English Explanatory Dictionary

formal heresy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. The teaching or expression of an opinion in the conscious knowledge that it is contradictory to the teachings of the Church, and as such heretical.

Word forms

formal heresy formal heresies

Etymology

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin haeresis fōrmālis.

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