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What is the difference between doctrine and creationism?

doctrine | creationism |

As nouns the difference between doctrine and creationism

is that doctrine is a belief or tenet, especially about philosophical or theological matters while creationism is (theology) the doctrine that each individual human soul is created by god (in christianity, judaism, islam and the baha'i faith), as opposed to traducianism.

doctrine

English

(wikipedia doctrine)

Noun

(en noun)
  • 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.
    • The incarnation is a basic doctrine of classical Christianity.
    The four noble truths summarise the main doctrines of Buddhism.

    Related terms

    * docent * docile * doctor * doctorate * doctrinaire * doctrinal, doctrinally * doctrinize, doctrinization * document * indoctrinate

    External links

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    Anagrams

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    creationism

    English

    (wikipedia creationism)

    Noun

    (en-noun)
  • (theology) The doctrine that each individual human soul is created by God (in Christianity, Judaism, Islam and the Baha'i Faith), as opposed to traducianism.
  • *
  • Any creationary belief, especially a belief that the origin of things is due to an event or process of creation brought about by the deliberate act of any divine agency, such as a Creator God (creator god).
  • The belief that a deity created the world, especially as described in a particular religious text, such as the Quran or the Book of Genesis.
  • * 2008 , Thomas Dixon, Science and Religion: A Very Short Introduction , link
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    • Hyponyms

    * intelligent design * ,? Rastafarianism,? Sikhism,? Tenrikyo,? Zoroastrianism

    Derived terms

    * evolutionary creationism (EC) * intelligent-design creationism (IDC) * old-earth creationism (OEC) * young-earth creationism (YEC)

    Related terms

    * create * creation * creation science * creationary * creationary evolutionism * creationary evolutionist * creationary science * creationist * creationistic * creationistically * creator

    See also

    * creationary evolutionism (CE) * evolution * evolutionary * evolutionary biology * evolutionary creationist * evolutionary psychology * evolutionary science * evolutionism * evolutionist * evolution science * intelligent designer * intelligent designism * intelligent designist

    Anagrams

    * English words suffixed with -ism