Doctrine - Crossword Clue, Answer and Explanation

'doctrine' is the definition.
(I know that credo is a type of doctrine)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for credo that I've seen before include "Mass movement" , "A statement of one's beliefs" , "Words of believer" , "Apostles' beliefs" , "Part of the service" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post, The Sun, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune, The Independent, The New York Times, The Telegraph and the Universal.

'doctrine' is the definition.
(both can mean a belief or value)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for tenet that I've seen before include "Doctrine, dogma, belief" , "Belief held as true" , "Belief - maxim" , "Key principle" , "A belief or creed - a palindrome" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post, The Sun, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune, The Independent, The New York Times, The Telegraph and the Universal.

'doctrine' is the definition.
(I know that dogma is a type of doctrine)

This is all the clue.

(Other definitions for dogma that I've seen before include "Set of beliefs" , "Blind faith required" , "Tenet" , "Set of principles laid down as incontrovertibly true" , "Incontrovertible set of principles" .)

I've seen this clue in The Washington Post, The Sun, The Mirror, the King Feature Syndicate, the Evening Standard, the Penny Press, The Star Tribune, The Independent, The New York Times, The Telegraph and the Universal.

'doctrine' is the definition.
(I know that gospel is a type of doctrine)

This is the entire clue.

(Other definitions for gospel that I've seen before include "church music" , "Evangel" , "sacred text" , "Book by Matthew, Mark, Luke, or John" , "God's honest truth" .)

I've seen this clue in the Evening Standard.

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