dogmatics
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9.3
- noun
- /dɔɡˈmætɪks/
- Specialized
:
dogmática
- Nor do I mean specific dogma; that is to say, dogmatics.
- Church Dogmatics
Examples
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Dogmatics, as a presentation of this truth, has to be systematic theology, a systematic doctrine of God and nothing else.
Academic text (2009) -
Though a Nicene formula is not apparent in discourses about these developments, their pertinence to contemporary trinitarian dogmatics is ignored at great expense.
Academic text (2007) -
Pannenberg: The Truth Claim of Dogmatics
Academic text (2009) -
The testing of the truth of dogma is the task of dogmatics.
Academic text (2009) -
The strength of Pannenberg's argument lies in the connection he makes among dogmatics, the community of faith, and the truth question.
Academic text (2009) -
Not just apologetics, but dogmatics as well must be attuned to the culture and age in which it is written.
Academic text (1993) -
The specifically scientific nature which, since the days of Scholasticism, has been claimed for dogmatics, or more generally, as was then said, for theology, is thus closely connected to the systematic investigation and presentation of Christian teaching.
Academic text (2009) -
His concern for the truth question of dogma leads him to accept Gerhard Sauter's understanding of dogmatics as the science of dogma or the science of Christian doctrine.
Academic text (2009) -
Worter (1819-1901) was a student of Staudenmaier and a professor of Dogmatics and Apologetics at Freiburg from 1858 to 1897.
Academic text (1993) -
The study of dogmatics provides a framework for understanding Christian beliefs and their implications.
Synonyms
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3.4
Ideas or rules of a belief system
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6.0
A set of beliefs taught and held by a group, for example a religion or political party
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7.7
A belief or idea leaders expect everyone to accept without question
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7.7
Religious ideas and teachings held by one group
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4.5
A set of beliefs that a faith group officially teaches
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7.0
The study of Christian beliefs and church teaching by scholars
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5.3
A set of official religious beliefs that a Christian church teaches
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8.6
A group's organized beliefs and teachings about God and religion
A set of beliefs taught by a religious group
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Etymology
Dogmatics comes from the Greek word dogma, which means 'teaching' or 'opinion' and was used for beliefs people accepted as true. So dogmatics is the study or system of those official religious 'teachings', which is why it means formal religious doctrines.