Sentence examples for doctrinal stand from inspiring English sources
But commentators also noted that John Paul's tilting of the Church to a more conservative doctrinal stand on moral issues such as contraception and the ordination of women was at times divisive.
"In a doctrinal summary of constitutional law, More stands only for the proposition that an affirmative grant of appellate jurisdiction by Congress carries with it an implicit negative of jurisdiction within the constitutional description but not mentioned in the grant".
It lacks a male workforce adequate to run parishes and educate Catholic children, but if it can not arrest the erosion of doctrine brought about by what the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith sees as a facet of the "radical feminism" among women religious, the Vatican stands to lose a lot of doctrinal ground.
To criticize past popes on basic doctrinal matters is to question the doctrine of papal infallibility.
It was the work of Ratzinger's subsequent career, first as John Paul II's doctrinal policeman and then as his successor, to re-establish where Catholicism actually stood.
Also watching warily are devout Orthodox Christians around the world, who stand ready to denounce the patriarch if he appears to backslide on any doctrinal points.Perhaps the wariest observers are the Russian authorities, both lay and clerical.
The results of these three doctrinal concerns are interconnected, since a certain view of metaphysics as a science, and a certain stand on specific doctrinal points, can enhance or reduce the affinity of metaphysics with Islamic religion and the possibility of its integration into Muslim culture.
Benedict was a doctrinal strongman under John Paul II, a reactionary in all matters of doctrine.
The approach stands in sharp contrast to his predecessor, Benedict XVI, who spent 25 years as the church's chief doctrinal enforcer before becoming pope, known for an unbending adherence to doctrinal purity.
1. Doctrinal disagreement.
Predestination was its doctrinal core.
