What is the difference between belief and doctrine?
belief | doctrine |
Mental acceptance of a claim as likely true.
*{{quote-magazine, date=2013-12-06, author=(George Monbiot)
, volume=189, issue=26, page=48, magazine=(The Guardian Weekly)
, title= Faith or trust in the reality of something; often based upon one's own reasoning, trust in a claim, desire of actuality, and/or evidence considered.
(countable) Something believed.
(uncountable) The quality or state of believing.
(uncountable) Religious faith.
(in the plural) One's religious or moral convictions.
A belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.
The body of teachings of a religion, or a religious leader, organization, group or text.
As nouns the difference between belief and doctrine
is that belief is mental acceptance of a claim as likely true while doctrine is a belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters.belief
English
Noun
(en noun)Why I'm eating my words on veganism – again, passage=The belief that there is no conflict between [livestock] farming and arable production also seems to be unfounded: by preventing the growth of trees and other deep vegetation in the hills and by compacting the soil, grazing animals cause a cycle of flash floods and drought, sporadically drowning good land downstream and reducing the supply of irrigation water.}}
Derived terms
* * beyond belief * disbelief * self-belief * unbeliefdoctrine
English
(wikipedia doctrine)Noun
(en noun)- The incarnation is a basic doctrine of classical Christianity.
- The four noble truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.