But in many» not all, to be sure» cases of «dividing doctrines,» we now have a level of stated agreement among many whose contemporary (and still contested) achievement makes one wonder about the essential character
of doctrinal conflict in the first place.
It is chiefly to this last source
of doctrinal conflict that the present analysis will be addressed.
Not exact matches
What has been called the «small print»
of Pastor aeternus (the preamble to the definitions) makes it plain that ex cathedra definitions
of doctrine by the pope are intended for situations where the college
of bishops is divided — where it finds itself in a condition
of irresoluble internal
doctrinal conflict.
Even scholars
of Christian history often conclude that political and social
conflicts really have been more important than
doctrinal debates.
As soon as I read it, I recognised obvious
doctrinal conflicts, and I reasoned: «If they teach different terms
of salvation, they can't be the same Jesus.»
Most
of the issues related to the Bible and warfare (warfare seems to be what history is made
of and there are usually multiple causes and interpretations for each
conflict) had to do with power struggles (also the most human
of all endeavors) and perhaps
doctrinal issues
of freedom related to these power struggles.
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.
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.
The reason is that beneath the
doctrinal conflicts lies a set
of characteristics that all good schools have in common.
The reasons issued by the LSUC for finding Beth DeMerchant and Darren Sukonick had not been in a
conflict of interest when representing Hollinger International Inc. and Conrad Black during the sale
of Hollinger's newspaper businesses to CanWest, are not especially interesting as a matter
of doctrinal law (the DeMerchant decision is here).
She considers
conflict management technology as disruptive, in the sense that implementation
of technology affects both
doctrinal boundaries between different fields
of law as well as dispute resolution mechanisms.
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.»]