de fide

American

[de-fee-de, dee-fi-dee] / dɛˈfi dɛ, diˈfɪ di /

adjective

Latin.

of the faith: a phrase used in the Roman Catholic Church to qualify certain teachings as being divinely revealed, belief in them therefore being obligatory.

de fide British

/ diː ˈfaɪdɪ /

adjective

RC Church (of a doctrine) belonging to the essentials of the faith, esp by virtue of a papal ruling

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Etymology

Origin of de fide

literally: from faith

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de fide

Each of several Christian confessions have attempted to justify a polity which it regarded as de fide by appeal to the organization of the Church of the primitive ages.

From A Source Book for Ancient Church History by Ayer, Joseph Cullen

It does protest against the claims of Italy or of any other nation to rule England, or to impose upon us, as de fide, anything exclusively Roman.

From The Church: Her Books and Her Sacraments by Holmes, E. E.

When has a definition de fide been a luxury of devotion and not a stern, painful necessity?

From Letters From Rome on the Council by D?llinger, Johann Joseph Ignaz von

The constitutio de fide is, indeed, very good.

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 09, May 28, 1870 by Various

"The constitutio de fide has been adopted by the Ecumenical Council, nemine contradicente."

From Punchinello, Volume 1, No. 07, May 14, 1870 by Various

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