Doctrine

The word ‘doctrine’ means ‘teaching’. In the Bible it refers to what the teaching of scripture as a whole says about a particular topic. Titus is instructed to ‘teach what is in accord with sound doctrine’ (Titus 2:1); this means that he is not just to explain what one particular passage of scripture teaches but do his best to explain the ‘whole will of God’ (Acts 20:27). Some examples of key ‘doctrines’ of scripture are the Trinity, Creation, Sin, Salvation, Scripture and the Church.