HECKERISM
\hˈɛkəɹˌɪzəm], \hˈɛkəɹˌɪzəm], \h_ˈɛ_k_ə_ɹ_ˌɪ_z_ə_m]\
Definitions of HECKERISM
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The teaching of Isaac Thomas Hecker (1819-88), which interprets Catholicism as promoting human aspirations after liberty and truth, and as the religion best suited to the character and institutions of the American people.
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Improperly, certain views or principles erroneously ascribed to Father Hecker in a French translation of Elliott's Life of Hecker. They were condemned as Americanism by the Pope, in a letter to Cardinal Gibbons, January 22, 1899.
By Oddity Software
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The teaching of Isaac Thomas Hecker (1819-88), which interprets Catholicism as promoting human aspirations after liberty and truth, and as the religion best suited to the character and institutions of the American people.
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Improperly, certain views or principles erroneously ascribed to Father Hecker in a French translation of Elliott's Life of Hecker. They were condemned as Americanism by the Pope, in a letter to Cardinal Gibbons, January 22, 1899.
By Noah Webster.
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