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

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.

Both propositions contained in this thesis are de fide.

From Grace, Actual and Habitual A Dogmatic Treatise by Preuss, Arthur

What he finds it necessary to condemn even in milder terms as bad doctrine is infallibily condemned; that is certain, Roman Catholic theologians tell us, though not yet de fide.

From Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 8, Slice 6 "Dodwell" to "Drama" by Various

And being such, was certain, irreversible, obligatory on the inward belief and reception of all subjects of the Church, or what is called de fide.

From Church and State as Seen in the Formation of Christendom by Allies, T. W. (Thomas William)

They were not the persons who would have added the gratifying est de fide after a number of untenable propositions.

From Recollections of My Youth by Renan, Ernest

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