The phrase "a doctrinal basis and" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing the foundational principles or beliefs that support a particular doctrine or theory.
Example: "The organization operates on a doctrinal basis and adheres to the tenets established in its founding documents."
Alternatives: "a foundational doctrine and" or "a basis in doctrine and".
By this phrase, the chief justice meant to suggest that there is a doctrinal basis for drawing a boundary around Congressional authority, for judicial insistence that a burden that Congress chooses to impose on the states has to be justified as a cure for a current problem.
In June 1977, Kimball asked at least three general authorities – including apostles Bruce R. McConkie, Thomas S. Monson, and Boyd K. Packer – to submit memos "on the doctrinal basis of the prohibition and how a change might affect the Church", to which McConkie wrote a long treatise concluding there were no scriptural impediments to a change.
Wherever he went Socinus conducted his theological inquiries, with special concern for the sacraments, grace, predestination, resurrection of the body, repentance, and the doctrinal basis of the original gospel.
When I first read Jon Krakauer's book Under The Banner of Heaven, I skipped over the history section, completely missing the mention of Joseph Smith's polygamy and the doctrinal basis of polygamy.
Andy Weatherley, the CU staff worker at Birmingham, said: "Christian unions should be permitted to restrict membership to only those people who profess faith in Jesus Christ, and that leadership positions are also restricted to the same criteria and the beliefs outlined in the University and Colleges Christian Fellowshipp (UCCF) doctrinal basis".
After the iconoclastic controversy of the 8th 9th century, which disputed the religious function and meaning of icons, the Eastern Church formulated the doctrinal basis for their veneration: since God had assumed material form in the person of Jesus Christ, he also could be represented in pictures.
The doctrinal basis of the World Council of Churches is limited to the affirmation that it is "a fellowship of churches which accept our Lord Jesus Christ as God and Savior" (1961).
Armed with the evidence of scripture, she has rebuked the authorities in writing on issues from driving to the doctrinal basis for the requirement that women cover up in public.
Demetrius, incensed at Origen's ordination, was appalled by such a doctrinal view and instigated a synodical condemnation, which, however, was not accepted in Greece and Palestine.
The first Universalist Church was formed in 1779, and in 1790 the Universalists adopted a doctrinal statement and plan for church government at a convention in Philadelphia.
