- religious doctrine, church doctrine, gospel, creed - the written body of teachings of a religious group that are generally accepted by that group
--1 is a kind of doctrine, philosophy, philosophical system, school of thought, ism
--1 has particulars:confession; ahimsa; dogma, tenet; ecumenism, ecumenicism, ecumenicalism; Immaculate Conception; Incarnation; Nicene Creed; real presence