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"Error has no rights" (Latin: Error non habet ius[1][2]) is a historical Catholic and traditionalist Catholic principle. It asserts that it is the responsibility of governments to suppress non-Catholic religions as they do not have a right to express publicly any religion outside of Catholicism which should be the only religion allowed by the State, but had the right to privately profess and practice any religion. Alternatively, it asserts that while non-Catholics had civil or political rights, there is no theological toleration for such religious beliefs.[3][4] It was still the official position of the Catholic Church in the 1950s, and was repudiated[5][6] or superseded[7] in the Second Vatican Council of 1962–1965 by Dignitatis humanae.
It is also argued, based on the interpretation that the moral right to error is distinct from the legal right, that this principle was not superseded by Dignitatis Humanae.[8]
- ^ "Zeitschrift der Savigny-Stiftung für Rechtsgeschichte: Kanonistische Abteilung". H. Böhlaus Nacht. October 2, 1978 – via Google Books.
- ^ Zecha, G.; Weingartner, P. (December 6, 2012). Conscience: An Interdisciplinary View: Salzburg Colloquium on Ethics in the Sciences and Humanities. Springer Science & Business Media. ISBN 9789400938212 – via Google Books.
- ^ Patrick W. Carey (2004). Orestes A. Brownson: American Religious Weathervane. Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing. p. 255. ISBN 9780802843005.
- ^ Daniel Agatino (2018). Mere Catholicism: Faith in the Third Millennium. Sunbury Press. p. 245. ISBN 9781620066850.
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nytwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Pawlikowski, John T. (1979). "Human Rights in the Roman Catholic Tradition: Some Theological Reflections". Selected Papers from the Annual Meeting (American Society of Christian Ethics): 145–166. doi:10.5840/selpapasce19797. JSTOR 23564895.
- ^ Cite error: The named reference
Whiteheadwas invoked but never defined (see the help page). - ^ Ronald J. Rychlak (2015). American Law from a Catholic Perspective: Through a Clearer Lens. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 101. ISBN 9780810889187.