D defs.my
Entry 1 sense Webster, 1913

Heckerism

· Heck·er·ism · IPA
01 n. The teaching of Isaac Thomas Hecker (1819-88), which interprets Catholicism as promoting human aspirations after liberty and truth, and as …
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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.(R. C. Ch.)