Sentences with phrase «dogmatic definitions of»

Theology is dogmatic for Barth in that it embraces the classical dogmatic definitions of the ecumenical councils, and especially Chalcedon, as to the meaning and significance of Jesus Christ: in Jesus Christ we confront both what it means to be divine and what it means to be human.

But the theory of Limbo, while it «never entered into the dogmatic definitions of the Magisterium... remains... a possible theological hypothesis».

Not exact matches

But I'm not sure I agree with your definition of «dogmatic».

nakedpastor: I'm not sure what definition of «dogmatic» could be applied to your scenario.

@fishon — The problem here is that the definition of «dogmatic» is not being used in a standard way.

On that basis it is conceivable that genuine «progress» in dogmatic development in the future will move, not so much in the direction of a wider, more exact unfolding and precise definition of traditional dogma, but simply in that of a more living, radical grasp and statement of the ultimate fundamental dogmas themselves.

It was Immanuel Kant who gave dogmatic definition, as it were, to the assertion hat reality, including God, is the product of human subjectivity.

The Church decided its teachings, mainly through its Councils, in terms of dogmatic definitions, expressed in the language of the accepted Greek philosophy of the times.

This definition of Tradition implies that it must be viewed as an organic whole even though it contains a dogmatic center.

By a strange misunderstanding, a so - called speculative dogmatic, which certainly - has suspicious dealings with philosophy, has entertained the notion that it is able to comprehend this definition of sin as a position.

We need not recall here the history of what led up to the declaration of Humani Generis (which is doctrinal in character, even if it does not constitute a dogmatic definition), starting with the pronouncement of the local synod at Cologne in 1860 rejecting evolution in any form, the censure passed on the works of theologians favourable to evolution, such as M. D. Leroy (1895) and P. Zahm (1899), the decree of the Biblical Commission in 1909, the tacit toleration of works favourable to evolution by theologians such as Ruschkamp (1935), Messenger (1931), Perier (1938), down to Pius XII's Allocution to the Papal Academy of Sciences in 1941.

But in spite of all apparent failures, dogmatic definitions arose, and precisely in their long - lasting continuance contrasted with the always short - lived heresies which flourish and gain adherents for a while but then fade into obscurity.

In today's nutrition we get attached to one dogmatic explanation... and this is basically the definition of superstition.

Except in a few cases where the writers tried to carryout a discussion about whether there are dogmas per se in climate science, most of the comments were attempts at being dogmatic about their perspective of truth (1st definition above).