English Explanatory Dictionary

material heresy

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  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.

Word forms

material heresy material heresies

Etymology

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin haeresis māteriālis.

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