🇮🇳Hindi Source WordCode: HI

आधुनिकतावादी कैथोलिक

Pronunciation / Transliteration: aadhuniktawadi katholik

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Modernist Catholic/ˈmɒd.ər.nɪst ˈkæθ.əl.ɪk/
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🇮🇳 Example Sentence in Hindi:

"वह एक आधुनिकतावादी कैथोलिक विचारक थे।"

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A member of the Roman Catholic Church who advocates for the adaptation of Catholic dogma and practices to modern thought, science, and secular culture.

    "Early 20th-century intellectual movements often featured the outspoken modernist Catholic who challenged traditional scholastic interpretations."
As adjective
  1. 1

    Relating to or characteristic of theological modernism within the Roman Catholic tradition.

    "His modernist Catholic views eventually drew intense scrutiny and condemnation from church authorities."

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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

The term combines 'modernist'—derived from Late Latin 'modernus' (recent, modern)—with 'Catholic', from Greek 'katholikos' (universal). It emerged prominently during the late 19th and early 20th-century Catholic Modernism crisis, representing theologians and intellectuals who sought to reconcile Catholic dogma with modern philosophy, science, and historical-critical biblical scholarship.

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🇫🇷French → English

catholique moderniste

Transliteration: ka.tɔ.lik mɔ.dɛʁ.nist

"Le théologien était connu comme un catholique moderniste."

🇩🇪German → English

modernistischer Katholik

Transliteration: mo.dɛʁˈnɪs.tɪ.ʃɐ ka.toˈlɪk

"Ein modernistischer Katholik sucht den Dialog mit der Wissenschaft."

🇮🇹Italian → English

cattolico modernista

Transliteration: katˈtɔ.li.ko mo.derˈni.sta

"Il movimento del cattolico modernista fu condannato all'inizio del secolo."

🇪🇸Spanish → English

católico modernista

Transliteration: kaˈto.li.ko mo.ðerˈnis.ta

"El católico modernista defiende la reconciliación entre la fe y la ciencia."

🇵🇹Portuguese → English

católico modernista

Transliteration: kaˈtɔ.li.ku mo.deɾˈniʃ.tɐ

"O pensador era um católico modernista influente."

🇮🇳Hindi → English

आधुनिकतावादी कैथोलिक

Transliteration: aadhuniktawadi katholik

"वह एक आधुनिकतावादी कैथोलिक विचारक थे।"

🇨🇳Chinese → English

现代主义天主教徒

Transliteration: xiàn dài zhǔ yì tiān zhǔ jiào tú

"这位现代主义天主教徒主张教会改革。"

🇰🇷Korean → English

모더니스트 가톨릭 신자

Transliteration: modeuniseuteu gatollik sinja

"그는 모더니스트 가톨릭 신자로서 학문적 자유를옹호했다."

🇯🇵Japanese → English

モダニスト・カトリック

Transliteration: modanisuto katorikku

"そのモダニスト・カトリックの神学者は多くの論争を引き起こした。"

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