dogmatics

[ dawg-mat-iks, dog- ]

noun

, (used with a singular verb)

1. the study of the arrangement and statement of religious doctrines, especially of the doctrines received in and taught by the Christian church.

dogmatics

/ dɒɡˈmætɪks /

noun

1. functioning as singular the study of religious dogmas and doctrines Also calleddogmatic theologydoctrinal theology

Word History and Origins

Origin of dogmatics¹

First recorded in 1835–45; dogmatic, -ics

Example Sentences

Today, though, there is a palpable fear in the liberal West that Beijing is succeeding where Moscow failed, and that the peculiar blend of Maoist dogmatics, nationalist fervor, one-party meritocracy and surveillance-state capitalism practiced in the People’s Republic of China really is a working alternative to liberal democracy — with cruelty sustained by efficiency, and a resilience that might outstrip our own.

From New York Times

That was pretty great -- like Buffalo Tom, Scruffy the Cat, the Dogmatics, the Lyres, the Neighborhoods, the Del Fuegos -- I saw a lot of bands back then; there was plenty post-punk rock & roll stuff going on.

From Los Angeles Times

No Internet surfing, no access to email, no Facebook friendship, no Netflix, no Martin Luther’s The Bondage of the Will or Karl Barth’s Church Dogmatics, no texting or tweeting or twerking.

From Time

In 1659 he was called to Steinfurt to fill the chair of dogmatics and ecclesiastical history, and in the same year he became doctor of theology of Heidelberg.

From Project Gutenberg

In the first case it is dogmatics which absorbs philosophy; in the second it is philosophy which absorbs dogmatics.

From Project Gutenberg