felix culpan.
/ˌfiːlɪks ˈkʌlpə/, /ˌfeɪlɪks ˈkʊlpə/, U.S. /ˌfeɪlɪks ˈkʊlpə/, /ˌfeɪlɪks ˈkəlpə/, /ˌfilɪks ˈkʊlpə/, /ˌfilɪks ˈkəlpə/ Allusively, the Fall of Man or the sin of Adam as resulting in the blessedness of the Redemption. Frequently transferred, an apparent error or tragedy which has happy consequences.
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the world > action or operation > prosperity > [noun] > good fortune > a fortunate event or fact
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felix culpa1913
society > faith > aspects of faith > spirituality > sin > kinds of sin > [noun] > original
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1913 Maclean's Oct. 42/2 Shall we call it a culpa felix that brought you to me?
1963 L. Trilling in N. Frye Romanticism Reconsidered 97 We dread Eden, and of all Christian concepts there is none which we understand so well as the felix culpa and the ‘fortunate fall’.
1977 Washington Post 23 Sept. b10/6 Benevolent critics are beginning to see papal policy..as a felix culpa..in the sense that it has given the population problem a prominence it would never have achieved without the fracas that accompanied..Humanae Vitae in 1968.
1986 Time 10 Nov. 25/1 He was crushed in a landslide of historic proportions. Today he sees it all as a kind of felix culpa, a happy fall.
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