Sentence examples for doctrinal stance from inspiring English sources

To assess the success of discussing religious doctrine in clarifying understanding of doctrinal stance and increasing acceptance of evolution, we compared the change in evolution knowledge (KEE), doctrinal understanding (ULSE) and acceptance of evolution (MATE) between treatment and control sections using an independent one-way ANOVA analysis.

Released by the Eastern Roman emperor Marcian, after an appeal defining his doctrinal stance to Pope Leo the Great at Rome, he was partially vindicated in 451 at the General Council of Chalcedon.

Their doctrinal stance, in repudiation of ecclesiastical organization, prevents members of both the Churches of Christ and the Undenominational Fellowship of Christian Churches and Churches of Christ from official participation in general ecumenical gatherings.

In recent years, the church has made efforts to soften its tone toward gays while maintaining its doctrinal stance that homosexuality is wrong.

The Three Jewels constitute the basis of the Jain doctrinal and ethical stance.

A more defensible stance is that the doctrinal essays collect together texts by an unknown number of anonymous Mohist writers, which develop, refine, or extend basic themes or ideas first set forth by Mozi.

Predestination was its doctrinal core.

It was a perfectly doctrinal speech.

Syncretism is common, and doctrinal rigidity rare.

Breton, however, demanded firm doctrinal allegiance.

Its withholding of an encore felt doctrinal.