Doctrine and Scripture

Doctrine

Doctrine noun - A statement or body of statements concerning faith or morals proclaimed by a church.

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Scripture and doctrine are semantically related In some cases you can use "Scripture" instead a noun "Doctrine".

Nearby Words: doctrinal, doctrinarian

Scripture noun - A book made up of the writings accepted by Christians as coming from God.

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Doctrine and scripture are semantically related in holy book topic. Sometimes you can use "Doctrine" instead a noun "Scripture".

Nearby Words: script, scripted, scriptural

old	old doctrine	old scripture
original	original doctrine	original scripture
holy	holy doctrine	holy scripture
religious	religious doctrine	religious scripture
Other adjectives: Christian, Buddhist.

Different groups would hold doctrine that mixed-and-matched or varied from the above list in their own ways, not to mention interpretations on scripture have varied.

Source: Useful Notes / Gnosticism
On the other hand, you have concerned Catholics who think the other concerned Catholics are abandoning deeply-held Church doctrine without any justification in Scripture or Tradition and essentially advocating an acquiescence to modern (im)morality.

Source: Artistic License Traditional Christianity
The canon of Scripture is: the Bible (in English-speaking countries, the King James version is official), the Book of Mormon, the Doctrine and Covenants, and a smaller, more miscellaneous volume called "Pearl of Great Price".

Source: Useful Notes / Christianity

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