#dogmatic

• Absolutistic — A bookish, partially archaic, or neologistic adjectival variant (adapted from German or Anglo-Saxon models), synonymous with the term 'absolutist'. In moral philosophy and epistemology, the term qualifies an approach, doctrine, or mentality that tends to reduce the complexity of reality or ethical dilemmas to fixed, rigid, and unconditioned principles, refusing any empirical, historical, or cultural nuance.
• Absolutizing — Tending to absolutize; displaying the characteristics of a process of dogmatization, forced universalization, or the elimination of context and nuance. In critical analyses of manners and in epistemology, an absolutizant vision or method is penalized for its rigidity, as it refuses to recognize empirical variability or the complexity of particular moral cases.
• Non-dogmatic — Not dogmatic; rejecting dogmas, preconceived ideas, rigid doctrines, or truths imposed as absolute without rational demonstration; characterized by full freedom of thought, intellectual flexibility, and openness to critical analysis. In philosophy, it defines a skeptical or anti-dogmatic attitude promoting continuous research and constant reassessment of principles.
• Non-dogmatic — Not accepting or guiding itself by dogmas, rigid doctrines, or absolute truths imposed without rational demonstration; characterized by intellectual flexibility, critical openness, and full freedom of thought. It represents the feminine form of the adjective 'adogmatic', usually used in agreement with nouns such as method, thought, approach, or philosophical vision.
• Adoptionism — A non-trinitarian theological doctrine that emerged during the early centuries of Christianity and was condemned as a heresy, asserting that Jesus of Nazareth was born purely human and was later adopted as God's Son at his baptism in the Jordan River due to his exceptional virtues. This christological view re-emerged in 8th-century Spain and was officially refuted by major church councils.
• Anakephaleosis — A Latinized form or academic spelling variant for the term anacefaleoză (recapitulation); a fundamental theological concept developed by Saint Irenaeus of Lyons designating the gathering together, summing up, and structural restoration of all creation and humanity under one single head, Jesus Christ. In a broader rhetorical or literary sense, it represents the act of recapitulating, reviewing, and concisely summarizing the main points of a speech or writing to restore its final coherence.
• Anticanonical — Contravening church canons, dogmatic rules, or official norms established by an ecclesiastical authority; contrary to a spiritual, legal, or literary canon. In a religious sense, the term describes acts, ordinations, or administrative decisions made in violation of church laws, being considered illegitimate.
• Apocatastasis — A theological and eschatological doctrine, originally attributed to Origen, which asserts the ultimate and universal restoration of all conscious creatures to their initial state of divine perfection; the final reconciliation of the world with God, implying the ultimate salvation of all humans and even demons, thus rejecting the idea of eternal damnation. In a general philosophical sense, it represents the periodic return of the cosmos to its primordial pure state.
• Apophaticism — A theological and spiritual orientation, foundational in Eastern Christianity, asserting that God is absolutely transcendent and unknowable to the human mind, and can only be known by negating all created attributes; negative theology. This mystical doctrine places direct spiritual experience and ecstasy above standard rational, dogmatic, or scholastic definitions.
• Apollinarianism — A 4th-century christological heresy, initiated by Apollinaris of Laodicea, which asserted that Jesus Christ possessed a human body and a lower soul, but that the human rational mind (nous) was completely replaced by the divine Logos. This doctrine diminished the full humanity of the Savior and was officially condemned at the Second Ecumenical Council of Constantinople (381) to preserve the dogma of the two full natures.
• Apologetics — A branch of systematic theology concerned with the rational defense and logical justification of religious dogmas against objections, criticisms, or attacks from other religions or skeptical philosophical systems. Historically, it represents the discipline utilizing dialectical tools to demonstrate the harmony between divine revelation and human reason.