Word: dogmas
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...Pope Paul. The whole idea of papal authority, Kűng says, was ambiguous as late as Augustine and not absolute until Aquinas, who leaned unwittingly on forged quotations from Cyril's Book of Treasures and other false texts. Belief in infallibility evolved later, and has been defined dogma only since Vatican Council I a century ago (see box). Drawing on Catholic historians, Kűng claims that infallibility as propounded by Vatican I had less to do with the church's desire to preserve doctrine than Pius IX's desire to increase his authority...
...dogma has been divinely revealed: that the Roman Pontiff, when he speaks ex cathedra-that is, when carrying out the duty of the pastor and teacher of all Christians in accord with his supreme apostolic authority he explains a doctrine of faith or morals to be held by the universal Church through the divine assistance promised him in blessed Peter -operates with that infallibility with which the divine Redeemer wished that His Church be instructed in defining doctrine on faith and morals; and so such definitions of the Roman Pontiff from himself, but not from the consensus of the Church...
...history of advanced sculpture, from Cubism to the welded-steel structures of David Smith and Anthony Caro, became, in effect, the history of construction. Of late, this has stiffened into dogma; almost any work can be made to seem regressive simply because it is a monolith (hence the decline of interest in Henry Moore). Still, the greatest single piece of recent American sculpture, Barnett Newman's Broken Obelisk, is as monolithic as sculpture can get; and there are other signs of the rehabilitation of solid form. Among the most promising is the work of Clement Meadmore, most recently...
...much a matter of logic as of dogma. I assume that I may be excused for failing to appreciate how you can argue that you are merely communicating "deeply held views" about the war in Southeast Asia, when you end your letter by telling poor old Henry that he has been "caught up in and locked into a set of policies that negate everything he is trying to achieve"-policies of which he is "one of the key architects and administrators." If such is indeed your argument, then either Mr. Kissinger should be barred from Harvard for reasons of stupidity...
...recession has also caused a reassessment of much of the liberal dogma that dominated national thinking in the '60s. There is a growing suspicion that even with the postwar "peace dividend," the U.S. may not be able to eliminate poverty, cleanse its environment and rebuild its cities as quickly as most Americans would like. By dampening Americans' personal expectations, the recession has served as well to moderate their demands on the nation. The public is willing to admit that national priorities must be set and that some desirable goals will require time to attain. The downturn...