dogmatics

[ dawg-mat-iks, dog- ]

Phonetic (Standard)IPA

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

the study of the arrangement and statement of religious doctrines, especially of the doctrines received in and taught by the Christian church.

dogmatics

/ dɒɡˈmætɪks /

functioning as singular the study of religious dogmas and doctrines Also calleddogmatic theologydoctrinal theology

First recorded in 1835–45; dogmatic, -ics

Dogmatics, systematics, dialectics were what everybody wanted.

Newman himself pleaded that he had no wish to oppose the official dogmatics of his Church.

Rodney and Neville and Nan talked too, and Kay would lunge in with the crude and charming dogmatics of his years.

Therefore it is perhaps possible to put the temerity of the Dogmatics to shame in aetiology by these Tropes.

Lipsius wrote principally on dogmatics and the history of early Christianity from a liberal and critical standpoint.

April 23, 2024inveterate

[in-vet-er-it ]

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