formal heresy

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin haeresis fōrmālis.

Noun[edit]

formal heresy (plural formal heresies)

  1. (Roman Catholicism) 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.

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