Written by the Doctrine Subcommittee of the Joint Union Committee, the Doctrine section of the Basis of Union was approved by the 1st General Council of The United Church of Canada, meeting in Toronto in June 1925, and subsequently amended in 19??.

T. B. Kilpatrick wrote a lengthy commentary on the Doctrine section of the Basis of Untion in his 1928 book, Our Common Faith

An excellent essay on the development and significance of the Doctrine section of the Basis of Union is John Young's "Sacred Cow or White Elephant? The Doctrine Section of The Basis of Union," Touchstone 16/2 (May 1998), pp. 29-46.