Doctrinally they stood not so much for a theology as for a refusal of theology, and, rejecting the practical liberalism of Paul, became the natural heirs of those early Judaizers who had caused the apostle so much annoyance and trouble.
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However, to accept macroevolution by extension of the principle is doctrinally very hard to justify.
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They were doctrinally sound and morally pure; but they were spiritually dead.