Definition of doctrinal
:of, relating to, or preoccupied with doctrine
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During the pope’s trip to Philadelphia, Cardinal Müller was also reported to have offered internal support to four conservative cardinals who wrote a letter to Francis questioning the doctrinal soundness of his position on divorce.
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Rather than being renewed in the role, Muller will be replaced by Monsignor Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, a Jesuit and current second-in-command for the Vatican's doctrinal watchdog.
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ROME—Pope Francis named a new head of the Vatican’s doctrinal office, sidelining a leading opponent of his efforts to liberalize the Catholic Church and further diminishing a body already much weakened under his pontificate.
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But the church reminded members that having gay sex violates fundamental doctrinal beliefs that will not change.
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But the church reminded members that having gay sex violates fundamental doctrinal beliefs that will not change.
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But the church reminded members that having gay sex violates fundamental doctrinal beliefs that will not change.
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Finn was born in 1979, the year doctrinal and social conservatives began to re-assert themselves in the denomination's power structures.
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The history of Islam, its doctrinal texts (the Koran, the Sira and the Hadith), and the pronouncements of its preachers and interpreters (imams) confirm this.
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First Known Use of doctrinal
15th century
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