a belief (or system of beliefs) accepted as authoritative by some group or school

(theology) the doctrine that Jesus was a union of the human and the divine

(theology) being determined in advance; especially the doctrine (usually associated with Calvin) that God has foreordained every event throughout eternity (including the final salvation of mankind)

a system of philosophical and theological doctrines composed of elements of Platonism and Aristotelianism and oriental mysticism; its most distinctive doctrine holds that the first principle and source of reality transcends being and thought and is naturally unknowable

(theology) any doctrine that asserts the separate existence of God

a religious doctrine or theory based on Jesus or Jesus' teachings