Sentence examples for questions of doctrine from inspiring English sources

He has done this by consistently avoiding questions of doctrine, speaking largely through gesture and example.

He also declared that interpretation of "questions of doctrine" were not to be discussed in future Lambeth Conferences.

Characteristic of the church in the 6th century were frequent councils to settle questions of doctrine and discipline.

In recent years its most active contributors have become obsessed with obscure questions of doctrine and have developed their own curious jargon to describe the editing process.

And here, perhaps, is an irony as cruel as it is intriguing: eleven centuries later, when the Church to which Augustine had devoted the last four and a half decades of his life was to split in a manner that still shows no signs of reconciliation, both sides would appeal to Augustine as an authority on questions of doctrine [Muller 1999; Grossi 1999].

Their disagreement did not involve whether to rely on Scripture as the fundamental source of truth on questions of doctrine and practice, but their differing methods of interpreting the meaning of a passage (that is, their different hermeneutic principles) became a central issue in their debate.

The judge accepted this partial verdict and may yet bring his own opinion to bear on the question of doctrine at a later stage of the trial.

A leading role devolved upon the bishop of Rome in questions of discipline, doctrine, and ecclesiastical and worship order.

But over time she proved her loyalty on questions of moral doctrine, like its ban on married and female priests.

Ultimately, a South Carolina appellate court ruled in 1846 that the judiciary must avoid "questions of theological doctrine, depending on speculative faith, or ecclesiastical rites".

He felt uncomfortable with notions of "gaps in the escalation spectrum". Linking these weapons to questions of NATO doctrine and American credibility, he thought, could create serious political backlash.