Quotes About Authoritative

doctrine consists of a set of ideas or propositions on a topic, so a biblical doctrine is the biblical teaching on a subject. Theology refers to the study of the Bible or the systematic formulation of doctrines from the Bible. A biblical doctrine is always binding, and a system of theology is authoritative to the extent that it reflects the teachings of the Bible.

Dogmatic" can simply mean "doctrinal"[42] or "based on a priori principles, not on induction."[43]

I grow impatient at the length of your exordium.

You've turned into quite a bossy little thing, Myrnin said. I think I might like it.

He was right, of course. Bloody man, he was almost always right.

I'd rather be the cool aunt than the authoritative aunt.

Let's get something straight right now. I don't want or need you involved in this investigation. Am I clear?

In its conception the literature prize belongs to days when a writer could still be thought of as, by virtue of his or her occupation, a sage, someone with no institutional affiliations who could offer an authoritative word on our times as well as on our moral life.

It takes leadership to improve safety. And I started off the movement in my time, but the person who has done more over the past 20 to 30 years and who has led it is Professor Sid Watkins.

They do sometimes protest...At these times, she sounds authoritative. But she has no authority.

You great bloody bully." "Which is exactly what you need, you vexatious headstrong wench.

Captain Sophia Coloma looked every inch of what she was, which was the sort of person who was not here to put up with your shit.

It is simply no longer possible to believe much of the clinical research that is published, or to rely on the judgment of trusted physicians or authoritative medical guidelines. I take no pleasure in this conclusion, which I reached slowly and reluctantly over my two decades as an editor of the New England Journal of Medicine.

I wouldn't say that I'm bossy. I just always know what to do before anyone else does and I do not keep the information to myself.

The big journals and Nobel laureates are the equivalent of Congressional leaders in science journalism.

Sanabalis never seemed to eat, and he deflected most of her questions about Dragon cuisine. Then again, he deflected most of her questions about Dragons, period. Which was annoying because he was one, and could in theory be authorative.

If the alpha tried to separate him from Brenna, he'd have a fight on his hands. A bloody one.

There was another pause, then the Marrok said in that light pleasant tone that warned everyone who knew him that all hell was about to break loose.

You could pretty much eat dinner off the glare she gives me. "I'll thank you not to talk to your elders that way, boy.

That means if you don't listen to me, you'll jump to your own conclusions and be dead wrong. Dead and wrong.

And here is the bigger point of all this: How the Bible addresses this one topic of child rearing is a window onto how inadequate (and truly unbiblical) a rulebook view of the Bible as a whole is.