Doctrinal
adjective
Related to a doctrine or set of beliefs.
The sermon was doctrinal, teaching the beliefs of the church.
Often appears as...
- doctrinal statement
- doctrinal issues
adjective
Involving, or concerning doctrine.
He engaged in doctrinal debates about religious matters.
Often appears as...
- doctrinal dispute
- doctrinal matters
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Academic
adjective
Based on, or relating to a specific system of ideas.
The group has a doctrinal commitment to non-violence.
Often appears as...
- doctrinal shift
- doctrinal emphasis
adjective
Related to a doctrine or set of beliefs.
The sermon was doctrinal, teaching the beliefs of the church.
Often appears as...
- doctrinal statement
- doctrinal issues
adjective
Involving, or concerning doctrine.
He engaged in doctrinal debates about religious matters.
Often appears as...
- doctrinal dispute
- doctrinal matters
Usage tips
Academic
adjective
Based on, or relating to a specific system of ideas.
The group has a doctrinal commitment to non-violence.
Often appears as...
- doctrinal shift
- doctrinal emphasis
Definition 1 of 3
Pro Tip 1/3Church Context
Often used when discussing religious teachings or beliefs within a church.
The bishop's doctrinal approach was evident in his Sunday homilies.
Pro Tip 2/3Belief System
Relates to the core principles that guide the thoughts and actions of a group.
Her doctrinal views were aligned with the party's manifesto.
Pro Tip 3/3Critical Connotation
Can imply strict adherence to a set of beliefs, sometimes viewed negatively.
His doctrinal stance on marriage left no room for discussion.
Pro Tip 1/3Church Context
Often used when discussing religious teachings or beliefs within a church.
The bishop's doctrinal approach was evident in his Sunday homilies.
Pro Tip 2/3Belief System
Relates to the core principles that guide the thoughts and actions of a group.
Her doctrinal views were aligned with the party's manifesto.
Pro Tip 3/3Critical Connotation
Can imply strict adherence to a set of beliefs, sometimes viewed negatively.
His doctrinal stance on marriage left no room for discussion.
Pro Tip 1/3Church Context
Often used when discussing religious teachings or beliefs within a church.
The bishop's doctrinal approach was evident in his Sunday homilies.
Pro Tip 2/3Belief System
Relates to the core principles that guide the thoughts and actions of a group.
Her doctrinal views were aligned with the party's manifesto.
Pro Tip 3/3Critical Connotation
Can imply strict adherence to a set of beliefs, sometimes viewed negatively.
His doctrinal stance on marriage left no room for discussion.
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Rev. Tom Honey: How...
and less like believing a system of doctrinal statements. Isn't it ironic that Christians who claim to believe in an infinite, unknowable being
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Rev. Tom Honey: How...
and less like believing a system of doctrinal statements. Isn't it ironic that Christians who claim to believe in an infinite, unknowable being
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Pope Francis
Argentinian Clergyman
Those who today always look for disciplinarian solutions, those who long for an exaggerated doctrinal 'security,' those who stubbornly try to recover a past that no longer exists - they have a static and inward-directed view of things. In this way, faith becomes an ideology among other ideologies.
Quote examples
Carl Bernstein
American Journalist
In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - exchanging views only with the Pope, and speaking publicly only through carefully written missives on doctrinal issues.
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Anthea Butler
American Educator
In Pope Francis's 'Amoris Laetitia' (The Joy of Love), an apostolic exhortation on Catholic family life, he does not make earth-shattering doctrinal changes with regards to divorced Catholics, same-sex married Catholics, or the church's stance on homosexuality.
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Tim Wise
American Activist
Children are free moral agents and have a right to be exposed to a range of beliefs well beyond the rigid doctrinal confines of their parent's faith, and we have an obligation to insist that they be so exposed, at least in public schools, if not elsewhere.
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Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
I am highly variable in my devotion. From a doctrinal point of view or a dogmatic point of view or a strictly Catholic adherent point of view, I'm first to say that I talk a good game, but I don't know how good I am about it in practice.
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Michael Wolff
American Author
President Donald J Trump and the U.S. media appear now to be split by deep doctrinal differences - of the constitutional crisis kind. But, virtually up until the split, Trump and the media were as one - a perfect symbiosis.
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Hugh Ross
Canadian Scientist
I came to trust in Jesus as my Savior after a two-year personal study of the Bible that convinced me that Scripture is free of contradiction and error - doctrinally, historically, and scientifically.
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Francis Schaeffer
American Theologian
Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves.
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Benito Mussolini
Italian Politician
War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
Small aberrations in doctrinal teaching can lead to large and evil falsehoods.
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Pope Francis
Argentinian Clergyman
Those who today always look for disciplinarian solutions, those who long for an exaggerated doctrinal 'security,' those who stubbornly try to recover a past that no longer exists - they have a static and inward-directed view of things. In this way, faith becomes an ideology among other ideologies.
Quote examples
Carl Bernstein
American Journalist
In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - exchanging views only with the Pope, and speaking publicly only through carefully written missives on doctrinal issues.
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Anthea Butler
American Educator
In Pope Francis's 'Amoris Laetitia' (The Joy of Love), an apostolic exhortation on Catholic family life, he does not make earth-shattering doctrinal changes with regards to divorced Catholics, same-sex married Catholics, or the church's stance on homosexuality.
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Tim Wise
American Activist
Children are free moral agents and have a right to be exposed to a range of beliefs well beyond the rigid doctrinal confines of their parent's faith, and we have an obligation to insist that they be so exposed, at least in public schools, if not elsewhere.
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Stephen Colbert
American Comedian
I am highly variable in my devotion. From a doctrinal point of view or a dogmatic point of view or a strictly Catholic adherent point of view, I'm first to say that I talk a good game, but I don't know how good I am about it in practice.
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Michael Wolff
American Author
President Donald J Trump and the U.S. media appear now to be split by deep doctrinal differences - of the constitutional crisis kind. But, virtually up until the split, Trump and the media were as one - a perfect symbiosis.
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Hugh Ross
Canadian Scientist
I came to trust in Jesus as my Savior after a two-year personal study of the Bible that convinced me that Scripture is free of contradiction and error - doctrinally, historically, and scientifically.
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Francis Schaeffer
American Theologian
Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves.
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Benito Mussolini
Italian Politician
War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.
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Gordon B. Hinckley
American Clergyman
Small aberrations in doctrinal teaching can lead to large and evil falsehoods.
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