As my tradition affirms, «
in essentials unity.»
As the English puritan Richard Baxter says: «
In essentials unity; in non-essentials liberty; in all things love.»
His point is that Union stands for being «followers of Jesus» and «Christian unity» and «
in essentials unity, in non-essentials liberty, and in all things charity.»
On the contrary, many of their statements implied a belief
in the essential unity of Marxism from the Manuscripts to the Capital.
The author, and perhaps Jewish thought in general at that time, recognized the intimate relationship of the age - old speculation of the Orient to that of Greece; both had come to express in differing terms but
in essential unity the conviction that human life is infused with a pervasive entity which is more than human, finding its ultimate origin and nature in the being of the universe.
Not exact matches
In addition to interfaith
unity, Gbowee said, putting names and faces to a movement is
essential to a successful revolution.
«Therefore, the Church, with a renewed sense of responsibility, continues to propose marriage
in its
essentials - offspring, good of the couple,
unity, indissolubility, sacramentality - not as ideal only for a few... but as a reality that,
in the grace of Christ, can be experienced by all the baptized faithful.»
To be temporal
in Heidegger's sense is to have a complex
unity disclosed against the background and
in the pattern of
unity of the three temporal horizons, past, present, and future.1 It is
essential to his whole argument to realize that temporal
unities are not time - like nor defined
in relation to time, or to put it another way, that past, present, and future are neither «times» nor «parts of time.»
Therefore we should strive for
unity in the
essential parts of faith, give some wiggle room
in the non-essentials, and most of all, be willing to give a lot of grace for those we disagree with.
This
unity in belief and witness is
essential if Jesus» role of humanly forming and feeding us with Himself is to be continued.The Apostle Peter was the first to be given this role, as is shown
in Holy Scripture.
The movement is
essential to it, even though
in the end movement is transcended
in a
unity of apprehension.
In this discussion of the
unity and variety of Islam we have seen that divergences from the
essential unity of Islam have occurred only when there is ignorance among the common people — a low level of education.
In short, every occupation can and should be designed to take account of the essential unity of body, mind, and spirit in human natur
In short, every occupation can and should be designed to take account of the
essential unity of body, mind, and spirit
in human natur
in human nature.
It is the task of the present generation to provide training
in the
essentials of Islam, to know Islam deeply, for out of that knowledge of the straight path of Islam will come the
unity of belief and practice which has been revealed to mankind
in the Qur» an and the Sunnah.
We have reached that point
in the evolution of the human species where traditional tribalism must be superseded by the acceptance of the
essential unity of all human society.
Indeed, it misses almost everything
essential about the actual workings of the modern industrial economy: the cooperation and trust of millions of total strangers required for efficient industry to replace self - sufficiency; the inevitable centrality of government
in the complex human construction of a national or global economy; large corporations with their hierarchies, multiple and shifting purposes and fragile but definite
unity.
It should be the work of Christian teachers
in every generation, first, to understand the Scriptures, to distinguish what gives
unity to the message of the Bible from what is peculiar to this or that writer, what is central from what is peripheral, what is
essential from what is accidental; and then, on the basis of such understanding, to develop a doctrine of the act of God
in Christ which will be intelligible, or at least not meaningless, to the contemporary mind.
The recent statement of evangelical
essentials also calls for «
unity in primary things, with liberty
in secondary things, and charity
in all things.»
The goals are to help them reestablish meaningful communication, develop awareness of the roles and interaction patterns of various family members, experiment with modifications
in roles and behavior, and, most important, to allow the family to experience its
essential unity and interdependence.
In one instant, the corrupt shortcomings of medieval Christendom are both exposed and reversed by a revelation of the
essential unity of mankind.
Let me rephrase this
essential point
in the language of the fourteenth category of explanation: A set of mutually contemporaneous actual entities does not have a «
unity of the relatedness constituted by their prehensions [i.e., simple physical feelings] of each other» (Process 24).
Doctrinal agreement — on the sacraments and ministry, as Cardinal Koch noted
in The Catholic News Agency article above — is
essential to achieving true
unity.
All external signs of identity, all structures, associations, and programs, valuable or even
essential as they may be, ultimately exist only to support and foster the deeper
unity which is,
in Christ, God's indefectible gift to his Church.»
There is, thus, an
essential unity of what are
in Buber's writings two separate streams of developing thought.
Its Decree on Ecumenism (promulgated
in November 1964) makes clear that
unity with the «separated brethren» is one of the principal and
essential goals of the Catholic Church.
Since this used to be
essential for me as well, I understand where they are coming from, and can be
in unity with them regardless of our differences
in how we try our best to follow Jesus.
For Nietzsche, on the other hand, the
essential unity which may be said to underlie all things is not a complete totality which we can grasp through reason (as it is with Hegel), but an open - ended, incomplete process or chaotic flux which finds expression
in the contingent, finite, temporal process of growth and decay which are characteristic of nature.
Thus it is by way of the otherness of nature that spirit is able to return to itself
in reason, thereby bringing into
unity the
essential otherness which characterizes the relationship between mind and nature.
The five fundamentals selected
in Part Two as a basis for interpreting religious experience were chosen without regard for their possible connections That they should thus prove to be integrally related so as to constitute an
essential unity is a kind of empirical justification for a monotheistic religious view.
In contrast with such a view of the divine unity, the more primitive beliefs in many spirits or gods were based upon multiple experiences which had no essential connection with one anothe
In contrast with such a view of the divine
unity, the more primitive beliefs
in many spirits or gods were based upon multiple experiences which had no essential connection with one anothe
in many spirits or gods were based upon multiple experiences which had no
essential connection with one another.
Instead of multiplying details, let us simplify this all into its
essential unity and likeness by saying that to will to do all is:
in the commitment to will to be and to remain loyal to the Good.
Consequently no statement can be made about anything
in him, about one component
in the plurality of his
essential constitution, which can be quite without significance for the rest of him, nor could any statement be adequate even
in a limited way, unless its actual precise meaning were drawn from its relation to the one human being
in his
unity.
I read that some say that the Roman Curia is an
essential part of the Church's mission, or that a prefect
in the Vatican is the sure compass to keep the Church from falling into light - mindedness — or that this prefect guards the
unity of the Faith and grants the pope a serious theology.
«
In essentials, unity; in opinions, liberty; in all things love.&raqu
In essentials,
unity;
in opinions, liberty; in all things love.&raqu
in opinions, liberty;
in all things love.&raqu
in all things love.»
We are asking if there is a
unity in the entire worshipping career of the responding faithful people of God, whence this
unity comes, and what is its
essential content.
When people from one congregation drink a cup of tea with people from another, they call it an ecumenical event, The truth that ecumenical conviction has to do with a manifestation, an articulation of the
essential unity of the Christian church, is unfortunately far too little anchored
in our consciousness.»
It is true, as Hall points out, that for Whitehead ordering principles are «immanent» within particular occasions (see UP 261 - 70), but
in most cases those ordering principles also reflect the «mutual relations» of individuals, as well as the «community
in character» pervading groups or societies of individuals (AI 142).13 This is particularly true of persons: the relations between occasions which constitute the human body and brain, and the «community of character» of the succession of personal experiences, give an
essential element of
unity to human experience.
3)
In a classical statement of ecumenicity, St. Augustine once said, «
In essentials,
unity.
And
in any interpretation of Old Testament history compiled from a plurality of sources, it is important to recognize the
essential unity commonly underlying differences
in representation of both detail and point of view.
Assmilation is required
in matters that are
essential for national
unity and economic order.
Finally, we take encouragement
in this work of remote marriage preparation from Pope Francis who declared recently (address to Roman Rota 22/1/2016), «Therefore, with a renewed sense of responsibility, the Church continues to propose marriage
in its
essential elements — offspring, the good of the spouses,
unity, indissolubility, sacredness — not as an ideal for a few, despite modern models centred on the ephemeral and the transitory, but as a reality that, with the grace of Christ, can be lived by all the baptised faithful.»
It is particularly instructive
in showing the possibility of reconceiving the
unity of theological education on a teleological basis (as have the other proposals), but without postulating an ideal «
essential» structure to the education's ultimate subject matter.
This concrescent multiplicity,
in conformity with the
essential unity of an actual entity, would be absorbed into the primordial
unity» (MGWG 241).
Peter Meiderlin,
in words that are usually attributed to Melancthon, gave us the well - known maxim which applies here: «
unity in things
essential, liberty
in things unessential, charity
in all things both
essential and unessential.»
In an intriguing if controversial article, Stephen Crites argues that experience itself is basically narrative in form, providing the essential order for human understanding.13 The storied unity found in life is not, for Crites, a secondary result of human cultur
In an intriguing if controversial article, Stephen Crites argues that experience itself is basically narrative
in form, providing the essential order for human understanding.13 The storied unity found in life is not, for Crites, a secondary result of human cultur
in form, providing the
essential order for human understanding.13 The storied
unity found
in life is not, for Crites, a secondary result of human cultur
in life is not, for Crites, a secondary result of human culture.
Essential to the notion of love is union, which
in its fullness means
unity with oneself, with fellow men and with the world.
My experience is that the truth is
in integration — seeing and striving to see the essence of the
essential unity within ourselves and all existence.
He argued that
unity in Labour was
essential if the party was to win the next general election, adding: «I heard
in the speech yesterday a coming to terms with the need to change to a more collaborative and unifying style.»
Saraki, according to a statement by his Chief Press Secretary, Sanni Onogu, noted that peace and
unity is
essential to achieve overall development of the country, while commending the group for rising up to contribute their quota
in realizing a peaceful and prosperous country.
But I believe just as strongly that K - 12 infighting, as exemplified
in the Op - Ed by Superintendent Wilson, distracts from our larger classroom mission and unnecessarily divides public educators at the exact time when
unity is
essential.