Not To Be Confused With
Adiaphora are open matters of liberty; dogma is binding and closed. Confusing the two — treating a preference as a dogma, or a dogma as a preference — is a classic source of needless division.
A Greek term from Stoic philosophy, adopted in the Reformation debates. Adiaphora covers practices and opinions Scripture leaves open — and Romans 14 is the charter: “let each be fully convinced in his own mind,” without contempt or judgment between brothers.