Sentences with phrase «catholic diffidence»

Professor Ayala illustrates the very fashionable Catholic diffidence about the import of recent discoveries about the nature of the universe, whilst Clive Copus, who helpfully flags up the dominance of Ayala's school of thought at the Rome evolution conference last year, proposes the «Intelligent Design» (ID) argument that some parts of the universe point to God, and by implication that some don't do so nearly so well.

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This last sentence especially, I believe, helps to contextualize Newman's opposition to building a Catholic church in Oxford, or at least it allows us to cast light on his reasons for diffidence about the idea.

Last Friday, Father Richard John Neuhaus, in a piece about the possibilities of reconverting the nation of England to the ancient faith, made a passing reference to Cardinal Newman's diffidence about actively seeking Anglican converts to the Catholic Church and specifically cited....

Last Friday, Father Richard John Neuhaus, in a piece about the possibilities of reconverting the nation of England to the ancient faith, made a passing reference to Cardinal Newman's diffidence about actively seeking Anglican converts to the Catholic Church and specifically cited Newman's principle: «I am afraid to make hasty converts of educated men lest they should not have counted the cost & should have difficulties after they have entered the Church....

Conceptions of what it means to be a faithful Catholic in the French public square are light - years ahead of the awkward diffidence that characterized many politically active Catholics in previous decades.