Sentences with phrase «such doctrinal differences»

In church history, such doctrinal differences have occasionally led to wars between factions as each side tries to exert power and control over others.

Not exact matches

(Note, too, how the emphasis on feelings allows the evangelist to de-emphasize doctrinal differences among the denominations; when referring to such distinctions, Pat does it with a chuckle.)

Organizational and interpersonal issues, rather than doctrinal differences or hot - button issues such as homosexuality, were the most likely to motivate pastors to move on.

There is a danger that real doctrinal differences may be underplayed or ignored in such an ecumenical framework, all in the effort to achieve «mutual recognition,» as the cardinal says, of each other as equal manifestations of the Church.

When the conference considered the possibility of establishing an International Committee, it was specifically stated that such a committee, when organized, should be, from the very beginning, precluded from handling matters concerned with the doctrinal or ecclesiastical differences of various denominations.1

He warns of the real danger of dialogue leading to the dilution of confessional standards, leveling out all genuine differences, doctrinal minimalism, or what he calls common denominator ecumenicity, all of which have resulted in darkening the light of truth such that «believers do not even know at what points they are really one, to say nothing of the points on which they are divided.»

There are many doctrinal differences that most evangelicals seem to be able to live with for the sake of unity, such as women's leadership, penal atonement and the role of the Spirit.

In the past, some of those who have looked for theological and doctrinal differences between white and black churches have concluded that such differences, if any, were minor.