Maculism

noun

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Noun
  1. 1
    Rejection of belief in the Immaculate Conception of the Virgin Mary. uncountable

    "As maculism ceased to be a viable option in Catholic theology, however, theologians who argued that Mary had some debt to Adam, proximate or remote, often adhered to some form of mitigated Thomism or mitigated Scotism […]."

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"As maculism ceased to be a viable option in Catholic theology, however, theologians who argued that Mary had some debt to Adam, proximate or remote, often adhered to some form of mitigated Thomism or mitigated Scotism […]."

Etymology

From maculate + -ism, or a back-formation from immaculism.

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