Definition of religious dogma
In this paper author formulates general concept of religious dogma that covers the basic principle of different religions. In the religious and philosophical literature the dogma is usually considered in two qualities. To wide extent the dogma serves as an essential element of the Christian faith, it is absolutely authoritative for all believers and it is called Christian doctrine. In the narrow sense of the word dogma is called the decree of a church council on specific issues. It is cognitive to do analyse the sense of religious dogma in the scientific literature where dogma is seen mainly as psychological function in the thinking of the faithful. We proposed scientific definition of religious dogma that can be used in religious studies.