Confessionalization
Definition, Meaning & Examples
Pronunciation /kənˌfɛʃ(ə)nəlʌɪˈzeɪʃ(ə)n/ · Part of speech noun
Quick meaning: Confessionalization is a noun meaning (religion, chiefly historical) The fixing of religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma.
Meaning
(religion, chiefly historical) The fixing of religious beliefs into set categories of denomination or dogma.
Example Sentences
Confessionalization represents the defeat of efforts to rebuild the unified Latin Church.
Regardless of belief, all secular and ecclesiastical authorities pursued similar policies of ‘confessionalization’ intended to impose the official faith of their territory through education, improved clerical supervision and more intensive ‘visitations’ to probe individual belief and monitor religious practices.
Word Forms
- confessionalizations
Related Words
Related dictionary entries include denominationalization, religionization, religification, dereligionization, churchification, doctrinization.
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