Sentences with phrase «doctrinal debate»

His argument, which relies on extensive historical detail and vast scholarship, in its simplest form can be put thus: If people turn to «the Bible alone» as their criterion in doctrinal debate, then the debate will necessarily devolve into irresolvable disputes.

The reason is that Randall Davidson, Archbishop of Canterbury, as a condition of participation at Edinburgh, secured a promise from John R. Mott that doctrinal debate would be excluded.

Please note, this isn't a doctrinal debate, merely a factual one.

Disagreements arose about what the Bible actually taught, until eventually, both sides of a doctrinal debate condemned and excommunicated their opponents.

A simple appeal to the Bible without reference to the historical particularities of doctrinal debate could not help me to understand why this should be the case.

While he allows that doctrinal debates about Christ and the Trinity are of only antiquarian interest, he comes out for what he calls a «redemptive process» in which good people do not give up on the goal of establishing the kingdom of God on earth.

The writings of G. L. Prestige and J. N. D. Kelly are valuable for the doctrinal debates of the Patristic age.

Even scholars of Christian history often conclude that political and social conflicts really have been more important than doctrinal debates.

Individuals are allowed to state their own beliefs, but doctrinal debates will not be part of our meetings.

Doctrinal debates are not allowed.

Nevertheless, I need to confess that I stand in awe and admiration of the orthodox dogma, particularly in light of the world - view, the Greek philosophy and the doctrinal debates that served as its background.

I hope what you say is true, but this is one of the biggest doctrinal debates of at least the last 400 years.

Syriza, on the other hand, has its roots in more traditional radical left politics, but in the past four years it has ditched doctrinal debates about the evils of capitalism and embraced Keynesian solutions to deal with Greece's debt and social crisis.

Not exact matches

I want to mention that, when speaking to pastors and others about the Calvinism debate, they will often say that it really doesn't matter, because these doctrinal issues are not «essential.»

In hopes of averting further degradation of the environment, Francis proposes a number of policy recommendations, which, though not in themselves doctrinal, or beyond debate, are based upon a «solid scientific analysis of all the data currently available,» as Fr.

Misleading Uses Of Scripture Th is impression is reinforced by some diocesan schemes designed for use by small discussion groups in parishes, which encourage debate about scriptural passages without any doctrinal framework or guidance.

Unless one bleaches the debate of its living doctrinal substance — and the Rav explicitly states that requiring men of faith to bracket their deepest experiences constitutes unacceptable censorship — it inevitably raises questions about atonement, justification, faith and works, and so on.

«It is not, therefore a matter of debating doctrinal questions,» said Archbishop Bruno Forte, who will be the special secretary for the synod, «which have in any case been clarified by the magisterium.»

When judgment falls, it will be only a matter of academic debate whether it was the disunity of professing Christians, as ecumenists think, that frustrated the emergence of «the great world church,» or whether it was the doctrinal compromises of ecumenical pluralists or the shortsighted squabbling of evangelical independents that spurred the breakdown of Western technological civilization.

This makes for good academic debate, but without a narrative or doctrinal unity the Bible can not compete with the imperial present.

In the debate over Amoris Laetitia, we are dealing with matters of considerable doctrinal and pastoral importance.

My co-bloggers may be interested in debating this from a doctrinal perspective.