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Dogmas

The defined truths of the faith

A dogma is a truth revealed by God and defined by the Church so that the faithful may know it with certainty and hold it without confusion.

The great dogmas — the Trinity, the Incarnation, the Immaculate Conception, the Assumption, the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist — are not abstract points for specialists. They are the architecture of the Catholic mind and the content of Catholic prayer.

This page will gather clear, careful presentations of the dogmas, with the sources that define them, so that anyone in the parish can return to them and grow in understanding.

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