Dogmatic Fact

The term dogmatic fact is employed in the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church, in a wide sense, to mean any fact connected with a dogma, and on which the application of the dogma to a particular case depends.

For example was a certain Church council an ecumenical council? This is connected with dogma, for every ecumenical council is endowed with infallibility and jurisdiction over the Catholic Church.

In a stricter sense, the term dogmatic fact is confined to books and spoken discourses.

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