Doctrine

==Religious usage==
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Examples of religious doctrines include:
* [[Christian theology]]: 
** Doctrines such as the [[Trinity]], the [[Virgin Birth (Christian doctrine)|virgin birth]] and [[atonement in Christianity|atonement]]
** The [[Salvation Army]] ''Handbook of Doctrine''<ref>{{cite book|url=https://www.salvationarmy.org/doctrine/handbookdoctrine|author=Salvation Army International Theological Council|title=Handbook of Doctrine|location=London|publisher=Salvation Books|year=2010|isbn=978-0-85412-822-8}}</ref>
**[[Transubstantiation]] and [[Mariology of the Catholic Church|Marian teachings]] in [[Roman Catholic theology]]. The department of the [[Roman Curia]] which deals with questions of doctrine is called the [[Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith]].<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/167462/Congregation-for-the-Doctrine-of-the-Faith |title=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Roman Catholic Church) – Britannica Online Encyclopedia |publisher=Britannica.com |access-date=2013-03-07}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.ewtn.com/library/curia/cdfboff.htm |title=Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith |publisher=Ewtn.com |access-date=2013-03-07}}</ref>
** The distinctive [[Calvinist]] doctrine of [[Predestination (Calvinism)|"double" predestination]]
**The [[Methodist Church of Great Britain]] refers to the "doctrines to which the preachers of the Methodist Church are pledged" as ''doctrinal standards'' <ref>[https://www.methodist.org.uk/about-us/the-methodist-church/doctrine-of-the-methodist-church/ Doctrine of the Methodist Church], accessed 25 May 2018</ref> 
* ''[[Yuga]]'' in [[Hinduism]]
* Postulation or ''[[Syādvāda]]'' in [[Jainism]]
* The [[Four Noble Truths]] in [[Buddhism]]

[[Roman Catholic]] and [[Eastern Orthodox Church|Orthodox]] doctrine generally comes from the writings of the [[Church Fathers]], which has been clarified in various [[Ecumenical council]]s. Short versions can be found in [[s:Blessed be God/Brief Statement Of Christian Doctrine|brief statements of Christian doctrine]], in prayer books.<ref>{{cite book|chapter=[[s:Blessed be God/Brief Statement Of Christian Doctrine|Brief Statement Of Christian Doctrine]]|title=Blessed be God; a complete Catholic prayer book|year=1925|publisher=P. J. Kenedy & Sons|first=Very Rev. Charles J.|last=Callan}}</ref> Longer versions take the form of [[catechisms]]. [[Protestants]] generally reject [[Christian tradition]] and instead derive their doctrine [[Sola scriptura|solely from the Bible]].<ref name="Wisse 2017">{{cite book |author-last=Wisse |author-first=Maarten |year=2017 |chapter-url=https://books.google.com/books?id=_yk_DwAAQBAJ&pg=PA19 |chapter=PART I: Systematic Perspectives – ''Contra et Pro Sola Scriptura'' |editor1-last=Burger |editor1-first=Hans |editor2-last=Huijgen |editor2-first=Arnold |editor3-last=Peels |editor3-first=Eric |title=Sola Scriptura: Biblical and Theological Perspectives on Scripture, Authority, and Hermeneutics |location=[[Leiden]] |publisher=[[Brill Publishers]] |series=Studies in Reformed Theology |volume=32 |pages=19–37 |doi=10.1163/9789004356436_003 |isbn=978-90-04-35643-6 |issn=1571-4799}}</ref>
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