![]() This may occur through an ex cathedra decision by a Pope, or by a definitive statement made by an Ecumenical Council. The concept of dogma has two elements: 1) the public revelation of God, which is divine revelation as contained in sacred scripture (the written word) and sacred tradition, and 2) a proposition of the Catholic Church, which not only announces the dogma but also declares it binding for the faith. The faithful are only required to accept a teachings as dogma if the Catholic Church clearly and specifically identifies them as dogmas. The Church's Magisterium asserts that it exercises the authority it holds from Christ to the fullest extent when it defines dogmas, that is, when it proposes, in a form obliging Catholics to an irrevocable adherence of faith, truths contained in divine Revelation or also when it proposes, in a definitive way, truths having a necessary connection with these. The Catechism of the Catholic Church states: ![]() ![]() ( Gospel of Matthew ( 16:18–19).Ī dogma of the Catholic Church is defined as "a truth revealed by God, which the magisterium of the Church declared as binding". Statue of Saint Peter holding the keys of the kingdom of heaven.
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