Definition of Church doctrine

1. Noun. The written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group.


Lexicographical Neighbors of Church Doctrine

church
church-ale
church-ales
church-goer
church-goers
church-going
church-state
church-yard
church affiliation
church bell
church bench
church building
church calendar
church crawler
church crawlers
church doctrine (current term)
church festival
church hat
church key
church keys
church member
church mode
church mouse
church music
church officer
church planter
church planters
church planting
church property
church roll

Literary usage of Church doctrine

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. The New Schaff-Herzog Encyclopedia of Religious Knowledge: Embracing by Johann Jakob Herzog, Philip Schaff, Albert Hauck (1911)
"Upon its vindication depended the right and merit of speculation in theology; to inquire into the realities at the basis of church doctrine, and to create ..."

2. Church Unity: Studies of Its Most Important Problems by Charles Augustus Briggs (1909)
"I shall not attempt to give the church doctrine of ... The church doctrine of the Church is defined in the Creeds, Liturgies and confessional books of the ..."

3. Church History by Johann Heinrich Kurtz (1889)
"The church doctrine of the Hereaf er.—All who had perfectly observed every requirement of the penances and sacraments of the church ..."

4. Orthodoxy: Its Truths and Errors by James Freeman Clarke (1918)
"Definition of the church doctrine. — " The fundamental formula for the doctrine of the Trinity, as defined by the Church," says Twesten,* " is, ..."

5. The Political History of England by William Hunt, Reginald Lane Poole (1906)
"church doctrine. If any hopes of catholic reunion survived parliament, they must have been finally shattered in convocation. ..."

6. The Mercersburg Review by Alumni Association, Franklin and Marshall College (1868)
"THE church doctrine OF THE FORGIVENESS OF SIN. The sense of sin is universal. Not only are all men sinners, but all men feel that they are ..."

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