Church Tenets are the core beliefs and doctrines of a religion. DOGMA is a set of beliefs or doctrines that are accepted as authoritative, while DOGMAS are the teachings of a particular church or religious group. ETHOS is the moral character or guiding beliefs of a person, people, culture, or movement. Viverrine is an animal of the family Viverridae, which includes civets, genets, and linsangs. ISM is a suffix used to form nouns that denote a distinctive doctrine, theory, system, or practice.