Doctrine Quotes

Good conduct arises out of good doctrine.

If forgers and malefactors are put to death by the secular power, there is much more reason for excommunicating and even putting to death one convicted of heresy.

First, then, State Socialism, which may be described as the doctrine that all the affairs of men should be managed by the government, regardless of individual choice.

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

I know that a Christian should be humble, but against the Pope I am going to be proud and say to him: "You, Pope, I will not have you for my boss, for I am sure that my doctrine is divine.

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

I venerate the man whose heart is warm, Whose hands are pure, whose doctrine and whose life, Coincident, exhibit lucid proof That he is honest in the sacred cause.

I reject any religious doctrine that does not appeal to reason and is in conflict with morality.

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.

Theology is the doctrine or teaching of living to God.

What President Bush did in his doctrine of preemptive strike and in his war in Afghanistan and in Iraq was to turn even his allies in Europe negatively toward America.

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.

People get so used to the dark that they think it's growing brighter. It's possible to fraternize with unbelievers until false doctrine becomes less and less objectionable.

The early Christians condemned false doctrine in a way that sounds almost unchristian today.

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

Doctrine is the frame-work of life; it is the skeleton of truth, to be clothed and rounded out by the living graces of a holy life. It is only the lean creature whose bones become offensive.

Beneath all differences of doctrine or discipline there exists a fundamental agreement as to the simple, absolute essentials in religion.

Schools need not preach political doctrine to defend democracy. If they shape men capable of critical thought and trained in social attitudes, that is all that is necessary.

The doctrines of the Bible are often not clothed in the language of strict truth, but in that which was fittest to convey to a rude and ignorant people the practical essentials of the doctrine.

As some to Church repair, not for the doctrine, but the music there.

A clash of doctrine is not a disaster, it is an opportunity.

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.

The only question which any wise man can ask himself, and which any honest man will ask himself, is whether a doctrine is true or false.

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

Optimist – A proponent of the doctrine that black is white.

Pantheism, n. The doctrine that everything is God, in contradistinction to the doctrine that God is everything.

When we have communion with God in the doctrine we contend for-then shall we be garrisoned by the grace of God against all the assaults of men.

Perfection spawns doctrines, dictators and totalitarian ideas.

There is no such way to gain admittance, or give defence to strange and absurd Doctrines, as to guard them round about with Legions of obscure, doubtful, and undefin'd Words.

If sound doctrine is given up, the real Gospel of redemption by the blood of the Son of God is denied, worldliness follows.

Sometimes it leads me even to hesitate whether I am strictly correct in my idea that all men are born to equal rights, for their conduct seems to me to contravene the doctrine.

The Church ever operates in full light. There is no secrecy about its doctrine, aim, or work.

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

A doctrine of class war seemed to provide a solution to the problem of poverty to people who know nothing about how wealth is created

Discipline is an index to doctrine.

I love to deal with doctrines and events. The contests of men about men I greatly dislike.

Teaching Authority of the Church does not forbid ... research and discussions ... with regard to the doctrine of evolution.

The doctrine of the Trinity which was established in the church by the council of Nice, A. D. 325. This doctrine destroys the personality of God, and his Son Jesus Christ our Lord.

I do not know all of the providences of the Lord, but I do know that he permits false doctrine to be taught in and out of the Church and that such teaching is part of the sifting process of mortality

Our doctrine of equality and liberty and humanity comes from our belief in the brotherhood of man, through the fatherhood of God.

There are men who would be afraid to commit themselves on the doctrine that castor oil is a laxative.

It is because the doctrine of human unity based on the spiritual oneness of all beings, is not propagated in the right manner that we have today many divisions leading to many conflicts.

[Copernicus] did not ignore the Bible, but he knew very well that if his doctrine were proved, then it could not contradict the Scriptures when they were rightly understood.

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 Bible is our rule of faith and doctrine.

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

The fact that Brazil and Chile now has China as their largest trading partner means the Monroe Doctrine is certainly something of the past.

The sooner the doctrine of original sin disappears, the better it is for theology.

Whatsoever, after due examination and analysis, you find to be kind, conducive to the good, the benefit, the welfare of all beings...that doctrine believe and cling to, and take it as your guide.

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