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[ noun ] an authoritative declaration

Synonyms

dictum say-so

Used in print

(Schubert Ogden, Christ Without Myth....)

If Bultmann 's own definition of myth is strictly adhered to ( and it is interesting that this is almost never done by those who make such pronouncements ) , the evidence is overwhelming that he does not at all exaggerate the extent to which the mythological concepts of traditional theology have become incredible and irrelevant .

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