theological debate

collocation in English

meaningsoftheologicalanddebate

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theological
adjective
uk
/ˌθiː.əˈlɒdʒ.ɪ.kəl/us
/ˌθiː.əˈlɑː.dʒɪ.kəl/
relating to the study of religion and ...
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debate
noun
uk
/dɪˈbeɪt/us
/dɪˈbeɪt/
(a) serious discussion of a subject in which many people ...
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(Definition oftheologicalanddebatefrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)

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Alberti were prepared to grant a more extensive role to philosophical argument intheologicaldebate.
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I listened to thetheologicaldebatewith great interest.
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That is not atheologicaldebate, but an examination of the concrete question of why the two systems do not work properly.
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I shall not take thattheologicaldebateany further.
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We sincerely hope that the debate on defence at next year's intergovernmental conference will not get side-tracked intotheologicaldebate.
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There is an awkwardtheologicaldebateabout whether the ordination of women to the priesthood raises a fundamental issue or merely reflects a change.
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Our blasphemy law is not about heresy ortheologicaldebate.
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Well, let us not have atheologicaldebate.
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Feminism is a strand of the human rights debate, but not a strand of thetheologicaldebate.
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Londoners, however, put their dissatisfaction down to the absurdtheologicaldebatethat has gone on within the governing party while the service has steadily gone on deteriorating.
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Thetheologicaldebatehad turned into a political affair.
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The development of doctrine, the position of orthodoxy, and the relationship between the various opinions is a matter of continuingtheologicaldebate.
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He overhears them involved in atheologicaldebate, in which the larger priest criticises reason.
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This trend turned simple questions of everyday moral reasoning into theological debates, which they were properly not at all.
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Theological debates, important and interesting as they are, are not the real solution.
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We have had many fairly theological debates about whether there is a difference.
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We cannot paralyse the entire procedure until 2009 while we wait for the perfect institutional solution, nor can we carry on theological debates when issues are pressing.
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The marriage, which lasted until his death in 1971, was said to have been marked by theological debates.
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While at the church, he became involved in a number of theological debates.
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