Therefore not a condition of believing
particular doctrinal statements.
Legalism has dogged Christianity throughout its history whenever a particular structure of the Church,
a particular doctrinal statement, or a particular form of behavior, has replaced the living Christ as the expression of divine revelation and the guide for human life.
Not exact matches
All Christians ever since, whether they are Roman Catholic, Eastern Orthodox, Anglican, Protestant, or Free Church, have agreed on the central
doctrinal statements expressed in this
particular statement of faith.
Some years ago I heard the lead theologian of a denomination describe
doctrinal statements as those
statements which define the «
doctrinal distinctiveness» of the
particular denomination.
I think what Viola is saying is that many churches seem to put their pastor up as the head, or the denomination, or the
doctrinal statement, or a
particular system of theology, or the Bible.