Thanks!, William.
I feel I have a sense of the meanings of doctrine, and dogma, from "my other
tradition", but I haven't expressed what my sense is. I don't mean to go into
it, necessarily. I'm grateful for your putting up the etymology.
Outside of a religious context, I think we can sense a difference between the
two conditions, of (1.) somebody being "doctrinal"; and, (2.) somebody being
"dogmatic". Dogmatic is usually a criticism, while doctrinal can be a
compliment, or merely neutral. But we have to pick a context where it makes
sense to speak of "doctrine". Maybe Politics, in terms of some Party, or
other, or some faction. Or, maybe in Science.
Interesting nuances are possible. I'll give this more thought, a bit later. I
need sleep, almost immediately. ;-)
--Joe
> William Rintala <brintala@...> wrote:
>
> Where definitions fail etymology might elucidate:
>
> doctrine (n.)
> late 14c., from Old French doctrine (12c.) "teaching, doctrine," and directly
> from Latin doctrina "teaching, body of teachings, learning," from doctor
> "teacher"
> Â
> dogma (n.)
> c.1600 (in plural dogmata), from Latin dogma "philosophical tenet," from
> Greek
> dogma (genitive dogmatos) "opinion, tenet," literally "that which one thinks
> is
> true," from dokein "to seem good, think" (see decent). Treated in 17c.-18c.
> as a
> Greek word in English.
>
> The difference seems to be that one is an official teaching while the other
> is
> an opinion.
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