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• a  relating to or involving or preoccupied with doctrine
  quibbling over doctrinal minutiae

• Of the handful of priests expelled from the Roman Catholic Church in modern times for doctrinal error, none was more celebrated than Boston Jesuit Leonard Feeney.
• By Franz's account, reading or studying of the Bible is considered "evil" unless conducted in authorized discussions following Watch Tower doctrinal guides, lest staffers veer .
• That appeal led to Packer's current role as a doctrinal Solomon whose pronouncements as executive editor at the magazine Christianity Today exert influence beyond its 340,000 readers.

News & Articles

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• The Pope and the Archbishop
  About the only thing that Pope Francis and the Most Rev. Justin Welby share is the fact that they are outsiders in their respective churches. Beyond that, institutional and doctrinal differences remain deep.
  June 17, 2013 - New York Times
• Pope's remarks on religious orders confirmed 'in a general sense'
  Pope Francis' purported remarks to a group of nuns and priests from Latin America that they should not worry if they found themselves under doctrinal scrutiny were confirmed "in a general sense" by the group Tuesday.
  June 12, 2013 - National Catholic Reporter
• Pope's remarks on religious orders confirmed, 'generally'
  Pope Francis's purported remarks to a group of nuns and priests from Latin America that they should not worry if they found themselves under doctrinal scrutiny were confirmed "in a general sense" by the group Tuesday.
  June 12, 2013 - National Catholic Reporter

Quotes

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• Maria Eagle in The Christian Institute
  At the weekend, Government equalities minister Maria Eagle said that "while the state would not intervene in narrowly ritual or doctrinal matters" it would tell churches what to do in other areas.
• Ayman al-Zawahri in NEWS.com.au
  We ask Allah that they only get out after losing 200,000 to 300,000 killed, so that we give the blood spillers in Washington and Europe an unforgettable lesson to motivate them to review their entire doctrinal and moral system,Zawahiri said...
• Tony Blair in NEWS.com.au
  Of his foundation, Mr Blair said the aim was not to throw "all the faiths in a doctrinal melting pot and coming out with the world religion as it were, that's not what it's about". "At the moment, you've still got really quite profound...