This point is similar to the distinction Thomas Aquinas makes between
some articles of faith which are as such secundum se and others in ordine ad alia (ST 2 - 2, q. 1, a. 6).
Every consideration and the fullest time should be given to those who have to make up their minds to hold
an article of faith which is new to them.
Not exact matches
As further exposition
of how blind compliance to authority and the «It Won't Happen to Me» belief pattern work together to prevent us from taking the protective measures we need to take right now, consider a November 2014
article in
which a financial analyst stated, «it's time to ditch your golden
faith, embrace the truth — and make gold a barbaric relic
of your portfolio's past.»
«From the very beginning the evangelist teaches and documents most convincingly the sublime
article of our holy Christian
faith according to
which we believe and confess the one true, almighty, and eternal God.
Concerning «getting pearls
of wisdom» from research and review
of original documents posted on the Internet, versus doctrinal justifications by a specific denomination
which begin with enamored language, such as «most convincingly», «sublime
article», «holy Christian
faith», «believe and confess»....
Her position on this matter, as expressed in this
article, however, is most definitely not Catholic, and I re-iterate that if she truly believes this, there are other
faiths which are consistent with her beliefs, and she should be intellectually honest and choose one
of them.
Funny that the
article doesn't mention «Children
of the Corn,»
which is displays a grotesque, cruel religion with many parallels to radical Christian
faiths.
There is widespread agreement with the view presented in the
article on homosexuality in Baker's Dictionary
of Christian Ethics (edited by Carl F. Henry [Baker Book House, 1973]-RRB-,
which declares that «those who base their
faith on the OT and NT documents can not doubt that their strong prohibitions
of homosexual behavior make homosexuality a direct transgression
of God's law.»
Again, we can ask whether the spate
of hate - speech and «equality» legislation in Britain and other European countries — not to mention the restrictions on public manifestations
of faith, the right to
which has been upheld again and again by both domestic and European courts — also falls foul
of this
Article.
Article 38
of the country's interim constitution says that «no person shall be coerced to adopt such
faith that he / she does not believe in, nor to practise rites or services to
which he / she does not voluntarily consent».
This is certainly an interesting
article which raises a legitimate question for those
of faith as well as for those without any specific spiritual belief system: Does God care who wins and if so, why and how much and what influence does He have over the outcome?
For the first disciples»
faith in the resurrection is itself part and parcel
of the eschatological event
which is the
article of faith.
I was delighted to find in the March / April 2013 edition
of Faith magazine James Parker's
article «Chastity and Same - Sex Attraction»,
which highlights the support available for those who endure same - sex attraction.
Liberalism's
articles of peace thus mask tacit
articles of faith in a particular eighteenth - century conception
of nature and nature's God,
which also entails an eighteenth - century view
of the Church.
In that
article I pointed to those classic documents that unmistakably define the special character
of the American
faith, the documents from
which I have just quoted.
Like The Gift
of Salvation statement issued by Evangelicals and Catholics Together in 1997, the Joint Declaration represents a measure
of convergence between Catholic and Reformational understandings
of that
article of faith by
which the Church either stands or falls, to quote a favorite Lutheran saying.
I DO have an
article of personal
faith,
which is that while many things are unknown, nothing is ultimately unknowable.
In Christopher Unseth's RELEVANTmagazine.com
article, «[3 Reasons Christians Should Consider a Non-Christian College](http://www.relevantmagazine.com/relevant-u/undergrad/3-reasons-christians-should-attend-non-christian-college),» I agree with his underlying question, «
Which type
of college will nurture your
faith the most?»
In this line
of reasoning,
which has the most liberal, even antinomian, consequences, «justification by
faith alone» is the only
article of faith that matters.
They were to teach and indoctrinate «those
articles in the creed
of republicanism,
which are accepted by all, believed in by all, and
which form the common basis
of our political
faith.»
Islam, like all other great religions, has a theology
of its own
which aims at the establishment
of its fundamental
articles of faith and the refutation
of heresy and innovation.
The ancient creeds, the Apostle's, the Nicaean and the Athanasian, contain different numbers
of articles, formulated to meet different difficulties, [13] but today the chief things
of which we are said to be assured by
faith are that God exists and Jesus Christ was the son
of God, both human and divine.
Once people accepted as an
article of faith that modern science could explain the totality
of our world, they had to say that anything
which fell outside the scope
of science isn't real.
The
article is about Catholics trying to influence Repubs into immigration reform along the lines
of the Catholic
faith to
which some Repub legislators belong to.
To be fair, there are some parts
of the
article that point out some problems in the
Faith — such as the prevalence
of the health and wealth gospel (
which is clearly at odds with scripture).
«Toward New Symbols» expands on a call to resymbolize the message
of faith in God
which he had issued in a CHRISTIAN CENTURY
article, «Reformation: Continuing Imperative.»
These are quoted constantly by Talmage in his discussion
of the
Articles of Faith,
which is really a study
of Mormon theology, alongside the Bible and the Book
of Mormon.
The
Articles of Faith themselves were, according to Mormon belief, «given by inspiration» by Joseph Smith about 1841, in a short history
of the church
which he furnished at the request
of a Chicago editor.
Neither these teachings nor these narratives may be imposed as
articles of faith on those who seek the ultimate truth
of which these things are but the temporary vehicles, and who are themselves conditioned by a totally different world view.
Humility does not prevent us pointing out that
Faith has published numerous
articles over recent years
which have addressed in detail many
of the attacks levelled against the Church in the debate.
Both Manning and Newman were unwilling to take him up on this, because at that time they could not accept the idea
of organic development as it was seen to contradict the unchanging role
of Scripture
which was part
of Anglican
faith and enshrined in the
Articles.
This
article is excerpted from the volume she edited, Practicing Our
Faith: A Way of Life for a Searching People, which includes chapters on 11 other «practices of faith,» published in January, 1997 by Jossey -
Faith: A Way
of Life for a Searching People,
which includes chapters on 11 other «practices
of faith,» published in January, 1997 by Jossey -
faith,» published in January, 1997 by Jossey - Bass.
Being essentially a seamless garment,
faith's confession must needs be whole and entire: the
articles of the
faith are intimately interconnected and can not beindividually accepted or rejected on the rupturing principle
of the caprice
of whim, the consequences
of which are the wounds
of heresy.
This last quote is from Edward Holloway's editorial
article in
Faith for March 1988 in
which he also reviewed Newman's prophetic warning about the spread
of intellectual liberalism within the Church.
Even the apostolic council in Jerusalem introduced nothing new in matters
of faith but rather held that
which St Peter concludes in Acts 6... the
article that one is saved without the laws, solely through the grace
of Christ.»
I would invite all Christians — evangelicals or not — to visit 2FP's website, closely read the background and FAQ material (including the «Four Horsemen»
articles), as well as Wigg - Stevenson's Fermi Project paper («A World Without Nuclear Weapons»), his and Wilbanks» Relevant
articles and the Spring 2009 issue
of Yale Divinity School's Reflections,
which was devoted to «
Faith and the Future
of Nuclear Weapons» and was guest - edited by Wigg - Stevenson.
We shall always need theology, and it must be the best theology we can produce; but, on the other hand, there is a sense in
which we should ever sit loose to theology, remembering that the «one thing needful» is the gospel itself and the
faith which it awakens in the sons
of men, remembering too that the
articles of belief should be, in the words
of Erasmus
which I previously quoted, as few as are necessary.
As a direct result
of Maximus» refusal to brook any compromise his tongue was cut out and his right arm cut off as these were the offending
articles with
which he confessed the
faith - hence the title confessor - and he died
of his injuries in exile in 662AD.
The oldest creed, the Apostles» Creed, carries it as one
of the
articles of faith, the belief in
which is essential to becoming a Christian.
European Council Directive 2000 / 78 / EC,
which established «a general framework for equal treatment in employment and occupation», sets out in
Article 4.2 that organisations with an ethos based on religion or belief, such as «
faith» schools, can treat persons differently in recruitment and employment on the grounds
of religion or belief where there is «a genuine, legitimate and justified occupational requirement».
But the rise in oil and commodity prices pushed up inflation in the UK more than in other countries, demonstrating the downsides
of a policy
of deliberate devaluation to
which much
of the British economic policy establishment remains committed as an
article of faith, despite little evidence that it has done much long term good.
It is an
article of faith among the «cactus huggers» to
which he confesses belonging (not to mention the ecoterror - ists whom he admires from a distance) that over-grazing by ranchers has radically altered Arizona's environment.
Mathematics, theology, philosophy and law are examples
of fields that revolve within a stand - alone world in
which new findings are derived by means
of logical operations consisting
of axioms, postulates or
articles of faith (theology) that need not be proven true or accurate through empirical studies or analyses.
A copy
of a news
article about an unprecedented letter to Pope Benedict and other Christian leaders from 138 Muslim scholars in
which is said finding common ground between the world's biggest
faiths was not simply a matter for polite dialogue between religious leaders and «the very survival
of the world itself is perhaps at stake».
An
article in the RA Magazine this summer, «Six ways to tackle the London studio crisis», examined many
of these issues,
which included the helpful suggestions to «have
faith in politicians», or to just «move out
of London».
The positivist scientism that you call natural science and contrast with my devotion to dialectical materialism is not magical enough to convert me to the
article of faith that is the theory
of global warming,
which is incompatible with current knowledge.
I don't think we should be scared
of admitting that we just don't know, if indeed we just don't know (
which I believe is a fair reflection
of the state
of the science)... I do not believe that Fu et al. weightings is some panacea nor that the «cancellation» works on all space and timescales (the statement needs to be * proved * it can not be accepted as an
article of faith — that is not the way science works).
Shortly before the midterm election, The New York Times had a great front - page story about climate denial being an «
article of faith» for the Tea Party,
which made it clear that the group's climate politics are not synonymous with climate science.
(3) Therefore, in the conduct
of the negotiations mandated by
Article 50 TEU
which will presumably culminate in one
of the conditions for the withdrawal
of the United Kingdom being fulfilled, the government
of the United Kingdom and the European Union institutions are bound by the relevant general principles
of EU law to negotiate in good
faith so as to find a political solution in order to fulfil insofar as possible the status and rights
of those who shall be losing the status
of EU citizenship
In support
of this conclusion, he referred to the Canada - United States Tax Convention Act, 1984,
which gives paramountcy to the provisions
of the Convention over the provisions
of the Income Tax Act, and to
Article 26
of the Vienna Convention on the Law
of Treaties,
which requires Canada to perform the Convention in good
faith.