Indifferentism

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(definition) by Webster 1913 (print) Wed Dec 22 1999 at 0:23:40

In*dif"fer*ent*ism (?), n. [Cf. F. indiff'erentisme.]

1.

State of indifference; want of interest or earnestness; especially, a systematic apathy regarding what is true or false in religion or philosophy; agnosticism.

The indifferentism which equalizes all religions and gives equal rights to truth and error. Cardinal Manning.

2. Metaph.

Same as Identism.

3. R. C. Ch.

A heresy consisting in an unconcern for any particular creed, provided the morals be right and good.

Gregory XVI.

 

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