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	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Dogmatic Fact
		By a dogmatic fact, in wider sense, is meant any fact connected with a dogma and on which the application of the dogma to a particular case depends.
		In the strict sense, therefore, a dogmatic fact may be defined as "the orthodox or heterodox meaning of a book or proposition"; or as a "fact that is so connected with dogma that a knowledge of the fact is necessary for teaching and conserving sound doctrine".
		Some theologians hold that definitions of dogmatic facts, and especially of dogmatic facts in the wider acceptation of the term, are believed by Divine faith.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/05092a.htm (1228 words)

	Dogmatic definition (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		In Roman Catholicism, a dogmatic definition is an infallible statement published by a pope or an ecumenical council concerning a matter of faith or morals, the belief in which is required of all Christians.
		Contrary to the stereotype that says that Catholics think everything the pope says is infallible, dogmatic definitions by popes are in fact very rare.
		Among them are the definition of Pope Pius XII concerning the Assumption of Mary in 1950 and the definition concerning Mary's Immaculate Conception by Pope Pius IX in 1854.
	bopedia.com /en/wikipedia/d/do/dogmatic_definition.html (100 words)

	Dogmatic definition - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		In Roman Catholicism, a dogmatic definition is an infallible statement published by a pope or an ecumenical council concerning a matter of faith or morals, the belief in which the Roman Catholic Church requires of all Christians (although Christians who are not Catholic do not recognize the Roman Catholic Church's authority in such matters).
		Contrary to the stereotype that Catholics think that everything that the pope says is infallible (or that the pope is impeccable, unable to sin, which is false), dogmatic definitions by popes are in fact very rare.
		Among them are Ineffabilis Deus, the definition by Pope Pius IX in 1854 concerning the Immaculate Conception of Mary, and Munificentissimus Deus, the definition by Pope Pius XII in 1950 concerning the Assumption of Mary.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Dogmatic_definition (191 words)

	FATIMA PRIEST: "The Pope and the 3rd Secret" by Father Nicholas Gruner
		The dogma of the Faith is known by the solemn, infallible definitions of the Magisterium of the Church.
		The definitions of the Catholic Church are infallible.
		Definitions, by their very nature, have to say what the truth is and, therefore, by strict logical implication, what the error is and that the error is condemned.
	www.fatimapriest.com /work12.html (13671 words)

	A New Marian Dogma
		The current movement for a definition is not manifestly in line with the direction of Vatican 11, both with respect to the request for a new Mariological dogma, and the content that is proposed for such a hypothetical dogmatic definition.
		This is a serious observation, for, in a doctrinal pronouncement of such weight as a dogmatic definition, it is necessary that the terms should not lend themselves to ambiguous interpretations and that they be understood in a substantially univocal way.
		It is surprising then that the movement in favour of a definition would ask the papal Magisterium to proceed to a dogmatic definition - the highest expression of magisterial teaching - of a title about which the Magisterium itself harbours reservations and systematically avoids.
	www.ewtn.com /library/MARY/ORMARIA2.HTM (1197 words)

	[No title]
		He is not saying that the proposed dogmatic formula intends to leave undecided the question of "whether or not" the Pope is infallible in defining the secondary truths as well as formally revealed truths.
		The dogma states that infallibility extends to the definition of "doctrine" to be "held" ("tenendam"), not "believed," in matters of morals as well as of faith.
		The next element specified in the dogmatic definition of 1870 is that regarding the subject-matter of an "ex cathedra" definition: it must be "doctrinam de fide vel moribus"--doctrine of faith or morals.
	www.ewtn.com /library/DOCTRINE/FR93102.TXT (8415 words)

	The Question of Dogmatic Development
		In discussions with Roman Catholics, on the other hand, it was necessary to oppose the arbitrary dogmatic innovations made by the Roman Church in modern times, and thus to oppose the principle of the creation of new dogmas which have not been handed down by the ancient Church.
		Dogmatic theology, built on the foundation of firm dogmatic truths, speaks of a Personal God Who is inexpressibly near to us, Who does not need intermediaries between Himself and the creation: it speaks of God in the Holy Trinity "Who is above all, and through all, and in you all" (Eph.
		In this work of the Church the scope of dogmatic truths always remains in essence one and the same, but in view of the irruption of unorthodox opinions and teachings, the Church sanctions some dogmatic statements which are Orthodox and rejects others which are heretical.
	www.orthodoxphotos.com /readings/dogmas/question.shtml (1547 words)

	January 72 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Upon the first point then, their conclusion is that there is in the writings of Vatican II no dogmatic definition involving the Church’s infallibility and hence no pronouncement on matters of Faith which is guaranteed by the solemn Magisterium and which thereby commands the assent of all.
		In this sense, the Church is a mystery – that while she is a definitive, human organisation she is like no other such body in that she was founded by Christ Himself and is assured for all time of the continuing aid of the Holy Spirit sent by Him.
		This chapter must include a definition of membership of the Church: thus includes mystical and invisible as well as formal overt membership, but the issue was confused by the Council, which threw the gates of the city open indiscriminately – while imprisoning those of its citizens who would not toe the line.
	www.crc-internet.org /jan72.htm (6210 words)

	Appendix: The Idea of Doctrinal Development in Eastern Orthodox Theology taken from From Newman to Congar by Aidan ...
		There are no dogmatic statements by the Church which could not become doxological hymns in praise of God; there are no Christian hymns which could not be accepted in some measure as a dogmatic comment on the Church's faith.
		The Orthodox Church does not exclude the possibility that she may proclaim fresh dogmatic definitions at some future ecumenical council, should the need to preserve the integrity and purity of faith require it.
		Orthodox theologians have tackled the issue chiefly as a reaction to the Catholic dogmatisation of the Immaculate Conception, the primacy and infallibility of the pope, and Mary's Assumption.
	www.christendom-awake.org /pages/anichols/fromnewman2.html (2055 words)

	Pontifications » Blog Archive » “Preserved by dogmatic definitions and exclusions” (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		When the Faith first emerged into the world, the very first thing that happened to it was that it was caught in a sort of swarm of mystical and metaphysical sects, mostly out of the East; like one lonely golden bee caught in a swarm of wasps.
		And the proof of the miracle was practical once more; it was merely that while all that sea was salt and bitter with the savour of death, of this one stream in the midst of it a man could drink.
		Now that purity was preserved by dogmatic definitions and exclusions.
	catholica.pontifications.net /?p=441 (845 words)

	Dialogue: The Traditionalist Disdain for the Second Vatican Council. Is it Consistent With Catholic Tradition? Is it ... (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		For example, in the lengthy Bull of Pius IX defining the Immaculate Conception the strictly definitive and infallible portion is comprised in a sentence or two; and the same is true in many cases in regard to conciliar decisions.
		The merely argumentative and justificatory statements embodied in definitive judgments, however true and authoritative they may be, are not covered by the guarantee of infallibility which attaches to the strictly definitive sentences -- unless, indeed, their infallibility has been previously or subsequently established by an independent decision.
		The council's dignity is, therefore, not diminished, but increased, by the definition of papal infallibility, nor does that definition imply a "circular demonstration" by which the council would make the pope infallible and the pope would render the same service to the council.
	ic.net /~erasmus/RAZ382.HTM (14768 words)

	Definition of Magisterium
		The solemn magisterium is that which is exercised only rarely by formal and authentic definitions of councils or popes.
		Its matter comprises dogmatic definitions of æcumenical councils or of the popes teaching ex cathedra, or of particular councils, if their decrees are universally accepted or approved in solemn form by the pope; also creeds and professions of faith put forward or solemnly approved by pope or æcumenical council.
		The ordinary magisterium is continually exercised by the Church especially in her universal practices connected with faith and morals, in the unanimous consent of the Fathers (q.v.
	www.catholic.net /RCC/Catechism/Magisterium/definition.html (228 words)

	Catholic Citizens
		The fear to pronounce doctrinal condemnations and dogmatic definitions actually led to wide contradictions amongst the texts produced in the Council.
		Thus the dogmatic constitution "Lumen Gentium" on the Church and "Dei Verbum" on divine revelations have all the characteristics and style of doctrinal documents, but without any concrete definitions.
		First, in 1871, there were the "old Catholics" protesting against the definitions of the primacy and the infallibility of the pope; then in 1988 there were Archbishop Lefebvre and his supporters.
	www.catholiccitizens.org /press/contentview.asp?c=30327 (2014 words)

	FATIMA NETWORK: Publications
		We have the Dogmatic definitions of the First Vatican Council which tells us that there is no greater proof that a Message comes from God than by clearcut prophecies and by real miracles.
		We shall see that indeed it is a solemn definition of the Catholic Faith because there is an "anathema sit" attached to these two Canons of the Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith.
		The reason I mention these two Canons, these two Dogmatic definitions of the Catholic Faith which we must hold to if you are going to be Catholic, is precisely because at Fatima we have real Miracles and true prophecies.
	www.fatima.org /books/weop/e5cp3.html (5201 words)

	Truth Does Not Change:
		One of the first and greatest bulwarks and defenses against apostasy is to have a firm grasp of and adherence to the dogmatic definitions of the Catholic Faith.
		This recovery of the certitude, of the vital importance and the absolute necessity of dogmatic truth as infallibly defined for all times is crucial if people are not going to be taken in by the general apostasy all around us.
		But if anyone-----which may God avert!-----presume to contradict this our definition, let him be anathema." [10] (D.S. Since dogmatic definitions are infallible-----that is, since they cannot fail to explicitly enumerate what is the precise truth that God Himself is endorsing, guaranteeing-----then such definitions cannot be changed, cannot be reformed.
	www.jmanjackal.net /eng/engtruth.htm (3388 words)

	Pontifications » Blog Archive » Is an infallible decree infallible if no one believes it? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		And therefore his definitions, of themselves, and not from the consent of the Church, are justly styled irreformable, since they are pronounced with the assistance of the Holy Spirit, promised to him in blessed Peter, and therefore they need no approval of others, nor do they allow an appeal to any other judgment.
		To these definitions the assent of the Church can never be wanting, on account of the activity of that same Holy Spirit, by which the whole flock of Christ is preserved and progresses in unity of faith.
		For both reception by the Church of a dogmatic decree is necessary, in some sense, for the recognition of the ecumenicity of a general council.
	catholica.pontifications.net /?p=189 (1878 words)

	The Infallibility of the Pope, Bishop of Rome (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Properly understood, papal infallibility is fundamentally "relational." In preparing the definition of a dogma, the Pope is, therefore, obligated to use all the means available to him to search out the meaning of the truth even though he is not bound to his choice of means.
		The Council’s definition stated clearly that the infallibility of the Pope is the same "infallibility with which the Divine Redeemer willed that his Church should be endowed for the defining of doctrine concerning faith and morals." There are not two infallibilities, one of the Church and one of the Pope.
		These authors emphasize that dogmatic definitions are an unfortunate necessity, and that those which have been made not to oppose some heresy but to clarify and promote devotion, ought not to be given the same importance as dogmas about Christ, the Trinity and creation.
	home.comcast.net /~m-kollar/Thoughts/others/a_31.htm (6221 words)

	LT43 - THE EX CATHEDRA STATUS OF THE ENCYCLICAL HUMANAE VITAE
		In fact, more than a hundred proposed definitions were put forward, and the one finally selected and promulgated as dogma deliberately leaves out the restrictive (and therefore controversial) references to "de fide" and "the full obedience of faith".
		All Catholic theologians completely agree that the Church, in her authentic proposal and definition of truths of this sort, is infallible, such that to deny this infallibility would be a very grave error.
		The next element specified in the dogmatic definition of 1870 is that regarding the subject-matter of an ex cathedra definition: it must be "doctrinam de fide vel moribus" - doctrine of faith or morals.
	www.rtforum.org /lt/lt43.html (12830 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Both regarded the council to be pastoral, not dogmatic, in nature, and therefore not part of the essential Magisterium of the Church.
		Some have noted that the titles of two of the documents, Lumen Gentium (On the Church) and Dei Verbum (On divine revelation), are preceded by the word "dogmatic." Canonists have noted that the authority of a document is determined not by its mere title.
		Today we hear ceaseless exhortations to the effect that we must all imbibe the spirit of the Second Vatican Council, that the entire life of the Church must be reordered in conformity with its decrees, that indeed all the Church's activity take place in light of the council.
	www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~jed/vaticanII.txt (2612 words)

	Introdlactiou
		One must remember that the councils of the Church made their dogmatic decrees a) after a careful, thorough and complete examination of all those places in Sacred Scripture which touch a given question, b) thus testifying that the Ecumenical Church has understood the cited passages of Sacred Scripture in precisely this way.
		THE DOGMATIC LABOR OF THE Church has always been directed towards the confirmation in the consciousness of the faithful of the truths of the Faith which have been confessed by the Church from the beginning.
		The aim of dogmatic theology as a branch of learning is to set forth, with firm foundation and proof, the Orthodox Christian teaching which has been handed down.
	www.fatheralexander.org /booklets/english/dogmas_opinions_e.htm (9316 words)

	Catholicism: Book Review (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		He argues strongly for the newly discovered right of the Catholic theologian to dissent from the teaching of the official Magisterium and he holds that the theologian can, without detriment to his Catholic faith, reject the dogmatic definitions of the Immaculate Conception and Assumption of the Blessed Virgin.
		He accepts the definitions of the early Councils of the Church and has a reasonably orthodox account of the dogmas of the Trinity and the Incarnation.
		But he disposes of any definitions of the Councils of Trent and Vatican I with which he disagrees as being "historically conditioned"; however useful they may have been in their time, they are no longer relevant to the Church of the late twentieth century.
	www.sspx.ca /Angelus/1981_March/Catholicism.htm (1238 words)

	DignityUSA - Breath of the Spirit: Pastoral, Liturgical, Teaching, and Social Justice
		The dogmatic definition of the Trinity - three persons in one God - didn't take shape as such until the Council of Nicea in 325 CE.
		That means none of our biblical writers could have used or even known the definition of the Trinity which we, as children, memorized and recited in our earliest catechism classes.
		Those who gave us our Christian Scriptures were more concerned with how people of faith related to and experienced God in their lives than theory were concerned with providing their readers with definitions and dogmatic statements.
	www.dignityusa.org /breath/archives/2006_06_11_archive.html (805 words)

	Tank's for the Memories (This Rock: August 1992)
		Although definitions are very often found in canons, nevertheless sometimes the synods have handed down the dogmatic definition in the chapters which precede the canons (for example, the Council of Trent in the decree concerning justification).
		This can be made clear from the ordinary use of the words at the time of the council, from the previous discussions, from the interpretation prevailing among theologians, and especially from the authoritative interpretation of the Church, if one has been given.
		For distinguishing what is to be accepted as a matter of faith in symbols and in professions, we must follow the rules, previously explained, relating to dogmatic definitions.
	www.catholic.com /thisrock/1992/9208clas.asp (2105 words)

	Refuting an Objection in favor of Baptism of Desire
		To further prove this point, let’s look at two other dogmatic definitions (one from Trent and one from Vatican I) which deal with the sacraments in general and salvation.
		but with two glaring differences: in the first two dogmatic definitions there is no reference to “without them or the desire for them,” and there is no reference to the topic of justification.
		It is blatantly obvious that the clause “without them or the desire for them” (not found in the first two definitions) has something to do with the additional subject that is addressed here (justification and faith alone), which is not addressed in the first two definitions.
	www.mostholyfamilymonastery.com /sess_7_can_4.html (2003 words)

	Response To An Attack on my Article Against Father Feeney
		The three dogmatic definitions (in the years 1215, 1302, 1442) all are specifically speaking in reference to people who have heard the message of the gospel and rejected this truth.
		In each of the definitions for example, references are made to the Greeks, who refused to submit to the Pope, or various sects who heard the gospel, yet continued to teach heresies that were in direct conflict with what the Church officially taught on those matters.
		In fact, during the time of these definitions, Jews and pagans (that they knew of) lived right in the midst of Christendom, and it was thought that they had all heard the message of the one gospel.
	matt1618.freeyellow.com /adam.html (11059 words)

	Extra Ecclesiam Nulla Salus? (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Some sources of the dogmatic definition we are looking at include Bonivace VIII's Unam Sanctam and the First Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith (Denzinger 1792).
		These definitions are the final word pronounced by the Magisterium of the Church.
		The Council Fathers at Vatican II, in dealing with papal teaching authority, affirmed what was defined at Vatican I, that dogmatic definitions are "irreformable by their very nature" (Lumen Gentium [Constitution on the Church], #25).
	www.sxws.com /charis/questions-2.htm (1347 words)

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