They will join Vatican-based cardinals who hold sway over doctrine, bishops and priests.

Another leading issue in the trial is how outside control over religious doctrine can be circumscribed within a Catholic university.

Mutually unrealistic expectations, perhaps, were more to blame for the rupture than differences over legal doctrine.

She had thrown herself into countless movements, at least until the factions rose and the quibbling over doctrine began.

It does not have authority over doctrine, liturgy or canonizations.

In this context, religious differences are not based on disagreements over doctrine.

The issues involved conflicts over doctrine, religious practice, and slavery.

However, as time went by, there arose disagreements over doctrine and organizational structure.

Interdenominational differences over organization, the status of the ministry, and (to a lesser extent) doctrine also stood in the way.

That rift involves differences over theological doctrine, to be sure.