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SCANDALOUS
Eclesiastical censure of a professed opinion that would cause spiritual harm by leading people to sin or withdrawing them from the practice of virtue. The censure is commonly applied to erroneous teaching in the moral order.
All items in this dictionary are from Fr. John Hardon's Modern Catholic Dictionary, © Eternal Life. Used with permission.
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