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Doctrine and dogma, the explication and officially acceptable version of a religious teaching. The development of doctrines and dogmas has significantly affected the traditions, institutions, and practices of the religions of the world. Doctrines and dogmas also have influenced and been influenced
- Albert Cook Outler
In Fundamentals of Catholic Dogma, Dr. Ludwig Ott explains, “The doctrine of Mary’s Universal Mediation of Grace based on her co-operation in the Incarnation is so definitely manifest in the sources of the faith, that nothing stands in the way of a dogmatic definition” (215).
Doctrine and dogma - Faith, Reason, Insight: Insofar as doctrines and dogmas represent conceptualizations of the human encounter with the divine mystery, they are bound to reflect the interplay of faith and reason in religious experience and to imply some notion of levels and stages in the progress of believers as they move from the threshold of faith toward its fulfillment.
- Albert Cook Outler
Dogma; Definition: A set of beliefs or principles held and taught by a religious, political, or philosophical group. A principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true. Origin: Derived from the Latin word "doctrina" meaning "teaching" or "instruction". Derived from the Greek word "dogma" meaning "opinion" or ...
Dogma is a kind of doctrine, but doctrine is a much broader category of teaching. Doctrine includes other beliefs that are taught authoritatively, but not infallibility. This means that there are elements of these non-infallible beliefs that may change over time even though the core of the teaching still reflects some aspect of the deposit of faith.
Sep 27, 2023 · A dogma is a teaching solemnly defined by the pope in the exercise of the “extraordinary” magisterium. The Second Vatican Council taught that our Lord Jesus Christ endowed His Church with infallibility “in defining doctrine pertaining to faith and morals” ( Lumen Gentium , Dogmatic Constitution on the Church, No. 25).
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Sep 18, 2012 · From Theology to Dogma The Church is not in the habit of leaping straight to the dogma stage. It tends to define dogmas only rarely, and usually only when there is a controversy about them that ...