What does doctrinarian mean?
Doctrinarian means A doctrinaire..
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/ˌdɒk.tɹɪˈnɛə.ɹi.ən/ · noun
A doctrinaire..
Protestantism is embodied in a system; so is Popery: but when a man takes up this Via Media, he is a mere doctrinarian—he is wasting his efforts in delineating an invisible phantom; and he will be judged, and fairly, to be trifling, and bookish
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Doctrinarian means A doctrinaire..
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Protestantism is embodied in a system; so is Popery: but when a man takes up this Via Media, he is a mere doctrinarian—he is wasting his efforts in delineating an invisible phantom; and he will be judged, and fairly, to be trifling, and bookish
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