Sentence examples for doctrinal level from inspiring English sources

At the same time, the officials' reluctance to defrock a sex abuser shows that on a doctrinal level, the Vatican has tended to view the matter in terms of sin and repentance more than crime and punishment.

On the doctrinal level, the greatest potential for disruption resided in the reformers' claims of new inspiration by the Holy Spirit, which was sometimes mediated through new interpretations of Scripture.

Pope John Paul II thought very highly of Cardinal Ratzinger and led the church with his permanent and continual support, not just on a doctrinal and intellectual level but also, regarding certain aspects, in accordance with his vision of administration.

His church community became a surrogate family for him that, despite their doctrinal rigor, modeled some level of love and healing, in contrast to his dysfunctional biological family.

By October 2003, interrogation policy in Iraq had changed three times in less than thirty days and it became very confusing as to what techniques could be employed and at what level non-doctrinal approaches had to be approved.

The Roman Catholic caucus of the Lesbian and Gay Christian Movement has pointed out consistently that the church's teaching on homosexuality is officially recognised as third level in the doctrinal hierarchy of truths.

Doctrinal conversations were held at the multilateral level under the heading of Faith and Order and at the bilateral level between particular pairs among the global confessional families or communions.

Though levels of belief in God and the doctrinal teachings of religions continue to decline among Nones (as well as among some of the religiously affiliated), the Pew Forum reported substantial increases in the percentage of Americans who report "a deep sense of spiritual peace and well-being" (up 6% since 2007) and in "wonder about the universe" (up 7% since 2007).

The first one is God's perceived level of involvement, the second God's perceived level of emotion, and finally the doctrinal and experiential religious knowledge of an individual.

Predestination was its doctrinal core.

It was a perfectly doctrinal speech.