Moreover, in a statement of doctrine published in 2005, the PLA's Science of Military Strategy did not mince its words.
However, even throughout this political turmoil, Cranmer worked simultaneously on three major projects in his reform programme: the revision of canon law, the revision of the Prayer Book, and the formation of a statement of doctrine.
For example, dharanis (short statements of doctrine that supposedly encapsulate its power) and mantras (a further reduction of the dharani, often to a single word) were widely used for this purpose.
In three of his four Theological Treatises (often known as the Opuscula sacra), I, II and V, Boethius uses his logical equipment to tackle problems of Christian doctrine; IV, however, is a straightforward statement of Christian doctrine, a sort of confession of faith; whilst III is a brief, not specifically Christian philosophical treatise.
So the settlement at Nicaea regarding the person of Christ made necessary a fuller clarification of the doctrine of the Trinity, and that clarification in turn made possible a fuller statement of the doctrine of the person of Christ.
His speech about it was a comprehensive statement of the doctrine of credibility.
Therefore, the decision of the Council of Chalcedon has been the basic statement of the doctrine of the person of Christ for most of the church ever since.
But what was present there in a germinal form became a clear statement of Christian doctrine when it was formulated as dogma.
Out of the post-Nicene controversies came that fuller statement of the doctrine of the Trinity which was needed to protect the Nicene formula against the charge of failing to distinguish adequately between the Father and the Son.
The Nicene Creed is a succinct statement of Catholic doctrine: We believe in one God, the Father, the Almighty, maker of heaven and earth, of all that is seen and unseen.
The work, which eventually became a standard piece of Quaker theology, contains a fair amount of terminology that Spinoza later employed, which suggests that Spinoza helped to formulate this basic statement of Quaker doctrine.
