B banjo Guest Feb 19, 2005 #2 Genesis315: What’s the difference between a dogma and a doctrine? Thanks! Click to expand... Good question. According the Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language. This secular dictionary makes the following distinction. doctrine refers to a theory based on carefully worked out principles and taught or advocated by its adherents. dogma refers to a belief or opinion that is handed down by authority as true and indisputable.
Genesis315: What’s the difference between a dogma and a doctrine? Thanks! Click to expand... Good question. According the Webster’s New World Dictionary of the American Language. This secular dictionary makes the following distinction. doctrine refers to a theory based on carefully worked out principles and taught or advocated by its adherents. dogma refers to a belief or opinion that is handed down by authority as true and indisputable.