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Catholic Dictionary

Find accurate definitions of over 5,000 Catholic terms and phrases (including abbreviations). Based on Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.

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HETERONOMY

The moral doctrine that man is subject to laws that are not created by himself, but by others, and ultimately by God. The opposite of autonomy. (Etym. Greek hetero, other + nomos, law.)

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