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Material principle - Definition and Overview |
| Related Words: Ambition, Aspiration, Attitude, Axiom, Base, Basement, Basis, Bed, Bedding, Bedrock, Belief, Brocard, Call, Calling, Campaign, Canon, Causation, Cause |
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In Christian theology, a material principle is the central teaching of a religion, religious tradition or movement, religious body or organization. If properly identified and understood, the material principle helps a scholar understand all the teachings of a religious group. All of the tenets of a doctrinal system can be explained in relationship to its material principle.
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