I hope what you say is true, but this is one of the biggest
doctrinal debates of at least the last 400 years.
The writings of G. L. Prestige and J. N. D. Kelly are valuable for
the doctrinal debates of the Patristic age.
Not exact matches
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
«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.»
Disagreements arose about what the Bible actually taught, until eventually, both sides
of a
doctrinal debate condemned and excommunicated their opponents.
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.
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.
In the
debate over Amoris Laetitia, we are dealing with matters
of considerable
doctrinal and pastoral importance.
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.