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Fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio showing Saint Jerome with a white beard and red robe, seated at a desk writing in his study, surrounded by books and scholarly objects.
Domenico Ghirlandaio: St. Jerome in His Study St. Jerome in His Study, fresco by Domenico Ghirlandaio, 1480; in the church of Ognissanti, Florence.

doctrine and dogma

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Albert Cook Outler
Professor of Theology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, Texas, 1951–79. Author of Who Trusts in God.
Albert Cook Outler
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doctrine and dogma, the explication and officially acceptable version of a religious teaching. The development of doctrines and dogmas has significantly affected the traditions, institutions, and practices of the religions of the world. Doctrines and dogmas also have influenced and been influenced by the ongoing development of secular history, science, and philosophy. Doctrine in theology (Latin doctrina; Greek didaskalia, didachē) is a generic term for the theoretical component of religious experience. It signifies the process...

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