Sentence examples for doctrinal orthodoxy from inspiring English sources

It is also rare in the history of Roman Catholicism that dissidents have gone up against the formidable keepers of doctrinal orthodoxy -- now the Congregation of the Doctrine of the Faith, but better known in centuries past as the Holy Office -- and emerged uncowed.

As head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, the Vatican department that enforces doctrinal orthodoxy, he sensibly delegated managerial work.Admittedly, John Paul liked to bypass bureaucracy and bequeathed a mess to his successor.

What the king cared about was clarity, simplicity, doctrinal orthodoxy.

For the bishops who attended, assent to doctrinal orthodoxy was the starting point.

The problem is, he was obsessed with enforcing doctrinal orthodoxy and somehow missed the graver danger to the most vulnerable members of the flock.

Given Bergoglio's age and doctrinal orthodoxy, his choice suggests that the Church does want to move but not much, or too fast.

Clearly Hobsbawm owed much of this to his lifelong adherence to Marxism, which in his hands was a subtle and flexible tool for organising and interpreting historical material, a whole intellectual world removed from the rigid doctrinal orthodoxies of the Soviet Academy and its mindless satellites in the other countries of the Warsaw pact.

While church officials often want to protect and emphasize doctrinal orthodoxies, sisters like Farrell often operate from a pastoral experience of faith in action that emphasizes a prophetic voice on behalf of the people they live with.

While Pope Benedict was more of a doctrinal defender who envisioned a smaller, purer church, Pope Francis said the church should be a "home for all" and not a "small chapel" focused on doctrine, orthodoxy and a limited agenda of moral teachings.

He reformed Slavic theological scholarship and generally set doctrinal standards for Eastern Orthodoxy that endured until the 19th century.

He performed animal sacrifices and was a staunch defender of a sort of pagan orthodoxy, issuing doctrinal instructions to his clergy.