HyperDic: theological_doctrine

English > 1 sense of the expression theological doctrine:
NOUNcognitiontheological doctrinethe doctrine of a religious group
English > theological doctrine: 1 sense > noun 1, cognition
MeaningThe doctrine of a religious group.
NarrowerArianismheretical doctrine taught by Arius that asserted the radical primacy of the Father over the Son
AthanasianismThe theological doctrine taught by Athanasius that Christ the Son is of the same substance as God the Father
Boehmenism, BehmenismThe mystical theological doctrine of Jakob Boehme that influenced the Quakers
ChristologyA religious doctrine or theory based on Jesus or Jesus' teachings
DocetismThe heretical doctrine (associated with the Gnostics) that Jesus had no human body and his sufferings and death on the cross were apparent rather than real
EpiscopalianismThe theological doctrine of church government by bishops
Erastianism, Byzantinism, CaesaropapismThe doctrine that the state / state is supreme over the church in ecclesiastical matters
GnosticismA religious orientation advocating gnosis as the way to release a person's spiritual element
HinayanismThe religious doctrine of Hinayana Buddhism
JansenismThe Roman Catholic doctrine of Cornelis Jansen and his disciples
MahayanismThe religious doctrine of Mahayana Buddhism
MarcionismThe Christian heresy / heresy of the 2nd and 3rd centuries that rejected the Old Testament and denied the incarnation of God in Jesus as a human
MonophysitismA Christian heresy / heresy of the 5th and 6th centuries that challenged the orthodox definition of the two natures (human and divine) in Jesus and instead believed there was a single divine nature
MonothelitismThe theological doctrine that Christ had only one will even though he had two natures (human and divine)
NeoplatonismA system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism
NestorianismThe theological doctrine (named after Nestorius) that Christ is both the son of God and the man Jesus (which is opposed to Roman Catholic doctrine that Christ is fully God)
PelagianismThe theological doctrine put forward by Pelagius which denied original sin and affirmed the ability of humans to be righteous
QuakerismThe theological doctrine of the Society of Friends characterized by opposition to war and rejection of ritual and a formal creed and an ordained ministry
RosicrucianismThe theological doctrine that venerates the rose and the cross as symbols of Christ's Resurrection and redemption
ThomismThe comprehensive theological doctrine created by Saint Thomas Aquinas in the 13th century and still taught by the Dominicans
Virgin Birth, NativityThe theological doctrine that Jesus Christ had no human father
ZurvanismA heretical Zoroastrian doctrine holding that Zurvan was the ultimate source of the universe and that both Ahura Mazda and Ahriman were Zurvan's offspring
antinomianismThe theological doctrine that by faith and God's grace a Christian is freed from all laws (including the moral standards of the culture)
consubstantiationThe doctrine of the High Anglican Church that after the consecration of the Eucharist the substance of the body and blood of Christ coexists with the substance of the consecrated bread and wine
millenarianism, millenarism, millenniumism, chiliasmbelief in the Christian doctrine of the millennium mentioned in the Book of Revelations
predestination, foreordination, preordination, predetermination(theology) being determined in advance
rationalismThe theological doctrine that human reason rather than divine revelation establishes religious truth
reincarnationThe Hindu or Buddhist doctrine that a person may be reborn successively into one of five classes of living beings (god or human or animal or hungry ghost or denizen of Hell) depending on the person's own actions
spiritualism(theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God
synergismThe theological doctrine that salvation results from the interaction of human will and divine grace
theanthropism(theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine
total depravityThe Calvinist doctrine that everyone is born in a state of corruption as a result of original sin
transubstantiationThe Roman Catholic doctrine that the whole substance of the bread and the wine changes into the substance of the body and blood of Christ when consecrated in the Eucharist
universalismThe theological doctrine that all people will eventually be saved
Broaderdoctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ismA belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school
Spanishdoctrina teológica
Catalandoctrina teològica

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