[ealgeone]

Has the Catechism been declared dogma?

[Campion]

"Dogma" and "infallible teachings" are synonymous. The Catechism certainly contains dogma, but every word is not dogmatically binding from start to finish. The Catechism is a teaching of the ordinary magisterium, which Catholics are to accept with religious obedience. That doesn't mean that every clause of the Catechism is binding under pain of heresy.

The objection you guys are trying to raise, that not every Bible verse has been infallibly interpreted and defined, is silly. Infallible teaching is traditionally structured in the negative, first of all: "This is what you may *not* believe and still be a Catholic."

Trying to exhaustively define the whole meaning of even a single Scripture verse would be a bad idea; much of Scripture has multiple senses and nuances of understanding. Why tie exegetes' hands like that? No, the Church tells them how *not* to interpret it, and then gives them their freedom.