doctrinal
Concerning official beliefs
Doctrinal relates to doctrine—the official teachings, beliefs, or principles of a religion, political party, or other institution.
A doctrinal dispute concerns what the group officially believes.
Doctrinal purity suggests strict adherence to established teachings.
The word appears most often in religious and legal contexts: The council addressed doctrinal questions about salvation.
Unchallengeable official beliefs
- tenetHeld principle or doctrine
- creedStatement of belief
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- canonAccepted authoritative works
catechism · precept · article of faith · confession · credo · fundamental · proposition · axiom
Study of the divine
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
- ecclesiasticalRelating to church matters
sectarian · heresy · apostasy · schism · infallibility · synod · encyclical · papal
Guidance for action
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
- syllabusCourse plan document
seminary · formation · discipleship · mentorship · transmission · orthodoxy · heterodoxy · interpretation
Belief opposing official doctrine
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- reformationProcess of improving institutions
- inquisitionSustained, probing investigation
excommunication · anathema · dissent · heterodox · revisionist · deviation · apostasy · sectarianism
Unable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
- authoritativeHaving recognized expertise
categorical · uncompromising · absolutist · literalist · fundamentalist · purist · hardline · strict
Private profit-based economy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
- nationalismDevotion to one's country
communism · fascism · anarchism · libertarianism · totalitarianism · progressivism · collectivism · individualism
dogma
Unchallengeable official beliefs
canon · catechism · precept · article of faith · confession · credo · fundamental · proposition · axiom · truth
theology
Study of the divine
- scriptureSacred religious writings
- liturgyFormal worship structure
- sacramentSacred ritual conveying grace
ecclesiastical · sectarian · heresy · apostasy · schism · infallibility · synod · encyclical · papal · canonical
instruction
Guidance for action
- indoctrinationSystematic uncritical belief instillation
- pedagogyArt of instruction
- curriculumEducational program's content plan
syllabus · seminary · formation · discipleship · mentorship · transmission · orthodoxy · heterodoxy · interpretation · commentary
heresy
Belief opposing official doctrine
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- controversyProlonged public disagreement
- reformationProcess of improving institutions
inquisition · excommunication · anathema · dissent · heterodox · revisionist · deviation · apostasy · sectarianism · factionalism
rigid
Unable to bend
- inflexibleUnable to bend
- orthodoxConforming to established belief
- unyieldingRefusing to give way
authoritative · categorical · uncompromising · absolutist · literalist · fundamentalist · purist · hardline · strict · unbending
capitalism
Private profit-based economy
- socialismCommunal economic control
- liberalismPhilosophy valuing reform, tolerance
- conservatismPreference for existing institutions
nationalism · communism · fascism · anarchism · libertarianism · totalitarianism · progressivism · collectivism · individualism · egalitarianism
- academicscholarly, academic, intellectual, erudite, learned
- sermonsSunday sermon, homilies, Easter sermon, exhortations, messages
- sacred adjectivesdivine, holy, blessed, sacred, sanctified
- VulgateJerome, Gospels, epistles, Matthew, Mark
- worship stylesliturgical, contemporary, traditional, charismatic, evangelical
doctrinalflexible
Able to bend freely
pragmatic · open-minded · undogmatic · nondogmatic · broad-minded
doctrinalpragmatic
Focused on workable solutions
practical · empirical · experiential · applied · utilitarian
doctrinalheterodox
Contrary to accepted doctrine
nontraditional · unorthodox · heretical · nonconventional · iconoclastic
- secret doctrineHidden spiritual teaching
- religious doctrineOfficial spiritual teaching
- church doctrineOfficial religious beliefs
- Monroe DoctrineAnti-colonial foreign policy stance
- castle doctrineRight to defend home forcefully
- Bush DoctrinePost-9/11 foreign policy stance
doctrine, doctrinaire, indoctrinate, doctrines, indoctrinated, doctrinally, indoctrinator