Meanings of church doctrine in English

But the pope stopped short of pushing for a change in church doctrine.

Hitherto Barchester had escaped the taint of any extreme rigour of church doctrine.

It is sound church doctrine, and I envy you for being able to believe it.

Secular law is permeated with church doctrine that's not about mercy or turning the other cheek.

They outlined a system of church doctrine and discipline from which no variation was legally permitted.

In another posting last year, she used vulgar language to describe the church doctrine of the Immaculate Conception.

The Catholic Church 's formal position is to oppose contraception, although most Catholic women do not follow church doctrine.

Religious tradition, church doctrine, rabbinical interpretation-those all weigh in on stem cells and abortion, and weigh in mightily.

Where Henry knew what he wanted, however, he had little difficulty translating his wishes into civil law and church doctrine.

Mormon officials said church doctrine has long regarded marriage as a union solely reserved for a man and a woman.

He lost the school-hehad become not quite orthodox in his ideas and was inclined to rail at church doctrine.

The two sisters do not quite agree on matters of church doctrine, though their differences are of the most amicable description.

In short: is there an inherent incompatibility between the order of the world (read: the church doctrine) and meritocratic (democratic) capitalism?

Contraception, divorce, abortion and marriage equality have occupied the public space regarding sex for many generations, especially in relation to Catholic church doctrine.

His finding of sunspots on the sun conflicted with church doctrine that the celestial bodies such as the sun were perfect and unblemished.

The St. Anthony's festival commemorates a 13th-century priest who, church doctrine says, once drew a bay full of fish to hear his sermon.