Christian dogma
Image of God
doctrine
Holy Trinity
Christian conception of God as consisting of three persons (hypostases) — the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit — sharing the same substance (ousia)
original sin
Christian belief in the state of sin in which humanity has existed since the fall of man
Marian dogma
Catholic church dogma about Mary, mother of Jesus
Theotokos
title of Mary in Eastern Christianity
virgin birth of Jesus
belief that Jesus was conceived in the womb of his mother Mary through the Holy Spirit without the agency of a human father and born while Mary was still a virgin
Roman Catholic dogma
definitive articles of faith (de fide) according to the Roman Catholic Church