Etymology

material heresy

Today it 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. Full definition →

Ecclesiastical Latin haeresis māteriālis
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Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin haeresis māteriālis.

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