Doctrine - Religious Usage

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.

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