Theology vs Dogma - What's the difference?
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The study of God, or a god, or gods, and the truthfulness of religion in general.
An organized method of interpreting spiritual works and beliefs into practical form.
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.
As nouns the difference between theology and dogma
is that theology is the study of god, or a god, or gods, and the truthfulness of religion in general while dogma is .theology
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(wikipedia theology) (en-noun)Derived terms
* thealogy * theologian * theological * theologist * pantheology * theologoumenonAnagrams
*dogma
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(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.