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Doctrine (from Latin: doctrina, meaning 'teaching, instruction') is a codification of beliefs or a body of teachings or instructions, taught principles or positions, as the essence of teachings in a given branch of knowledge or in a belief system.
Creeds (from Latin credo meaning "I believe") are concise doctrinal statements or confessions, usually of religious beliefs. They began as baptismal formulas and were later expanded during the Christological controversies of the 4th and 5th centuries to become statements of faith.
This belief gradually developed into the modern formulation of the Trinity, which is the doctrine that God is a single entity , but that there is a trinity in God's single being, the meaning of which has always been debated.
Statues of William Farel, John Calvin, Theodore Beza, and John Knox, influential theologians in developing the Reformed faith, at the Reformation Wall in Geneva. Reformed Christianity, [1] also called Calvinism, [a] is a major branch of Protestantism that began during the 16th-century Protestant Reformation.
The Seventh-day Adventist doctrine of creationism is based on believing that the opening chapters of Genesis should be interpreted as literal history. Adventist belief holds that all Earthly life originated during a six-day period some 6000 years ago, and a global flood destroyed all land based animals and humans except for those saved on Noah ...
Each of the doctrines found in this creed can be traced to statements current in the apostolic period. The creed was apparently used as a summary of Christian doctrine for baptismal candidates in the churches of Rome. [120] Its points include: Belief in God the Father, Jesus Christ as the Son of God, [note 2] and the Holy Spirit
This word refers to a doctrine, belief or set of principles that political or religious officials expect others to follow (without question). OK, that's it for hints—I don't want to totally give ...
In the early days of the Oneness movement standards, holiness was not a held belief nor required bylaw for congregants. In fact, holiness or entire sanctification is the Wesleyan Methodist doctrine inherited by the original branch of Pentecostalism—Holiness Pentecostalism. [151]