doctrinally
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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So how does this doctrinally complicated “principle,” grounded in vibes and untethered from law, actually work?
From Slate ● Nov. 5, 2024
Still, Francis’s church is doctrinally opposed to euthanasia, and he has personally condemned it, so the pope did allude, in one of his public addresses, to “patients who, in place of affection, are administered death.”
From Washington Post ● Aug. 17, 2022
Christ Fellowship, which is “aligned doctrinally and cooperatively in missions with the Southern Baptist Convention,” according to its website, hosts a variety of activities across its six campuses in Miami-Dade, including young adult nights.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 24, 2022
St. John Paul II's conservative Vatican had launched a crackdown on liberation theology, and the cause languished in the Vatican's doctrine office while theologians studied his writings to ensure they were doctrinally sound.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 7, 2018
It was a unionistic document sacrificing Lutheranism doctrinally as well as practically.
From Historical Introductions to the Symbolical Books of the Evangelical Lutheran Church by Bente, F. (Friedrich)
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