Religious Usage
Examples of religious doctrines include:
- Christian Trinity and Virgin birth
- Christian Original Sin and its cure, the Redemption of Jesus Christ
- Roman Catholic Transubstantiation and Immaculate Conception
- Calvinist predestination
- Methodist Prevenient Grace
- Hinduism The Doctrine of epoch or Yuga
- Jainism The Doctrine of Postulation or Syādvāda
- Buddhist Doctrine
One department of the Roman Curia is called the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith. Also shows other doctrines involved in the shape of government and politics.
Read more about this topic: Doctrine
Famous quotes containing the words religious and/or usage:
“Adjoining a refreshment stand ... is a small frame ice house ... with a whitewashed advertisement on its brown front stating, simply, “Ice. Glory to Jesus.” The proprietor of the establishment is a religious man who has seized the opportunity to broadcast his business and his faith at the same time.”
—For the State of New Jersey, U.S. public relief program (1935-1943)
“...Often the accurate answer to a usage question begins, “It depends.” And what it depends on most often is where you are, who you are, who your listeners or readers are, and what your purpose in speaking or writing is.”
—Kenneth G. Wilson (b. 1923)