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'''Dogma''' is a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true. It serves as part of the primary basis of an [[ideology]] or belief system, and it cannot be changed or discarded without affecting the very system's [[paradigm]], or the ideology itself. They can refer to acceptable opinions of philosophers or philosophical schools, public decrees, religion, or issued decisions of political authorities. | '''Dogma''' is a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true. It serves as part of the primary basis of an [[ideology]] or belief system, and it cannot be changed or discarded without affecting the very system's [[paradigm]], or the ideology itself. They can refer to acceptable opinions of philosophers or philosophical schools, public decrees, religion, or issued decisions of political authorities. | ||
- | The term derives from Greek {{lang|grc|δόγμα}} "that which seems to one, [[opinion]] or belief" and that from {{lang|grc|δοκέω}} (''dokeo''), "to think, to suppose, to imagine". Dogma came to signify laws or ordinances adjudged and imposed upon others by the First Century. The plural is either ''dogmas'' or ''dogmata'', from Greek {{lang|grc|δόγματα}}. The term "dogmatics" is used as a synonym for [[systematic theology]], as in [[Karl Barth]]'s defining textbook of [[neo-orthodoxy]], the 14-volume ''[[Church Dogmatics]]''. | + | The term derives from Greek ''[[δόγμα]]'' "that which seems to one, [[opinion]] or belief" and that from ''[[δοκέω]]'' (''dokeo''), "to think, to suppose, to imagine". Dogma came to signify laws or ordinances adjudged and imposed upon others by the First Century. The plural is either ''dogmas'' or ''dogmata'', from Greek ''[[δόγματα]]''. The term "dogmatics" is used as a synonym for [[systematic theology]], as in [[Karl Barth]]'s defining textbook of [[neo-orthodoxy]], the 14-volume ''[[Church Dogmatics]]''. |
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Dogma is a principle or set of principles laid down by an authority as incontrovertibly true. It serves as part of the primary basis of an ideology or belief system, and it cannot be changed or discarded without affecting the very system's paradigm, or the ideology itself. They can refer to acceptable opinions of philosophers or philosophical schools, public decrees, religion, or issued decisions of political authorities.
The term derives from Greek δόγμα "that which seems to one, opinion or belief" and that from δοκέω (dokeo), "to think, to suppose, to imagine". Dogma came to signify laws or ordinances adjudged and imposed upon others by the First Century. The plural is either dogmas or dogmata, from Greek δόγματα. The term "dogmatics" is used as a synonym for systematic theology, as in Karl Barth's defining textbook of neo-orthodoxy, the 14-volume Church Dogmatics.
See also
- Axiom
- Pragmatism
- Church Dogmatics by Karl Barth