Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- adjective Of or relating to a creed.
from The Century Dictionary.
- Of or pertaining to creed; founded upon creed: as, creedal unity.
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- adjective Of or pertaining to a
creed
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- adjective of or relating to a creed
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Examples
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In 1956 he rejected for publication an essay by Michael Oakeshott called "On Being Conservative" on the ground, as he later explained, that Oakeshott's theory of restrained, small-government conservatism would never be accepted in the United States because it was "irredeemably secular" and therefore "at odds with the ideological, 'creedal' mentality of Americans".
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While Atheism as a movement doesn't have the formal structure, celebrations, or creedal dogmas of organized religions, we might at least identify Atheism as it exists today as an increasingly vibrant faith tradition.
David Lose: Has Atheism Become A Religion? David Lose 2011
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Many of Christianity's enemies and most of its friends — whatever their creedal affiliation — have today begun to recognize the point Dawson was making.
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“Even the bishops who were strongly progressive in the matter of same-sex blessings insisted that they stood firmly within the creedal mainstream.”
The Anglican Church of Canada: please make it go away « Anglican Samizdat 2010
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When you laugh at this, you're laughing at Mainline Protestants and creedal Christians Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans and more.
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While Atheism as a movement doesn't have the formal structure, celebrations, or creedal dogmas of organized religions, we might at least identify Atheism as it exists today as an increasingly vibrant faith tradition.
David Lose: Has Atheism Become A Religion? David Lose 2011
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The language of religion is based on creedal affirmation, while the language of politics, when it works, is the language of compromise.
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush: Religious Identity And The Public Square Paul Brandeis Raushenbush 2011
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When you laugh at this, you're laughing at Mainline Protestants and creedal Christians Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans and more.
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The language of religion is based on creedal affirmation, while the language of politics, when it works, is the language of compromise.
Paul Brandeis Raushenbush: Religious Identity And The Public Square Paul Brandeis Raushenbush 2011
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When you laugh at this, you're laughing at Mainline Protestants and creedal Christians Catholics, Eastern Orthodox, Anglicans, Lutherans and more.
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