2006-09-06 21:12:17 · 5 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Languages
Devil's Advocate.
In common parlance, devil's advocate has come to mean a person who takes a position for the sake of argument (not necessarily believing in the argument); or who presents a counterargument for a position they do believe in, to another debater. This process can be used to test the quality of the original argument and identify weaknesses in its structure.
Formerly, during the canonization process of the Roman Catholic Church, the Promoter of the Faith (Latin Promotor Fidei), or Devil's Advocate (Latin advocatus diaboli), was a canon lawyer appointed by the Church to argue against the canonization of the candidate. It was his job to take a skeptical view of the candidate's character, to look for holes in the evidence, and to argue that any miracles attributed to the candidate were fraudulent, etc.
2006-09-06 21:20:03 · answer #1 · answered by ptblueghost64 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Devils Advocate
2006-09-07 04:17:49 · answer #2 · answered by Hippy 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Devil's Advocate.
2006-09-07 04:15:55 · answer #3 · answered by brogdenuk 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
diabolus : devil, Satan.
causidicus : advocate, pleader...
soo.......u can combine these two to get the meaning...
2006-09-07 05:46:02 · answer #4 · answered by archie 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
sounds like a frankie howerd line
2006-09-07 05:21:15 · answer #5 · answered by trish uk 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋