Lina Pilgrim

Roman Catholic dogma

In the Roman Catholic Church, a dogma (plural dogmata) is an article of faith revealed by God, which themagisterium of the Church presents as necessary to be believed.^[1] For example, Christian dogma states that the resurrection of Jesus Christ is the basic truth from which salvation and life is derived for Christians. Dogmata regulate the language, how the truth of the resurrection is to be believed and communicated. One dogma is only a small particle of the living Christian faith, from which it derives its meaning.^[2] Roman Catholic Dogma is thus: "a truth revealed by God, which the magisterium of the Church declared as binding.

Statue of Saint Peter at his basilica in Rome. I say to thee, 'Thou art Peter, and upon this rock I will build my Church; and I will give to thee the keys of the kingdom of heaven. And whatsoever thou shalt bind upon earth, it shall be bound also in heaven: and whatsoever thou shalt loose upon earth, it shall be loosed also in heaven. (Gospel of Matthew 16:18f)