Sentences with phrase «catholic penchant»

Protestants mistrusted the image and regarded its role in the Roman Catholic liturgy as typical of an alleged Catholic penchant for mystery, sensuousness, feeling, superstition and idolatry.

Finally, I am aware that «sacrament talk» is a particularly Roman Catholic penchant.

This is in line with the liberal Catholic penchant of sharply distinguishing, if not separating and opposing, the «institutional» Church from the Catholic people who are the Church, and for whom people like Father Reese modestly claim to speak.

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So the Catholic impulse to imitate the Protestant penchant for acting as a partisan interest group in the political arena is not entirely new.

I think that Pope Francis is revitalizing the Catholic Church, giving lapsed Catholics, who left the Church because they were disenchanted by its hierarchical structure and penchant for lavishness, a reason to return.

The story's title, «Ghostly Father, I Confess,» draws an explicit connection between Margaret's Catholic upbringing and her penchant for self - scrutiny, conducted now on the psychologist's couch.

The annual event attracts thousands of devotees and is a mix of rich Catholic tradition along with Filipinos» penchant for year - round festivities.

In fact, Delvoye is more Gnostic than Catholic, as his penchant for converting the quotidian into fine - art «gold» attests.