Dias, who is not Catholic, testified she didn't know artificial insemination violated church doctrine or her employment pact.
All of this can be done while renewing orthodoxy rather than rejecting it -- preserving the timeless authority of church doctrine.
While Pope Benedict has often been described as an arch-conservative because of his past role as the top enforcer of church doctrine, he made some reformist moves.
The Pope's policy does not change church doctrine and applies only to the Year of Mercy, a centuries-old Catholic practice during which believers may receive special indulgences for their sins.
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The church considers artificial insemination immoral and a violation of church doctrine, and the contract required her to comply with the philosophies and teachings of the Catholic church, Goodin said.
The Times reported that church officials stopped proceedings against the priest after he wrote Ratzinger, who was at the time the cardinal in charge of the group that oversees Catholic Church doctrine.
He rose to prominence as a young theologian in the wake of World War II, calling for modernization in the church, and decades later cemented his influence as the Vatican's chief of doctrine, championing church tradition and reining in Catholics who challenged it.
It is due to this age-long ritual that we have decided to organize a conference such as this since the doctrine of the Church lectures has evolved over the years we are proud to say we are keeping the hope alive!
Bustros did not simply assert a theological view at odds with the doctrine of the Catholic Church.
He said that the whole doctrine of the Catholic Church was set out in the images in the Sistine Chapel, and that he wanted everyone who visited to be able to appreciate that symbolic system.
There again, I wouldn't want to expel anyone from the church if they felt that that particular doctrine was a difficulty for them.
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John Locke set out to release the individual from the tyranny of religious authorities by enunciating the doctrine of the separation of church and state.
In the United States both secular and religious arbitration are firmly established, operating under a Federal Arbitration Act that gives robust standing to the procedure but also allows the parties to counter-appeal to ordinary courts on certain grounds (though America's church-state separation stops courts hearing arguments about doctrine).
While the group accepts the doctrine and celebrates the sacraments of the Roman Catholic Church, it uses its own liturgy and customs.
According to doctrine, women were "going against" their Church.
But he also defended Pope Benedict XVI, pointing out that the pope previously headed the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, in which he led many reforms of church law regarding abuse victims and offenders.
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But there are concerns that doctrine could be flouted in favour of modern societal standards, that the Irish Church could atone for the sins of the past by appealing to the masses through a liberalisation.
But the guidelines emphasise the separation of church and state, reiterating that schools "may not endorse or favour religious activity or doctrine, coerce participation in religious activity or seek to impose their religious beliefs on impressionable children".
Despite his goal of promoting harmony between the faiths, Pope Benedict stuck firmly to what he saw as a gift of truth that he had been born into in his native Bavaria - namely that the Roman Catholic Church was founded by Jesus Christ and despite all its human imperfections, had the authority to define doctrine and make definitive statements about truth and falsehood.
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