🇨🇳Chinese Source WordCode: ZH

新天主教

Pronunciation / Transliteration: xīn tiānzhǔjiào

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Neocatholicism/ˌniː.oʊ.kəˈθɒl.ɪ.sɪ.zəm/
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🇨🇳 Example Sentence in Chinese:

"新天主教探讨了传统信仰与现代思潮的关系。"

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2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    Modernist or revised movements, interpretations, and theological stances within the Catholic Church, especially those arising in the post-Vatican II era.

    "Scholars often analyze neocatholicism as a bridge between traditional dogma and contemporary secular philosophy."
  2. 2

    A contemporary intellectual alignment among Catholics blending orthodox religious adherence with modern political and economic conservatism.

    "The conference focused on the socio-economic views promoted by advocates of neocatholicism in the late twentieth century."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Formed from the combining form 'neo-' (derived from Greek 'neos' meaning 'new') combined with 'Catholicism' (from Late Latin 'catholicismus', from Greek 'katholikos' meaning 'universal'). The term emerged in theological and historical discourses to describe modernizing movements or revised theological perspectives within the Catholic Church, corresponding to Japanese 'shin-katorikku' (新カトリック).

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