latitudinarianism

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[lat-i-tood-uh-nair-ee-uhn-iz-uhm] / ˌlæt ɪˌtud əˈnɛər i ənˌɪz əm /

noun

1. an attitude characterized by latitude when it comes to differences of belief, especially religious belief; open-mindedness or tolerance.

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Example Sentences

It can be shown, too, that toleration began with the distinction between fundamental and non-fundamental doctrines, expanded in exact proportion to the growing latitudinarianism, and triumphed only when indifference to dogma had become a prevailing sentiment among legislators.

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He must have been a much hated man, for his latitudinarianism offended the high church party and his rationalism the other sections.

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Even some cultured theologians, the historical representatives of latitudinarianism, seem to accept the great body of what was contended for by the deists.

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This tolerant spirit, however, in some minds, manifests a strong tendency to latitudinarianism.

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The students flocked to the Academies of Sedan and Saumur, and soon two schools of divinity flourished opposed to each other, that of Sedan upholding orthodoxy, while that of Saumur became the nucleus of French latitudinarianism.

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