Sentence examples for doctrinal purposes from inspiring English sources

In the Christian period, images were largely used, not for aesthetic pleasure or admiration, but for ritual and doctrinal purposes.

Along with these doctrinal purposes, Augustine's obsessive engagement with the story of Adam and Eve spoke to something in his life.

Furthermore, an ideologically defined global alliance of democracies would face serious difficulties in determining whom to exclude and in striking a reasonable balance between its doctrinal and strategic purposes.

A doctrinal prologue presents the purpose of marriage for men as the assertion of virility rather than the consecration of devotion.

In a blatant "Shut up and sit down, sisters" moment, the Vatican's doctrinal office, the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, noted, "Occasional public statements by the L.C.W.R. that disagree with or challenge positions taken by the bishops, who are the church's authentic teachers of faith and morals, are not compatible with its purpose".

Although the primary purpose of meditation is the realization of truth, the doctrinal and experiential truths claimed by different practices of meditation are often inconsistent with each other.

Its publications teach that doctrinal changes and refinements result from a process of progressive revelation, in which God gradually reveals his will and purpose, and that such enlightenment results from the application of reason and study, the guidance of the holy spirit, and direction from Jesus Christ and angels.

Predestination was its doctrinal core.

Syncretism is common, and doctrinal rigidity rare.

It was a perfectly doctrinal speech.

Breton, however, demanded firm doctrinal allegiance.