Sentence examples for doctrinal refinement from inspiring English sources
The defendant company, Shoketsu Kinzoku Kogyo Kabushiki, which does business in the United States as the SMC Corporation, told the court that what it called the "doctrinal refinement" of the appeals court's ruling was "a natural and well-justified response to the harmful uncertainty that comes from too flexible a case-by-case approach".
This somewhat narrow clinging to literal interpretation, combined with the absence of any attempt to deal with statutes or legal situations in an analytical manner, led to the result that Greek law never attained the doctrinal refinement of Roman law, notwithstanding the remarkable technical flexibility that characterized it in Hellenistic times.
While carefully citing the church's catechism, he also said gays should be "integrated" into society rather than marginalised.The church does not, of course, make major doctrinal refinements in off-the-cuff remarks to the press.
He was concerned with fact, with "the bricks-and-mortar world of the actual Temple" rather than with fantastic doctrinal refinements like the meticulous rabbinical rulings about work on the Sabbath, which had their origin in the mystique of the Temple, a Temple of the mind.
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.
By 1990, Tkach authorized the formation of a "Doctrinal Manual Group", consisting of thirteen ministers and Ambassador College faculty members with the mission of assuring doctrinal consistency, refinement, and advice to the Pastor General.
It was a perfectly doctrinal speech.
Syncretism is common, and doctrinal rigidity rare.
Predestination was its doctrinal core.
Breton, however, demanded firm doctrinal allegiance.
Its withholding of an encore felt doctrinal.
