Topic summary
Doctrinal
Extracted from the Wikipedia article Doctrine.
Religious usage
- Christian theology:
- Doctrines such as the Trinity, the virgin birth and atonement
- The Salvation ArmyHandbook of Doctrine
- Transubstantiation and Marian teachings in Roman Catholic theology. The department of the Roman Curia which deals with questions of doctrine is called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
- The distinctive Calvinist doctrine of "double" predestination
- The Methodist Church of Great Britain refers to the "doctrines to which the preachers of the Methodist Church are pledged" as doctrinal standards