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    The Nature of Doctrine and the Role of the Assembly - Three Kinds of Theological Statements (Updated 2024)

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    [...]JULY 2024 (updated)



    THE NATURE OF DOCTRINE AND THE ROLE OF THE
    ASSEMBLY – THREE KINDS OF T[...]dance for the Assembly in its task of determining doctrine. The March 2009 ASC determined to authorise the d[...]the first type as “dogma”, the second
    type as “doctrine” and the third type as “theological re[...]
    [...]s said in the past. As Douglas
    John Hall puts it, “Doctrine is created by the coming together, in the[...]
    [...]as
    “determining responsibility” in matters of doctrine (Basis of Union, par 15e). Logically, this cannot[...]not alone.

    So, when the Basis of Union speaks of “doctrine”, it means official statements of the Un[...]ecision, and are to be regarded as Uniting Church doctrine.

    From time to time two or more denominations ent[...]istian belief, such as
    baptism or ministry or the doctrine of justification.

    Clearly, in drafting su[...]
    [...]ubject of theological reflection and never become
    doctrine.

    On the other hand, a matter of theological reflection may become a matter of doctrine when it
    becomes the official position of a Church[...]ordination of women that this became a matter of doctrine (as it is for the Uniting Church).

    Good t[...]
    [...]ns of the Ecumenical Church;
    (b) uses the term “doctrine” to refer to the official position of a[...]

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