Pope Francis

Those who today always look for disciplinarian solutions, those who long for an exaggerated doctrinal 'security,' those who stubbornly try to recover a past that no longer exists - they have a static and inward-directed view of things. In this way, faith becomes an ideology among other ideologies.

Argentinian Clergyman

Carl Bernstein

In the John Paul II days, Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger had the advantage of staying in his cupboard - the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith - exchanging views only with the Pope, and speaking publicly only through carefully written missives on doctrinal issues.

American Journalist

Anthea Butler

In Pope Francis's 'Amoris Laetitia' (The Joy of Love), an apostolic exhortation on Catholic family life, he does not make earth-shattering doctrinal changes with regards to divorced Catholics, same-sex married Catholics, or the church's stance on homosexuality.

American Educator

Tim Wise

Children are free moral agents and have a right to be exposed to a range of beliefs well beyond the rigid doctrinal confines of their parent's faith, and we have an obligation to insist that they be so exposed, at least in public schools, if not elsewhere.

American Activist

Stephen Colbert

I am highly variable in my devotion. From a doctrinal point of view or a dogmatic point of view or a strictly Catholic adherent point of view, I'm first to say that I talk a good game, but I don't know how good I am about it in practice.

American Comedian

Michael Wolff

President Donald J Trump and the U.S. media appear now to be split by deep doctrinal differences - of the constitutional crisis kind. But, virtually up until the split, Trump and the media were as one - a perfect symbiosis.

American Author

Hugh Ross

I came to trust in Jesus as my Savior after a two-year personal study of the Bible that convinced me that Scripture is free of contradiction and error - doctrinally, historically, and scientifically.

Canadian Scientist

Francis Schaeffer

Doctrinal rightness and rightness of ecclesiastical position are important, but only as a starting point to go on into a living relationship - and not as ends in themselves.

American Theologian

Benito Mussolini

War is to man what maternity is to a woman. From a philosophical and doctrinal viewpoint, I do not believe in perpetual peace.

Italian Politician

Gordon B. Hinckley

Small aberrations in doctrinal teaching can lead to large and evil falsehoods.

American Clergyman

Often used when discussing religious teachings or beliefs within a church.

Church Context

Relates to the core principles that guide the thoughts and actions of a group.

Belief System

Can imply strict adherence to a set of beliefs, sometimes viewed negatively.

Critical Connotation

Commonly used when academics discuss or argue about established theories or beliefs.

Academic Debates

Refers to official disagreements or conflicts about principles, often in a legal or church setting.

Formal Disputes

Used in contexts where teaching materials are based on a specific set of ideas or ideology.

Educational Material

Indicates a group's unified and principled stance, especially in political or social movements.

Non-Violent Movements

Refers to the underlying ideas that inform policies or rules of an organization.

Policy Foundations

Shows the level of commitment an individual or group has to a particular set of ideas.

Commitment Level

 and less like believing a system of doctrinal statements. Isn't it ironic that Christians who claim to believe in an infinite, unknowable being