curtins Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 Ok so what's the difference between doctrine, dogma, teaching and anything else of that sort in the church? my history teacher said dogma was church propaganda in the middle ages but I'm like uhhh we still have dogma today. What out of these things is infalliable teaching. Thanks Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cappie Posted June 10, 2006 Share Posted June 10, 2006 As far as I know ...[b]Doctrine[/b], from Latin doctrina (compare doctor), means "a body of teachings" or "instructions", taught principles or positions, as the body of teachings in a branch of knowledge or belief system. The Greek analogy is the etymology of catechism. Often doctrine specifically connotes a corpus of religious dogma as it is promulgated by a church, but not necessarily: Examples of religious doctrines include: • Christian Trinity and virgin birth • transubstantiation and immaculate conception [b]Dogma[/b] (the plural is either dogmata or dogmas) is belief or doctrine held by a religion, ideology or any kind of organization to be authoritative and not to be disputed or doubted. Teaching is the activity of imparting a body of knowledge in this case imparting a doctrine or teaching a dogma Maybe someone else has a better explaination Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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