theological disputes
Religious belief conflicts
Theological disputes are disagreements about religious doctrine—debates over the nature of God, the interpretation of sacred texts, the requirements for salvation, or the proper forms of worship.
Such disputes have split churches, sparked wars, and produced countless denominations: The theological disputes of the Reformation divided Western Christianity.
The phrase often carries a note of abstraction or irrelevance to outsiders: I'm not interested in their theological disputes.
- heresyBelief opposing official doctrine
- burning at the stakeExecution by public immolation
- schismFormal organizational fracture
- exclusivismDoctrine claiming sole truth
- true believerCompletely committed adherent
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