SCIENCE
It should not be confused with the modern sense, of systematized knowledge, but simply “knowledge”, “scholarship” or “wisdom”. The “false science” mentioned in 1 Cor. 8:1, 7 and Col. 2:8 refers to the teachings of the mystical and Judaizing sects, denounced by St. Paul, in contrast to the truth of the gospel (1 Cor. 12:8; Phil. 1:9).