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sedeprivationism

sedeprivationism noun: the school of thought, in Roman Catholicism, that the popes of the new religion of Vatican II council have been defective or deprived of the infallible teaching authority of the office because of their Modernist intent and remain in pope elect status until rencanting the innovations.

Noun

sedeprivationism (uncountable)

  1. The school of thought, in Roman Catholicism, that the popes of the new religion of Vatican II council have been defective or deprived of the infallible teaching authority of the office because of their Modernist intent and remain in pope elect status until rencanting the innovations.
    • Father Gordon in the Conjuring films was based upon Bishop Robert McKenna, O.P. (1927-2015), a longtime associate of the Warrens and Tridentine Catholic who believed in sedeprivationism; that is to say that he only performed mass in[…]2021 July 1, Kevin J. Wetmore Jr., The Conjuring, Liverpool University Press, →ISBN, page 57

Origin of sedeprivationism

From Latin sede + prīvātō + -ism. Probably modelled on sedevacantism.

Questions about sedeprivationism

What does sedeprivationism mean?
Sedeprivationism means the school of thought, in Roman Catholicism, that the popes of the new religion of Vatican II council have been defective or deprived of the infallible teaching authority of the office because of their Modernist intent and remain in pope elect status until rencanting the innovations.
What part of speech is sedeprivationism?
Sedeprivationism is a noun.

Words near sedeprivationism in the dictionary

  1. sedentarizes
  2. sedentarizing
  3. sedentary
  4. sedentism
  5. sedentory
  6. sedeprivationism
  7. seder
  8. sederholmite
  9. seders
  10. sederunt
  11. sederunts

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