Sentence examples for doctrinal shift from inspiring English sources

Over the centuries, a radical doctrinal shift had occurred.

The ruling represented a sharp doctrinal shift, and it will have major political and practical consequences.

WASHINGTON — The Justice Department, probably more than any other agency here, is bracing for a broad doctrinal shift in policies from those of the Bush administration, department lawyers and Obama administration officials say.

PAGE A12 DOCTRINAL SHIFT AT JUSTICE AGENCY The Justice Department, probably more than any other agency in Washington, is bracing for a broad shift in policies, Obama administration officials say.

When George W. Bush was campaigning for President, he and the people around him didn't seem to be proposing a great doctrinal shift, along the lines of the policy of containment of the Soviet Union's sphere of influence which the United States maintained during the Cold War.

However, it is not clear that this is a doctrinal shift as opposed to a mere change of emphasis mandated by the different project of the Treatise).

Core teachings Liberals who would like to see significant doctrinal shifts from Francis should alter their expectations.

The draft document showed no shift from Catholicism's doctrinal opposition to homosexual sex or gay unions.

His deliberate demystification of the papacy, his digressive interviews with outlets secular and religious, his calls for experimentation within the church and his softer tone on the issues — abortion, gay marriage — where traditional religion and the culture are in sharpest conflict: these are not doctrinal changes, but they are clear strategic shifts.

It was a subtle shift--more attitudinal than doctrinal but still..

Speaking to the Jesuit journal La Civiltà Cattolica last month, the pope said he wanted to shift the church's focus from doctrinal issues without changing its fundamental position on them.