haeresis māteriālis.

Questions about material heresy

What does material heresy mean?
Material heresy means an opinion that is objectively contradictory to the teachings of the Church, and as such heretical, but which is uttered by a person without the subjective knowledge of it being so.
What part of speech is material heresy?
Material heresy is a noun.
What is the plural of material heresy?
The plural of material heresy is material heresies.

Words near material heresy in the dictionary

  1. material conditionals
  2. material fact
  3. material facts
  4. material handling
  5. material heresies
  6. material heresy
  7. material implication
  8. material implications
  9. material logic
  10. material nonimplication
  11. material noun

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