The word for today is…
dogma (noun) – 1. A doctrine or a corpus of doctrines relating to matters such as morality and faith, set forth in an authoritative manner by a religion.
- A principle or statement of ideas, or a group of such principles or statements, especially when considered to be authoritative or accepted uncritically.
Source : The Free Dictionary
Etymology : “A settled opinion, a principle held as being firmly established,” circa 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” (from PIE root *dek- “to take, accept”). Regarded in 17th century-18thcentury as a Greek word in English but subsequently nativised.
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