Devil's advocate
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devil-s-advocate-169-12688890
title:
Devil's advocate
text:
The advocatus diaboli is a former official position within the Catholic Church, the Promoter of the Faith: one who "argued against the canonization (sainthood) of a candidate to uncover any character flaws or misrepresentation of the evidence favoring canonization". In common language, the phrase "playing devil's advocate" describes a situation where someone, given a certain point of view, takes a position they do not necessarily agree with, for the sake of debate or to explore the thought furth
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description:
Figure of speech and former official position within the Catholic Church
original url:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devil%27s_advocate
date created:
2003-07-25T12:53:12Z
date modified:
2024-08-31T15:29:53Z
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