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servio_Christus
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What id the Difference between Doctrine and Dogma.
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Apologia100
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Doctrine: A principle or body of principles presented for acceptance or belief, as by a religious, political, scientific, or philosophic group.
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Dogma:** A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a church. A dogma is that which is laid down with authority as indubitably true, especially a religious doctrine; as, the dogmas of the Church. Dogma rests on authority regarded as competent to decide and determine. Dogma has in our language acquired, to some extent, a repulsive sense, from its carrying with it the idea of undue authority or assumption. This is more fully the case with its derivatives dogmatical and dogmatism.
To answer your question, nothing, although we normally use dogmas in relation to religious institutions and doctrines to secular ones. The similarity is that both require a “compentant” authority to establish.
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Dogma:** A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a church. A dogma is that which is laid down with authority as indubitably true, especially a religious doctrine; as, the dogmas of the Church. Dogma rests on authority regarded as competent to decide and determine. Dogma has in our language acquired, to some extent, a repulsive sense, from its carrying with it the idea of undue authority or assumption. This is more fully the case with its derivatives dogmatical and dogmatism.
To answer your question, nothing, although we normally use dogmas in relation to religious institutions and doctrines to secular ones. The similarity is that both require a “compentant” authority to establish.
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rfk
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Bottom line, we are required to believe both.
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ferdgoodfellow
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Hey Apologia,
A very helpful answer. Here is a followup question or two. It seems clear that there is no wiggle room on dogma. You gotta believe it. But what about non-dawgmatic doctrine? What duty of assent and obedience do we owe “mere” doctrine? And sometimes it seem hard to tell which doctrines are dogmatic. e.g. the papal teachings on birth control. How do we tell the difference?
Cordially,
Ferd
A very helpful answer. Here is a followup question or two. It seems clear that there is no wiggle room on dogma. You gotta believe it. But what about non-dawgmatic doctrine? What duty of assent and obedience do we owe “mere” doctrine? And sometimes it seem hard to tell which doctrines are dogmatic. e.g. the papal teachings on birth control. How do we tell the difference?
Cordially,
Ferd
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Apologia100
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Not to sound simple, but find a copy of the “Code of Canon Law” and you’ll know what is dogmatic and what is not. For example, priestly celebacy is a disciplinary doctrine, not a dogmatic one. I.e., there can be exceptions to the rule. However, you cannot enter heaven if you are obstinately persistant in manifest mortal sin, there are no exceptions to that rule. If you voluntarily persist in a state of open rebellion to God, you are going to Hell. Period. That is dogma. The Church has dogmatically proclaimed it. That’s it, same with Papal Infallibility, and the Assumption of Mary.
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