formal heresy

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English

Etymology

Calque of Ecclesiastical Latin haeresis fōrmālis.

Noun

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.
    Coordinate term: material heresy