POTTMEYER: First of all it has to be said that the formulation and understanding of the dogma were marked by the historical situation in western and central Europe in the 18th and 19th centuries. ###>POTTMEYER: Il faut dire avant toute chose que la formulation et la compréhension du dogme portent la marque de la situation historique de l’Europe occidentale et centrale des XVIIIe et du XIXe siècles.