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A dogma implies a twofold relation: to divine revelation and to the authoritative teaching of the Catholic Church. [4] A dogma's "strict signification is the object of both Divine Faith (Fides Divina) and Catholic Faith (Fides Catholica); it is the object of the Divine Faith (Fides Divina) by reason of its Divine Revelation; it is the object of ...
Roman Catholic dogma – In the Roman Catholic Church, a dogma is an article of faith revealed by God, which the magisterium of the Church presents to be believed. Four Marks of the Church – The Four Marks of the Church is a term describing four specific adjectives - one, holy, catholic and apostolic - indicating four major distinctive marks ...
The Council issued the dogmatic constitution Dei Filius, which stated in part that there is no real discrepancy between faith and reason, since the same God who reveals mysteries and infuses faith has bestowed the light of reason on the human mind; and that any apparent contradiction is mainly due, either to the dogmas of faith not having been ...
Catholic teachings make clear that Mary is not considered divine and prayers to her are not answered by her, but rather by God through her intercession. [122] The four Catholic dogmas regarding Mary are: her status as Theotokos, or Mother of God; her perpetual virginity; the Immaculate Conception; and her bodily Assumption into Heaven. [123 ...
Titian's Assumption of the Virgin (Basilica di Santa Maria Gloriosa, Venice). On 1 November 1950, invoking his dogmatic authority, Pope Pius XII defined the dogma: By the authority of our Lord Jesus Christ, of the Blessed Apostles Peter and Paul, and by our own authority, we pronounce, declare, and define it to be a divinely revealed dogma: that the Immaculate Mother of God, the ever Virgin ...
A student of Simplician, the virginity of Mary and her role as Mother of God were central to his views on Mary. [4] He portrayed the Mother of God "as devoid off any defect or imperfection, radiant with exceptional greatness and holiness." [5] In 390 he defended the doctrine of the perpetual virginity of Mary, rejected by Jovinian.
The real star, though, was Smith’s script, which plays out like a pop-culture-infused catechism. It uses a technicolour version of the Catholic belief system to bring to life a vigorous moral ...
Heinrich Joseph Dominicus Denzinger (10 October 1819 – 19 June 1883) was a leading German Catholic theologian and author of the Enchiridion symbolorum et definitionum ("Handbook of creeds and definitions"), a work commonly referred to simply as Denzinger after him.