Dogma
Definition
A divinely revealed doctrinal truth defined and communicated by the Church as the indisputable rule of faith, obligatory for all the faithful; it has four characteristics: doctrine, divine revelation, ecclesial recognition, and obligatory confession.
Episodes
Related Concepts
- Church
- Divine Revelation
- Dogmatic Formula
- Orthodoxy
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. *
- Luke 2:1 — Now in those days a decree went out from Caesar Augustus to register all the empire for taxes.
- Acts 16:4 — *As they went through the towns, they passed on the decrees that had been decided on by the apostles and elders in Jerusalem for the Gentile believers to obey. *
- Colossians 2:14 — *He has destroyed what was against us, a certificate of indebtedness expressed in decrees opposed to us. He has taken it away by nailing it to the cross. *
- Ephesians 2:15 — *when he nullified in his flesh the law of commandments in decrees. He did this to create in himself one new man out of two, thus making peace, *