dogmata
Unquestioned religious tenets
Dogmata is the plural of dogma—principles or beliefs held as authoritative and beyond dispute.
The word appears most often in religious or philosophical contexts: The council debated church dogmata.
While dogmas is the standard English plural, dogmata preserves the Greek inflection and sounds more formal or academic.
Statement of belief
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- catechismReligious teaching guide
doctrine · theology · heresy · apostasy · liturgy · ecclesiology · sacrament · papacy
Firmly held belief
- faithTrust without proof
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
- fundamentalismStrict adherence to core tenets
zealotry · fanaticism · unquestioning · indoctrination · ideology · creed · article of faith · gospel truth
Quality of being unbending
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- immutabilityInability to change
- unbendingRefusing to change position
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
uncompromising · obstinacy · closed-mindedness · doctrinaire · hidebound · entrenched · fixed · absolutist
creed
Statement of belief
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
- canonAccepted authoritative works
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
catechism · doctrine · theology · heresy · apostasy · liturgy · ecclesiology · sacrament · papacy · pontiff
conviction
Firmly held belief
- faithTrust without proof
- certaintyTotal absence of doubt
- absolutismUnrestricted governmental authority
fundamentalism · zealotry · fanaticism · unquestioning · indoctrination · ideology · creed · article of faith · gospel truth · received wisdom
inflexibility
Quality of being unbending
- intransigenceRefusal to compromise
- immutabilityInability to change
- unbendingRefusing to change position
unyielding · uncompromising · obstinacy · closed-mindedness · doctrinaire · hidebound · entrenched · fixed · absolutist · authoritarian
dogmataskepticism
Disposition toward doubt
hypotheses · open-mindedness · conjectures · freethinking · agnosticism
dogmatafree inquiry
Unrestrained pursuit of knowledge
heterodoxies · critical thinking · critical analysis · heresies · dissent
- Central dogma
- religious dogmaFixed spiritual beliefs
- Christian dogmaOfficial church teachings
- Catholic dogmaInfallible religious teaching
- church dogmaOfficial religious doctrine
- dogmatic beliefAssertion accepted as absolute truth
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