Doctrine Quotes - Page 10

Godliness, as well as the doctrine of our faith, is a mystery.

Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God.

If we take seriously the word-flesh Christology of Chalcedon (i.e., the doctrine that Christ is fully human and fully divine) and view Christ as the telos toward which God is drawing the whole of creation, then any view of the sciences that leaves Christ out of the picture must be seen as fundamentally deficient.

How are we to adjudicate among rival ontologies? Certainly the answer is not provided by the semantical formula "To be is to be the value of a variable"; this formula serves rather, conversely, in testing the conformity of a given remark or doctrine to a prior ontological standard.

The religion-builders have so distorted and deformed the doctrines of Jesus, so muffled them in mysticism, fancies, and falsehoods.

Discipline is an index to doctrine.

A doctrine serves no purpose in itself, but it is indispensable to have one if only to avoid being deceived by false doctrines.

I've always been opposed to groups. I can't believe the doctrine of group is going to work for every single person within the group.

The peculiar doctrine of Christianity is that of a universal sacrifice and perpetual propitiation.

No member of a society has a right to teach any doctrine contrary to what the society holds to be true.

The doctrine of eternal punishment is in perfect harmony with the savagery of the men who made the orthodox creeds. It is in harmony with torture, with flaying alive, and with burnings.

If someone doesn't know their Old Testament, they don't know right doctrine, right correction, and they can't be equipped for good works.

I have only one doctrine, the infinitude of the private man.

Zen has no theory. It is a non-theoretical approach into reality. It has no doctrine and no dogma - hence it has no church, no priest, no pope.

Olympism is a doctrine of the fraternity between the body and the soul.

There are times in history where a particular doctrine becomes a symbol of a greater problem.

A true servant of God will never teach a false doctrine. He will never deny new revelation. He never will tell you that the canon of scripture is full, or that the New Testament is the last revelation ever intended to be given to man.

By nature and doctrines I am addicted to the habit of discovering choice places wherein to feed.

The doctrine of the immortality of the soul has more threat than comfort.

I do not admit that my doctrine can be judged by anyone.

Doctrines provide an architecture for both Republican and Democrat presidents to carry out policies.

Philosophy aims at the logical clarification of thoughts. Philosophy is not a body of doctrine but an activity. A philosophical work consists essentially of elucidations.

At one level Great Britain at the beginning of the 18th century was like the Christian doctrine of the Trinity, both three and one, and altogether something of a mystery.

Christianity is so much more than getting your doctrine right, but it is not less.

For the poet the credo or doctrine is not the point of arrival but is, on the contrary, the point of departure for the metaphysical journey.