Definition of doctrinal
: of, relating to, or preoccupied with doctrine
Updated on: 11 Apr 2018
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Typology was looked upon less as a scholarly path to intellectual understanding than as a doctrinal path to spiritual comfort.
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Joyce Taylor, 58, of White Lake, is a former Jehovah’s Witness who left the faith years ago due to doctrinal issues.
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The most prominent doctrinal question in the current pontificate has been over divorce.
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There’s also a doctrinal discussion about whether the Supreme Court cares or not about stare decisis, or its tradition of adhering to and reaffirming its own precedents.
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American churches and religious institutions are often laden with members who don’t truly share doctrinal beliefs.
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These kinds of doctrinal beliefs reside not only inside evangelical or fundamentalist churches.
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But rather than donate the familial fortune to causes that broadly benefit society, Moss and Baden say the Greens restrict their largesse to charities that meet strict doctrinal standards.
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This had been the Church’s theological and doctrinal conviction since its beginning.
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First Known Use of doctrinal
15th century
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