| 单词 | contrary to faith |
| 释义 | > as lemmascontrary to faith a. contrary to faith and variants: not in accordance with religious doctrine; against the tenets of a faith (usually Christianity). ΚΠ 1561 T. Norton tr. J. Calvin Inst. Christian Relig. ii. xvi. f. 99v They more hardly enforce this cauillation with sayeng, that I ascribe to the sonne of God desperation, whiche is contrarie to fayth [L. fidei contraria]. 1647 Bp. J. Taylor Θεολογία Ἐκλεκτική xx. 252 Doctrines..such as are contrariant to Faith. 1753 Gentleman's Mag. May 236/2 The remonstrances of conscience are suppressed as contrary to faith. 1845 J. Lingard Hist. & Antiq. Anglo-Saxon Church (ed. 3) II. App. g. 401 Matters contrary to faith. 1958 F. O'Connor Let. 16 Nov. (1979) 304 As for the Church itself, it takes no official notice of writers unless the work is contrary to faith. 2009 D. G. McCartney James vii. 247 The use of oaths, then, is contrary to faith; it marks unbelief. < as lemmas |
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