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Invincible ignorance

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(Theol.) ignorance beyond the individual's control and for which, therefore, he is not responsible before God.

See also: Ignorance



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health care system "best in the world" is a perfect example of living in invincible ignorance.
The nurse has brought about the patient's death, but she acted with invincible ignorance because she had no way of knowing, or any reason to suspect that the patient's relatives had poisoned his food to obtain an inheritance upon his demise.
Yet he does not explain how any Catholics can be in subjectively invincible ignorance concerning the Church's teaching against contraception.
 
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