Sentence examples for basic doctrine from inspiring English sources

The basic doctrine of ʿAlawite faith is the deification of ʿAlī.

The term originally referred to those divisions that were caused by disagreement over something other than basic doctrine.

Nobody expects the administration to abandon its basic doctrine that aggressive exploitation of the public domain is necessary to achieve energy independence.

It's a good update, it's nice to have the doctrine in one place and it's great to have more academic studies included, but honestly, the basic doctrine hasn't changed.

The basic doctrine of the Khārijites was that a person or a group who committed a grave error or sin and did not sincerely repent ceased to be Muslim.

The basic doctrine on which his theory depends is that the whole is exactly the same as all of its parts taken together, from which it follows that whatever preserves the whole preserves the parts.

Indeed, believers seem willing to bend basic doctrines in the name of interfaith amity.

He was talking like a professor, not like a pastor, apparently unaware that many believers expect their bishops to believe the basic doctrines).

Black Protestants may affirm Christ's divinity, the Bible's literal authority, and the other basic doctrines that white conservatives preach.

Mr MacCulloch describes the era with a skilful sweep, though little distinguishes this section from a more general account.Some will be less happy with his treatment of Christianity's early years, when basic doctrines were being hammered out.

Widespread skepticism concerning basic doctrines of faith such as creation, revelation, and retribution was most poignantly represented by latitudinarianism (the tendency to be flexible and tolerant about deviations from orthodox beliefs and doctrines) and by antinomian gnostic groups that denied divine providence and omniscience (see antinomianism).