Examples of doctrinal in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web This could be a doctrinal hook for union-busting antitrust lawyers who may argue that striking independent contractors are seeking to raise the price of goods and services, not their wages. — Sandeep Vaheesan, The New Republic, 2 May 2022 In the early 20th century, Baptists in the United States found themselves on both sides of a schism within American Christianity over doctrinal issues, known as the fundamentalist-modernist controversy. — Jason Oliver Evans, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2022 Or the terrible violence committed by people with the same religion over this or that doctrinal variation. — Madeleine Kearns, National Review, 25 Mar. 2022 In 1979, fourteen months after the election of Pope John Paul II, the Vatican withdrew Küng’s license to teach as a Catholic theologian; three years later, Ratzinger took the Vatican’s top doctrinal job. — Paul Elie, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2022 In 2019, he was tried by the Vatican’s doctrinal office on unspecified accusations. — Silvina Frydlewsky And Francis X. Rocca, WSJ, 4 Mar. 2022 The practice has long been upheld by secular courts, which by law cannot interfere with religious doctrinal matters. — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2022 The practice has long been upheld by secular courts, which by law cannot interfere with religious doctrinal matters. — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2022 The practice has long been upheld by secular courts, which by law cannot interfere with religious doctrinal matters. — Deborah Netburn, Los Angeles Times, 20 Jan. 2022 See More

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