Sentences with phrase «with doctrinal»

A number of well - written articles chronicle at least some of the history of legal writing in the law school curriculum.1 However, those articles were written with a different purpose in mind: the authors sought to employ history to show the pedigree of legal writing and argue for an equal place in the curriculum with doctrinal courses and an equal position for its teachers with other «case - book» faculty.2 Because of this purpose, they understandably focused a large part of their historical narrative on legal writing in the «modern law - school,» an entity that has existed only since the late 1800s.3 The articles paid considerably less attention to the era that preceded it, beyond brief mentions of the Inns of Court in England, apprenticeship in America, and the private law schools and early attempts at law teaching that preceded Langdell's introduction of the case method.4

You would think that the UN / IPCC would be on board with this, but they are so obsessed with their doctrinal approach of redistributive economics through climate reparations, they can't handle the truth.

We are well used to such Evangelicals, sharing with them the doctrinal and moral essentials of classical Christianity, a commitment to the Augustinian patrimony of the West, recent remarkable joint statements on justification, and much common work for the sanctity of life, Biblical standards of sexual morality, social justice, environmental responsibility and world peace.

Each has identified itself with doctrinal and cultural elements too specialized to speak to the condition of man as man.

Obviously the actual course of events was very complex, with political power struggles becoming deeply mixed with doctrinal ones, different councils coming to conflicting conclusions, and further councils needing to decide which earlier councils to follow.

Many people are not even allowed to participate in such places because they don't make enough money, don't look appealing enough... don't fit the desired demographic... don't agree with every doctrinal point.

It appears that 20th - century theology will leave the 21st century with a completed revolution, but with the doctrinal consolidation of that revolution far from complete.

Hmm... one of the problems I see with doctrinal statements — and the underlying need for them — is that they often are the result of disagreements over interpretation.

This is really the main point of your post showing the problems with doctrinal statements.

When the conference considered the possibility of establishing an International Committee, it was specifically stated that such a committee, when organized, should be, from the very beginning, precluded from handling matters concerned with the doctrinal or ecclesiastical differences of various denominations.1

«What's happening here with the doctrinal assessment is just the latest, and will have the most lasting effects, of a Vatican attempt to reassert the power they traditionally held over women's religious life,» Cummings says.

I was once fired for reading about and investigating some doctrines that made my boss uncomfortable, though I never disagreed with the doctrinal statement.

Though my job performance was faultless, and not a single one of the doctrines I was studying had anything to do with the doctrinal statement of the organization, the founder thought that if donors heard that I was studying these doctrines, support for the organization would decrease.

Churches should do away with their doctrinal statements.

Douthat himself points to the need for «a deeper process of discernment,» acknowledging that a form of liberalism «is fully compatible with doctrinal orthodoxy, and indeed, its flourishing should be regarded even by those who differ with its politics as a sign of a healthy Catholicism, one not imprisoned by partisanship and ideology.»

Yet from its very beginning the various elements of the Christian tradition, while always being concerned with doctrinal constraints, have also been open, at least to some degree, to novelty.

This fundamental emphasis affirms the absolute liberty of the Holy Spirit to express herself as she will without shackling her with doctrinal restrictions.

Sure, I know that if I were to reject two or three certain doctrines listed above that they would be at odds with the doctrinal statement of the Grace Evangelical Society.

Schools - which sets out with doctrinal clarity and pastoral concern the Catholic principles and standards he expects the Catholic schools in his diocese to follow.

With doctrinal statement, we don't need God anymore to tell us the truth: we got it!

On other questions, Levy argues, we have tended to confuse calls for reform with doctrinal reinvention.

Not exact matches

You will note the Reserve Bank's rhetoric is precisely along these lines, with policy driven by common - sense and a strenuous effort to understand the cycle, rather than some doctrinal adherence to a simple rule.

First, the church as a whole has experimented at length with this very option in its commitment to doctrinal pluralism.

In the current climate, Christians need to be very careful to make sure that the perceived political needs of the hour do not translate into words and actions that can easily be shown by our critics to be highly selective and very inconsistent with respect to our larger doctrinal commitments and convictions.

In a letter to the Bishops of the Anglican Church of Australia, he wrote that he felt the need to» stand in solidarity with faithful Anglicans across the globe» especially «for those who are marginalised because of the doctrinal unfaithfulness of their bishops».

Concerning «getting pearls of wisdom» from research and review of original documents posted on the Internet, versus doctrinal justifications by a specific denomination which begin with enamored language, such as «most convincingly», «sublime article», «holy Christian faith», «believe and confess»....

Unfortunately in my case, I've probably gone to excess the other way... after 43 years of being (in my view) threatened with hellfire for every cotton - picking thing (including the «sinfulness» of being born in the first place because it's a well - known scriptural fact that every human is born sinful and separated from G - d, with a heart that does nothing but desire evil and no way to please G - d even when righteous), threatened with being «left behind» in the rapture (should I fail on some doctrinal (belief) point at the crucial moment)... I refuse to consider ANY possibility of hell at all.

The fact is, their behavior is more in line with Christian teachings than their doctrinal understanding.

Throughout every doctrinal problem I've had with a lot of christians, this has almost certainly been the centre of all of them.

Rather, they created «embarrassing doctrinal tensions,» especially when contrasted with early twentieth - century decisions invalidating economic reforms like minimum wage laws and child labor restrictions.

The document criticizes «doctrinal or disciplinary security,» «an obsession with the law,» «punctilious concern for... doctrine,» «dogmatism,» «hiding behind rules and regulations,» and «a rigid resistance to change,» while reprimanding those who «give excessive importance to certain rules,» overemphasize «ecclesial rules,» believe that «doctrine... is a closed system,» «feel superior to others because they observe certain rules,» have «an answer for every question,» wish to «exercise a strict supervision over others» lives,» «long for a monolithic body of doctrine guarded by all and leaving no room for nuance,» believe that «we give glory to God... simply by following certain ethical norms,» and «look down on others like heartless judges, lording it over them and always trying to teach them lessons.»

Mormons are not supposed to be Christian because we have some doctrinal differences with other Christian groups of today.

I realize that people often paint Christians with a broad brush and I don't complain much about it because I assume they don't understand all of the doctrinal details.

Of course, I disagree with McDermott that fresh and faithful biblical research that challenges traditional doctrinal formulations inclines toward liberalism.

(Note, too, how the emphasis on feelings allows the evangelist to de-emphasize doctrinal differences among the denominations; when referring to such distinctions, Pat does it with a chuckle.)

Add to that the variety of doctrines / Theologies within orthodox Christianity... with Consensus on a very small Core of Truths: God Is, We are not God, Jesus Christ is the Messiah and Salvation is Through Faith / Belief in Him... there is much that lacks Consensus and there are mountains of arguments and counter-arguments for each doctrinal / Theological position.

«The argument against the authenticity of 2 Peter turns on three main problems: (1) problem of external attestation in the early church; (2) stylistic and literary problems with 1 Peter and Jude; and (3) historical and doctrinal problems that seem to indicate internal inconsistency and a late date.

Lutheran theology's antinomian tendency makes it perhaps more vulnerable than the other Reformation traditions in spite of the countervailing forces of its sociology and its doctrinal tradition, although here and there an older methodology, which understands that the Gospel does not negate the commandments, lives side by side with neo-Lutheranism and makes possible at least a tentative no to the likes of the task force.

Many of its doctrinal and ethical conclusions would agree with those drawn from the Greek Fathers.

The encyclical — Catholics» term for a document sent from the pope with instruction on doctrinal matters — bears the title Laudato Si» («Praised Be») and displays Francis» concern for the poor.

It wasn't the summer that brought an end to my doubt, but it was the summer I encountered a different Jesus, a Jesus who requires more from me than intellectual assent and emotional allegiance; a Jesus who associated with sinners and infuriated the religious; a Jesus who broke the rules and refused to cast the first stone; a Jesus who gravitated toward sick people and crazy people, homeless people and hopeless people; a Jesus who preferred story to exposition and metaphor to syllogism; a Jesus who answered questions with more questions, and demands for proof with demands for faith... a Jesus who healed each person differently and saved each person differently; a Jesus who had no list of beliefs to check off, no doctrinal statements to sign, no surefire way to tell who was «in» and who was «out»; a Jesus who loved after being betrayed, healed after being hurt, and forgave while being nailed to a tree; a Jesus who asked his disciples to do the same...

Milligan reports that Little was extremely secretive, including around his subordinates; she acknowledges that Pell's relations with Little, a doctrinal liberal, were «decidedly frosty.»

But there are numerous problems with thinking that doctrinal statements and membership classes can keep false teaching out of the church.

To this day (as well as when I wrote this post) I can in good conscience and with full conviction sign a doctrinal statement like that of DTS or GES or most any decent Bible church.

But it does appear to be true that, as Dias wrote, InterVarsity will maintain doctrinal accountability by asking any staff who disagree with IVCF's conservative stance on homosexuality, same - sex relationships, and gender to inform their leadership, triggering a process of «involuntary termination.»

Eventually, I will write a book with chapters on each of the seven doctrinal areas above.

Thus David Brown offers an illuminating and theologically interesting analysis of the Trinity in art, and Marguerite Shuster a sobering account of the fate of the Trinity in (mostly Protestant) preaching, which concludes with a ringing call for a return to doctrinal preaching.

Permit me to preface my remarks by saying that I do not wish to take a position on the thorny doctrinal question whether we know that some (unknown) persons will be damned, although I take it for granted» as do von Balthasar and Neuhaus» that Catholic theology does not hold or teach that we know all will be saved, a proposition it is unlikely even the optimistic Origen affirmed with certainty, and is surely difficult to square with Jesus» repeated teaching on the «two ways» (e.g., Matthew 7:13 «14), especially his answer to the question whether only a few would be saved.

Lay Catholics were encouraged to take leadership roles in the church, and the church's relationships with the Jewish community and with Protestants improved dramatically after liturgical and doctrinal changes.

We learned in those days to avoid intruding with the assortment of anecdotes, easy encouragement and doctrinal baggage that had so often been the stock in trade of well - meaning ministry both as we visualized it and as we had seen it practiced.