As a circuit judge, he would obey the letter and spirit of controlling doctrine, including the Supreme Court's abortion decisions.
The Roman Inquisition, an agency established in 1542 to combat heresy, was more successful in controlling doctrine and practice than similar bodies in those countries where Protestant princes had more power than the Roman Catholic Church.
We believe strict adherence to the personal control doctrine is preferable to involuntary sharing of "de-identified" data.
"We're exiting two papacies characterized by the return to great discipline and the control of doctrines," Mr. Boff, 74, a former Franciscan priest, wrote during the pope's visit.
As manager of more than 600 of the country's hospitals and more than a thousand elder and long-term care facilities, church doctrine controls the care patients receive.
It is true that, judicial construct though it is, the state secrets doctrine has become embedded in our controlling decisional law.
In warfare under sail, great firepower could be concentrated in individual ships, and doctrine, formations, and signal flags were means of controlling the slow-moving, wind-constrained formations.
While Russia was getting more hard-nosed about controlling its sphere of influence, in 2013, the US announced it was abandoning the Monroe Doctrine.
The essence of Christianity had become a set of doctrines and laws articulated and controlled by a hierarchy that saw those doctrines as a divine deposit of truth.
The latest changes add a sentence saying that religious organizations, societies and associations have sole control over their doctrines and teachings on marriage and that organizations do not have to provide insurance and benefits to spouses of same-sex employees.
