Sentences with phrase «doctrinal claims»

Here are some of the false doctrinal claims that the discussions make online.

She challenged the doctrinal claim that the christic power of Jesus is his alone.

Not exact matches

In Brooke Group Ltd. v. Brown & Williamson Tobacco Corp., 98 the Supreme Court formalized this premise into a doctrinal test.The case involved cigarette manufacturing, an industry dominated by six firms.99 Liggett, one of the six, introduced a line of generic cigarettes, which it sold for about 30 % less than the price of branded cigarettes.100 Liggett alleged that when it became clear that its generics were diverting business from branded cigarettes, Brown & Williamson, a competing manufacturer, began selling its own generics at a loss.101 Liggett sued, claiming that Brown & Williamson's tactic was designed to pressure Liggett to raise prices on its generics, thus enabling Brown & Williamson to maintain high profits on branded cigarettes.

Some of the essays seem designed to argue in defense of some claim such as this: Such - and - such a theological tenet is a truly Biblical tenet, that is, is part of the doctrinal theology of a Biblical writing.

Again, theologians who are persuaded of their usefulness in conveying theological meaning to the contemporary mind may have gone so far as to claim emergent evolution to be a theological symbol by which biblical events of history as well as subsequent doctrinal formulations may be explicated.

He may at times offer a tad of pseudo humility and claim that he knows that he hasn't cornered the market on doctrinal correctness, but as soon as you offer an alternative explanation that counters his belief, he lets you know that you are wrong.

To make absolute claims regarding such doctrinal statements gives too much weight to specific formulations of doctrine.

To his criterion for discerning satanic «Christianity» we might add these: hostility toward those who are different; projecting evil on other who are then demonized; claiming doctrinal certitude; breeding psychic dependency, unconsciousness, stagnation, fear, guilt, or hatred; depicting God as a monster (as in ascribing the death of loved ones to God).

I love where he says «To his criterion for discerning satanic «Christianity» we might add these: hostility toward those who are different; projecting evil on other who are then demonized; claiming doctrinal certitude;... depicting God as a monster (as in ascribing the death of loved ones to God).»

This reality makes us aware that every narrow definition of Christian doctrinal certainty will finally have to be abandoned; every claim by any branch of the Christian church to be the true church or the only church will ultimately have to be sacrificed; every doctrine of infallibility — whether of the papacy, or of the Scriptures, or of any sacred tradition, or of any individual experience — will inevitably have to be forgotten.

Problems such as the pope's claim to doctrinal authority are «in tension with the American temper and the very thing the U.S. Constitution was written to restrict,» but such problems, the book suggests, are passing remnants from the bad old days of Catholicism.

I guess if you accept that you can just make up meaningless words like «free will» and claim they fill the gap in your doctrinal logic you can claim pretty much anything.

Nobody I know is dumb enough to claim their doctrinal statement is exhaustive, and it turns out over time that certain opinions become common currency within the group.

Most conservative theologies are cognitive - propositional; they claim that doctrinal statements directly or «literally» refer to reality.

Trent and Vatican I remain normative for the Catholic faith, but a distinction should be drawn between criticizing their incomplete or unbalanced formulations of the truth and claiming that these councils formally committed the Church to doctrinal error.

Transcendental Meditation, which claims not to be a religion and has few if any doctrinal or behavioral requirements, has attracted hundreds of thousands, even though many quickly abandon the practice.

Those religions that have sacred writings do not all make direct claim to divine revelation and authority, and many hold mutually exclusive doctrinal and moral teachings.

Their claim was that Fr George Coyne's publicsupport for the Darwinian idea of biological evolution had brought him into conflict with other Vatican doctrinal officials, and so brought about his replacement.

Particularly problematic is Radner's downplaying of the significance of doctrinal truth claims.

By strong audience cultivation and solicitation, evangelical broadcasters claim they have been able to buy their way out of the religious ghetto and resist pressures to modify their strong doctrinal content.

The final category involves doctrinal disputes, where claims involve criticism of groups referred to as «sects» or «cults».

The Tribunal held that, while Christian Horizons was a religious organization, it could not claim the exemption offered by s. 24 (1)(a) because it was not primarily engaged in serving the interests of persons who are «similarly identified — i.e. persons who are adherents to its Doctrinal and Lifestyle and Morality Statements, or indeed, in serving the interests of Christians more generally.

See also Chamberlain v Surrey School District No 36, [2002] 4 SCR 710 at para 130 [foretelling the doctrinal challenge of adjudicating competing values: «In an instance where belief claims seem to conflict, there will be a need to strike a balance, either by defining the rights so as to avoid a conflict or within a s. 1 justification.»]