Dogma vs Orthodox - What's the difference?
dogma | orthodox |
An authoritative principle, belief or statement of opinion, especially one considered to be absolutely true regardless of evidence, or without evidence to support it.
A doctrine (or set of doctrines) relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth authoritatively by a religious organization or leader.
Conforming to the established, accepted or traditional doctrines of a given ideology, faith or religion.
* 2005 , Alister E McGrath, Iustitia Dei :
* 2009 , Andrew Brown, The Guardian , 23 Dec 2009:
Adhering to whatever is traditional, customary or generally accepted.
Viable for a long time, viable when dried to low moisture content.
As a noun dogma
is .As an adjective orthodox is
of or pertaining to the eastern orthodox church.dogma
English
(wikipedia dogma)Noun
(en-noun)- ''The unforgiving dogma of Stalinism is that what the party leader, however cruel and incompetent, decrees, however absurd, must be accepted as law.
- In the Catholic Church, new dogmas can only be declared by the pope after the extremely rare procedure ''ex cathedra'' to make them part of the official faith.
Derived terms
* dogmatic * dogmatical * dogmatics * dogmatic theology * dogmatism * dogmatist * dogmatizeSee also
* axioma * creedAnagrams
* English nouns with irregular plurals ----orthodox
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Five important modifications were made by the Pietists to the orthodox doctrine of justification, each corresponding to a distinctive aspect of the movement's agenda.
- ‘These speakers are academics who have specialised in Islamic sciences and are well respected in scholarly circles. It is grossly unjust to suggest that they belong to some fringe ideology rather than orthodox Islam.’