A list of magistrate dogma, ex cathedra statements, binding interpretations of scripture, etc. I am hoping for a concise list of teachings. Preferably not mixed in with "doctrine" which I understand are optional to believe though highly recommended.
Where is the conclusive list of everything Catholics are bound to believe?
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I hear you, but this is probably not the best approach to being Catholic. Unless you’re working on an academic paper or something?
The Nicene Creed has all the basic dogmas that a normal person needs. For the rest, focusing on Jesus, loving your neighbor, and training your conscience with both of those is going to get you a lot farther in sanctity and happiness.
There’s a reason that the Church doesn’t list dogmas and doctrines in this manner. It’s not beneficial.
Why is it not beneficial?
Unless you have a calling as a theologian or historian or something similar, it’s a distraction from the essential parts of being a Christian: loving God and neighbor. It’s just trivia. How does knowing the Church-declared fact that Christ has two wills vs. one will get you closer to sanctity? Etc.
I'm having a hard time understanding your concern here. You seem to be unintentionally implying that the Church, more specifically, the dogmas that the Church teaches, do not even merely have no effect on a Christian, but actively harm a Christian by distracting them from what actually matters. I don't think this is what you're trying to say, but I'm not seeing another way to interpret it.
Nope, I’m only saying seeking out a complete list of all dogmas —which is something that the Church has never bothered to compile—is not a particularly good way to go about being a Catholic, for most people.
I base this on the writings and lives of saints that I have read. If you know of any people of heroic sanctity who pursued this path, let me know.
The closest I can think of is Aquinas, but his work was theology, not compiling historical work, and even that in the end he said “All that I have written appears to be as so much straw.”
Love and a relationship with Jesus is what the Church is really about. The dogmas are just tools to safely get there. Use the tools, don’t focus on them at the expense of what they’re for.
'If the heart of a man is not lifted up, this is from no defect on the part of him who draws it, who as far as he is concerned never fails, but from an impediment caused by him who is being drawn.'
+Bl. Peter Julian Eymard
"My kind protector,: Studying often is hard for me, harsh and tiring. You can make it easy and pleasant." + St. Joseph of Cupertino