The principal Marian doctrines that have been dogmatically defined by the Roman Catholic Church are summarized below.

The Church holds her teachings to be infallible beyond merely those doctrines that have been dogmatically defined extraordinarily by a pope or ecumenical council.

The status and authority of the Pope in the Catholic Church was dogmatically defined by the First Vatican Council on 18 July 1870.

This doctrine has a long history, but was not defined dogmatically until the First Vatican Council of 1870.

This theory, in any of its forms, has never been dogmatically defined by the Church, but it is permissible to hold it.

This view of the Church is dogmatically defined Catholic doctrine, and is therefore de fide.

Conservative Catholics would argue this is because these areas of Catholic teaching are not definitively dogmatically defined by the Magisterium, and therefore not unchanging infallible (from a Catholic standpoint) dogmata.

It should be noted, that the way in which the bread and wine become the body and blood of Christ has never been dogmatically defined by the Eastern Orthodox Churches.

When it was defined dogmatically, he accepted the opinion of the majority.

The doctrine of the sacramental character was dogmatically defined at the 16th century Council of Trent, but was held for more than 1000 years before, and was written about by Augustine of Hippo.