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secular 1. of an education, etc. a. having no particular religious affinities b. not including compulsory religious studies or services 2. (of clerics) not bound by religious vows to a monastic or other order 3. Astronomy occurring slowly over a long period of time 4. a member of the secular clergy secular [′sek·yə·lər] (engineering) Of or pertaining to a long indefinite period of time. How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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| In Theology and Secularisation, a pastoral instruction issued at the end of March, 2006, the Spanish bishops say theologians have "disturbed ecclesial life and the faith of simple persons" through their dissent from the hierarchy, false teaching on the person of Jesus Christ, and negation of such "truths of our faith" as "the resurrection of the flesh, individual and final judgement, purgatory, and the real possibility of eternal damnation (hell), or eternal happiness (heaven)" (Tablet, Aug. This apparently simple act is underscored by centuries of philosophical and architectural visions, from the biblical descriptions of the Holy Citadel, Vitruvius' circular ideal city, Ebenezer Howard's Garden City, to the Modernist secularisation of contemporary urban utopia by the rigour of the grid and the excesses of motorisation (Chandigarh, Brasilia, Canberra). The impact of post-Renaissance secularisation of the Western world has generally been benign. |
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