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Meaning of felix culpa | Babel Free

Noun CEFR B2
[ˈfeː.liːks ˈkʊɫ.pa]

Definitions

blessed fault, fortunate fall, used in reference to the Fall of Man.

declension-1

Examples

“1265-1274. Thomas Aquinas, Summa Theologica, III, 1, 3, ad 3, O felix culpa!”

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“O felix culpa quae talem et tantum meruit habere redemptorem. ("O happy fault that earned us so good and great a Redeemer.")”

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CEFR level

B2
Upper Intermediate
This word is part of the CEFR B2 vocabulary — upper intermediate level.
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