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is nothing but the skin of Truth set up and stuffed.

Doctrine is nothing but the skin of Truth set up and stuffed.

is that without which religion is nothing, or as we now say, spirituality.

Religion without doctrine or ritual is nothing, or as we now say, spirituality.

is the framework of life; it is the skeleton of truth, to be clothed and rounded out by the living graces of a holy life. It is only the lean creature whose bones become offensive.

Doctrine is the framework of life; it is the skeleton of truth, to be clothed and rounded out by the living graces of a holy life. It is only the lean creature whose bones become offensive.

 is taught. Applied to religion it is something that God teaches.

Doctrine is something that is taught. Applied to religion it is something that God teaches.

is like a tree, for it needs to be irrefutable, and to become irrefutable it needs storms, doubts, worms, and nastiness to reveal the nature and the strength of the seedling.

For a doctrine to become a tree, it has to be believed for a good while; for it to be believed, jt has to be considered irrefutable. The tree needs storms, doubts, worms, and nastiness to reveal the nature and the strength of the seedling; let it break if it is not strong enough. But a seedling can only be destroyed - not refuted.

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