Sentence examples for On doctrine from inspiring English sources

Too much time is spent, he has declared, "on doctrine, theory and abstraction", and not enough on practical applications.

Father Buckley, 54 years old, a professor at the Jesuit School of Theology in Berkeley, Calif., was named executive director of two key bishops' committees, one on doctrine, the other on pastoral research and practices.

Analyzing the philosophical crisis, the book comes to the conclusion that the world may need a "new enlightenment"; one that is not based solely on doctrine, but instead addresses a balance between humans and nature, as well as a balance between markets and the state, and the short versus long term.

In the heady days after the Second Vatican Council in the 1960s, Archbishop Quinn emerged as one of the church's bright young talents, an eloquent speaker not only on doctrine and the church hierarchy, but also on such urgent political matters as nuclear policy and social justice movements abroad.

The bishops' Committee on Doctrine denounced the pamphlets as "irresponsible".

Recent Popes have focussed almost obsessively on doctrine.

He is good on doctrine and development, clear on explanation but weaker on interpretation.

He may be conservative on doctrine but he is the opposite in style.

American conservatism grew up out of power and has always placed great emphasis on doctrine.

He is an ordained Baptist minister and serves as editor of the American Baptist Quarterly and serves on the Baptist World Alliance Commission on Doctrine and Christian Unity.

He was ordained in 1899 and for 15 years (from 1922 to 1937) was a member of the Archbishop's Commission on Doctrine in the Church of England.