theological belief

collocation in English

meaningsoftheologicalandbelief

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theological
adjective
uk
/ˌθiː.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/
us
/ˌθiː.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to the study of religion and ...
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belief
noun[C or S or U]
uk
/bɪˈliːf/
us
/bɪˈliːf/
the feeling of being certain that something exists or ...
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(Definition oftheologicalandbelieffrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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The holism envisaged implies that you do not just pick out a singletheologicalbeliefand then try to vindicate it.
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Yet, it also provides the potential to hold fast to theological beliefs in such a way as is required by the logic of thetheologicalbeliefsystem.
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I am a pragmatist, and my strongesttheologicalbeliefis that faith without works is of no avail whatever.
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It does not bother me much whether it is compatible with this or thattheologicalbeliefto fill in a football pool coupon.
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The aim of theodicy is to seek to reconciletheologicalbeliefwith the existence of suffering.
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No such evidence could ever be enough to pragmatically justify the kind of total commitment involved in truetheologicalbeliefor romantic love.
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Yet, attempting to legitimate individual theological beliefs is doomed to failure for the simple reasons that any attempt to legitimate individual beliefs is doomed to failure.
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Claim (1) is further evidenced by the fact that (4) theology is beset by internal disagreement and division concerning which theological beliefs are true.
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Furthermore, theology indeed possesses a shared rule of faith - its own internal sources and norms - that enable it to determine which theological beliefs are true and which are not.
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I was speaking not of morals but of faith and deep theological beliefs.
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No, it was because of my theological beliefs.
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Certain theological beliefs were supposed to underlie the entire process of acquiring knowledge, and to give meaning and reason to it.
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They shared a middle-class background and similar theological beliefs.
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However, other theological beliefs, such as the need to repent of one's sins for eternal salvation, remained unexamined within the mainstream denominations.
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Owing to ill-health and a change in his theological beliefs, he left the ministry.
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This theme was also from one of his theological beliefs.
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Moreover, his theological beliefs led to speculation about the heat death of the universe.
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By this time he was already spreading his theological beliefs.
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Personal theological beliefs are not to be discussed in the lodge, thus avoiding arguments with those holding different beliefs.
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Human rights are an example of a moral belief, founded in previous theological beliefs, which make the false claim of being grounded in rationality.
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