Trivia: Despite being a cult favourite, the film was notoriously out of print for nearly 20 years and not available to stream due to rights issues, causing existing Blu-Rays to be scalped for hundreds of dollars. Rumour has it director Kevin Smith even purposely leaked the 1080p Blu-Ray version of the film online because he felt bad about it. In 2024, Smith was finally able to supervise a deal to get it a new re-release on 4K, Blu-Ray and digital in 2025 for a belated "25th anniversary" rerelease.
Dogma (1999)
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Directed by: Kevin Smith
Starring: Matt Damon, Ben Affleck, Salma Hayek, Alan Rickman, Chris Rock, Jason Lee, Kevin Smith, Janeane Garofalo, Linda Fiorentino, Jason Mewes, George Carlin
Continuity mistake: When Silent Bob carries Bethany's body back to the church after she's been killed by God's blast of lightning, watch her fingers when Silent Bob puts her down; she adjusts them to rest more comfortably on her arm.
Metatron: Tell a person that you're the Metatron and they stare at you blankly. Mention something out of a Charlton Heston movie and suddenly everybody is a theology scholar.
Question: Metatron tells Bethany that Bartleby and Loki have been clued into a loophole in catholic dogma that would allow them back into heaven. What does he mean by "catholic dogma"?
Answer: There is a difference between Catholic with a capital c and catholic with a small c. With a capital c it is in reference to the catholic church. With a small c it is in reference to the christian faith. For example in the protestant apostles creed it says I believe in the holy catholic church meaning the christian faith.
Answer: Roman Catholic is the oldest of the Christian Churches, and the one from which all others (Eastern Orthodox and Protestant) have separated. Dogma is the core tenets of a given religion, the ideas that make up that religion and which can never be changed, because to do so would destroy the entire belief system (contrasted with doctrine, common beliefs and interpretations held by a church that can change over time). So Catholic dogma is the specific, basic beliefs of the Catholic Church, in this case, "God is infallible."
Phoenix
Yes, the Orthodox Church did separate, but you're false in that the Roman Catholic Church is the oldest of the Christian churches. Historically, the Greek Orthodox Church is the oldest.
The first Pentecost was Shavuot. The first Church was Assembled in the Wilderness. #HolyBartender.