This is partly a theological issue: the church would attract a very different workforce if it did not insist that all priests be male and celibate.
And Docherty was not proposing the change in wording to settle a theological issue about the existence of God.
Furthermore, whereas often William's or Lombard's examination of a philosophical issue arises in the context of a larger theological issue, this is not always the case for Philip.
But if you do it for a pure cause... "It's such a complex theological issue.
Within my own denomination (the Presbyterian Church USA [PCUSA])—and in fact even within the relatively small number of members in my own local church it is easy to find quite divergent views on a wide range of theological issues.
Finally, it generates doubts about how theological issues are catalogued in a database designed primarily for scientific literature.
And theological issues aside, it's easy for critics to come up with reasons why the Mormon model of family life wouldn't work for American culture as a whole — it's too patriarchal, too conformist, too vanilla, too zealous, and so on down the list.
Meanwhile, there was also a movement then to address theological issues, such as the role of women in Islam.
The Kingdom of God like a Caliphate meant earthly rule, so theological issues were political issues.
"We are a theological organization and so that's why things have tended that way because we see that there is a need for men to lead and teach on theological issues," he explained.
