Development Of Doctrine
Definition
Dogmas in themselves are ontological truths whose essence is eternally unchanging; dogmatic formulas are verbal expressions of those truths which may be and have been refined through history.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Dogmatic Truth Versus Dogmatic Formula
Biblical References
- Galatians 1:11-12 — *Now I want you to know, brothers and sisters, that the gospel I preached is not of human origin. For I did not receive it or learn it from any human source; instead I received it by a revelation of Jesus Christ. *
- Galatians 1:8 — *But even if we (or an angel from heaven) should preach a gospel contrary to the one we preached to you, let him be condemned to hell! *
- 2 Thessalonians 2:15 — *Therefore, brothers and sisters, stand firm and hold on to the traditions that we taught you, whether by speech or by letter. *
- 1 Corinthians 11:2 — *I praise you because you remember me in everything and maintain the traditions just as I passed them on to you. *
- John 17:8 — *because I have given them the words you have given me. They accepted them and really understand that I came from you, and they believed that you sent me. *
- 1 Corinthians 11:23 — *For I received from the Lord what I also passed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night in which he was betrayed took bread, *