Depends on the church. All have different thinking or ideas.
The Magisterium
both.
The word that means official Church teaching is "doctrine." Doctrine encompasses the beliefs and teachings that are formally accepted and upheld by a religious community, particularly in Christianity. It serves as a guiding framework for faith and practice within the Church.
Wait until you are married.
.Catholic AnswerWrong question, the question should be how is the official teaching of Our Blessed Lord passed on, and the answer would be the Catholic Church. .The Church accomplishes this in Her preaching and teaching. For instance, examples of Her preaching and teaching include writings: this would include the Bible, which is the earliest, canonized example of Her teaching, Papal Encyclicals, Catechisms, etc. These would all be infallible teachings since any teaching from the Holy Father, or the Bishops in union with the Holy Father are guaranteed infallible, thus the Bible is guaranteed as the actual Word of God because of the Catholic Church's imprimatur on it..Besides official writings, there would be the ordinary teaching office of the Magisterium, in union with the Holy Father. The ordinary Magisterium in union with the Holy Father is THE way in which the official teaching of Our Blessed Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, has been passed on from day one until today.
Magisterium is the teaching authority of the Church.
Regarding the Roman Catholic Church, official church teaching points to the total and complete equality in dignity of all human beings.In practise, there are probably pockets of Catholics and heirarchy who do not believe in or carry this out, but it is official teaching.On the other hand, church policy excludes women from the fullness of the sacraments -- specifically Holy Orders. So in essence, church policy violates church teaching with regard to the sacraments.
It is the teaching authority of the Catholic Church.
Magisterium is the teaching authority of the Church.
The Magesterium has the ultimate teaching authority in the Catholic Church.
They could be called several things from "dissenter" to "heretic" depending on how severely the beliefs differ.
If you are referring to the Protestant Reformation, the only things that changed were the suppression of some of the wrongs that priests (and bishops) were practicing and that the reformers were complaining about. The official teaching of the Church remained the same.