doctrinal purity
Strict belief adherence
Doctrinal purity is strict adherence to the official beliefs of a religion, ideology, or movement, with no deviation or compromise.
The phrase often appears in contexts where a group polices its boundaries: The faction prioritized doctrinal purity over building coalitions.
It can carry positive connotations of principled consistency or negative ones of rigid orthodoxy, depending on the speaker's stance.
- orthodoxyAdherence to accepted beliefs
- dogmaUnchallengeable official beliefs
- canon lawReligious institutional regulations
- creedStatement of belief
- axiomSelf-evident starting principle
manifesto · oath · toeing the line · schism · gatekeeping · thought police · litmus · purge · shibboleth · fidelity · excommunication · uncompromising · hardline · fundamentalism · inflexibility · intolerance · scripture · sect
doctrinal purityecumenism
Movement toward religious unity
religious pluralism · broad church · interfaith dialogue · inclusivism
doctrinal purityheresy
Belief opposing official doctrine
heterodoxy · apostasy · syncretism · eclecticism · unorthodoxy
doctrinal puritypragmatism
Practical problem-solving philosophy
political expediency · realpolitik · coalition building · selling out · trimming