A set of foundational claims held immune from the scrutiny the framework applies to everything else. Every intellectual system has presuppositions, but dogma is distinguished by its refusal to acknowledge them — it presents its conclusions as the natural result of inquiry rather than the precondition of it. When dogma is institutionalized — embedded in curricula, credentialing systems, or professional codes — disagreement ceases to be error and becomes heresy. The Restorationist concern is not with dogma as such but with undisclosed dogma: the framework that insists it is merely asking questions while systematically preventing the one question that matters most — whether the framework itself is true. See also: Critical Theory, Formation Capture, Epistemic Grammar.