doctrinally
Americanadverb
Example Sentences
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Can the Constitution operate only in the future while the past is sealed off as doctrinally untouchable?
From Slate ● Jan. 8, 2026
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
As for American Lutheranism, it is not a specific brand of Lutheranism, but simply Lutheranism in America; for doctrinally Lutheranism, like Christianity, with which it is identical, is the same the world over.
From American Lutheranism Volume 1: Early History of American Lutheranism and The Tennessee Synod by F. (Friedrich) Bente
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