church doctrine

Questions about church doctrine

What does church doctrine mean?

church doctrine means "the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group".

What is another word for church doctrine?

Close synonyms include religious doctrine, gospel, creed. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is church doctrine a common word?

church doctrine is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.