Development Of Doctrine

[theculturewarrior]

Thanks for this great forum! The Q&A forum is a nice and unique touch.

I have read that there is a dogma called "the development of doctrine." Is it truly dogma? What does it mean? Where can I learn more?

Also, I have read that it is infallible Catholic doctrine that dogmas do not evolve. Are the two doctrines diametrically opposed? What am I missing here?

[BLAZEr]

CatholicCrusader, you like to work right?

Here is a good article on the history of Dogmatic Theology:
[url="http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14588a.htm"]http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/14588a.htm[/url]

And this is really really really cool . . . this is Cardinal Newman's book "The Development of Doctrine" . . . very cool . . . in fact, it's all I know about this topic, but from the source I learned it from.

[url="http://www.newmanreader.org/works/development/"]http://www.newmanreader.org/works/development/[/url]

And this is Catholic Answers . . .
[url="http://www.catholic.com/library/Can_Dogma_Develop.asp"]http://www.catholic.com/library/Can_Dogma_Develop.asp[/url]



Keep in mind this is a theological position that is not clearly defined by the Church. It is not a dogma. It is not even a doctrine. It is a theological theory that is, in my opinion, true.