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In Wikipedia:
Throughout its history, the religion has weathered schisms and theological disputes that have resulted in many distinct churches.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Thus political disagreements turn into theological disputes; disagreeing with Bottum, or the Roman Church more generally, means being’ ’ anti-Catholic.”
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In Wikipedia:
Yet such intrigues (here Gibbon refers to the “furtis”) might be less pernicious to mankind than the theological disputes of the Sorbonne, which have been since agitated on the same ground.
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In Wikipedia:
Relations between East and West had long been embittered by political and ecclesiastical differences and theological disputes.
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In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Pat Robertson, a Pentecostal, and the late Jerry Falwell, a Fundamentalist, famously had bitter theological disputes but still joined forces as leading figures of the Christian right.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
In recent years, the Episcopal Church has been embroiled in a variety of theological disputes concerning its doctrine, discipline, and worship.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
After vain theological disputes, in December 814, there followed personal insults.
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In Wikipedia:
Negotiations for peace then resulted, with Duke Ernst the Pious of Saxe – Gotha especially active towards this end, and the project of establishing a permanent college of theologians to decide theological disputes was entertained.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
It is the fifth of these participles,? (’’ fall away’ ’), over which both theological and exegetical disputes continue.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
The Protestant Reformation (16th century in Europe) came about in no small part due to abuses of church practices by corrupt clergy in addition to these same theological disputes.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
Convened by Emperor Constantine of Rome the Council effectively settled various theological disputes and ratified what was to become Holy Roman Law, the official version of the word of God.
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(. .)))
In the ICWSM 2009 Weblog Corpus:
After a few years in Concord they moved to Fairfield CT in September 1644 along with 17 Concord families including Rev. John Jones, who left the congregation due to theological disputes.
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(. .)))
In the British National Corpus:
At Nicaea in 325 the bishops and priests (from the Western part of the empire, only priests attended) were called together by the emperor because theological disputes were putting too much of a strain on the unity he was striving to achieve.
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In Wikipedia:
Theological disputes have given rise to many schisms and different Christian denominations, sects and movements.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
Muus filled the office of bishop of the Minnesota District of the Norwegian Synod, took an active part in theological disputes, and ceaselessly urged the church to do more in the field of education.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
During the middle of the 4th century, Ancyra was involved in the complex theological disputes over the nature of Christ, and a form of Arianism seems to have originated there.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
For several decades before the doctrine of sin was fully worked out by the Roman Catholic Church, this teaching brought both of them into numerous theological disputes about the nature of sin with several Christian leaders in the church.
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(. .)))
In Wikipedia:
This school however was closed already three years later due to economic difficulties, but even more because of theological disputes between Lutherans and followers of Caspar Schwenckfeld, a sectarian and confidant of Frederick II whose ideas became more and more popular in Silesia.
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In Wikipedia:
This strategy would impose decades of theological disputes and debate, thus allowing them to gain time.
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(. .)))
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