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The system or doctrine of the Ebionites.

Selecting; choosing (what is true or excellent in doctrines, opinions, etc.) from various sources or systems; as, an eclectic philosopher.

ctual steps for the suppression of the rebellion. Macaulay. Effectual calling (Theol.), a doctrine concerning the work of the Holy Spirit in producing conviction of sin and acceptance of salvation by Christ, -- one of the five points of Calvinism. See Calvinism.

The doctrine of certain extreme adherents or disciples of Descartes and Johann Gottlieb Fichte, which finds all the elements of knowledge in the ego and the relations which it implies or provides for.

The Eleatic doctrine.

announce; to proclaim; to declare, as a truth. The terms in which he enunciates the great doctrines of the gospel. Coleridge.

Attachment to the doctrines of Epicurus; the principles or belief of Epicurus.

The doctrines of Epicurus.

To profess or tend towards the doctrines of Epicurus. Cudworth.

The doctrine and usages of Episcopalians; episcopacy.

ng error; not conformed to truth or justice; incorrect; false; mistaken; as, an erroneous doctrine; erroneous opinion, observation, deduction, view, etc. -- Er*ro"ne*ous*ly, adv. -- Er*ro"ne*ous*ness, n.

The doctrine of the last or final things, as death, judgment, and the events therewith connected.

private; interior; acroamatic; -- said of the private and more recondite instructions and doctrines of philosophers. Opposed to exoteric. Enough if every age produce two or three critics of this esoteric class, with here and there a reader to understand them. De Quincey.

Esoteric doctrine or principles.

Mysterious or hidden doctrines; secret science.

The doctrine or the practices of the Essenes. De Quincey.

ove and cause to be accepted as true; as, to establish a fact, usage, principle, opinion, doctrine, etc. At the mouth of two witnesses, or at the mouth of three witnesses, shall the matter be established. Deut. xix. 15.

riarch of Antioch and Constantinople in the 4th century, and a celebrated defender of the doctrines of Arius.

Of or pertaining to Eunomius or his doctrine.

The doctrine of Eutyches and his followers.