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- Ecclesiastical Latin · calque ofhaeresis fōrmālis
- English todayformal heresy
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formal heresy
Today it means: 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. Full definition →
Ecclesiastical Latin haeresis fōrmālis