Sentences with phrase «only as laymen»

Only as laymen decide they care enough about the applications of the Christian faith to unite in study under leadership, or to unite in discussion to learn from one another in a fellowship, are we apt to get far toward bridging the gap between the Church and the world.

Not exact matches

But there are surely many possibilities to make it clear also by legislation that laymen have not only the right to receive the sacraments from the clergy, as the present Code of Canon Law states.

Evidently intellectuals are no better men only because they are educated; this shows itself especially in the case of theologians, no matter whether they are priests or laymen, who have chosen theology and spirituality as their profession or even as their intellectual hobby.

All liturgical renewal, all changes in the education and way of life of priests, all adaptation of the religious orders to contemporary conditions, the activities of mature laymen as well as the frank dialogue with the present world, all these must only serve the love of God and one's neighbour in the unfeigned faith which will always be foolishness and scandal to the wise and prudent of this world.

And indeed, as the Sunday schools developed, their administrators as well as teachers were laymen; and only on some special retreat did the teachers have direct contact with the ordained minister about the content of their task.

Laymen also make comments which show that they feel the need of more direct address in preaching and less talking about the faith as if it were only a set of optional ideas.

One of the most constructive emphases of the Amsterdam Conference was that it is the whole Church — not professional evangelists or even ministers only, but laymen as well — that is called to witness to the gospel and transmit it to others.

Thesimple fact is that the Press Office will only be improved by bringing in a replacement from the outside (as was Fr Lombardi's predecessor, the much more impressive layman Joaquin Navarro Vails).

Nevertheless, the layman's common - sense view of reality is baffled by such conundrums as the nature of time and space, the reality of human freedom, quantum jumps in physics, or the claim of modern science that colors are not really present in the objects of perception but only in the mind of the beholder.

They said that women and laymen could preach, that the Church of Rome, being corrupt, was not the head of the Catholic Church, that only priests and bishops who lived as did the Apostles were to be obeyed, that prayers for the dead were useless, that sacraments administered by unworthy clergy were of no effect, that taking life is against God's law, that every lie is a deadly sin, and that oaths, as in courts, are clearly contrary to Christ's command.

Laymen are not only capable of becoming mental health aides; they can serve as volunteers and do the housekeeping chores, so that their pastor might receive clinical training and become more professionally qualified.

Morton Meyers's style is totally accessible to the layman and very readable, filled with anecdotes and enhanced by the occasional illustration; not only providing an enlightening read but leaving the reader with a wealth of bite - sized «did you know» facts to share on any occasion when the subject of health and medicine comes up, which tends to be an increasingly popular topic as we get inexorably closer to shuffling off our mortal coil!

First things first, The parity clause as it stands in laymen's terms means that Developers can only release their games on all consoles simultaneously or on the Xbox One first, if it hasn't already been released on other systems.

My laymans» viewpoint is that as the Arctic ice has thinned (due to global warming, climate change), it has moved to where it only now responds to the weather (will the North Pole be ice free this year?

Speaking only as an interested layman, I do not think your claim obtains.

No matter HOW reasonable the terms «ritual» and «ceremonial» and «temple» SOUND to us as laymen, please be aware that there were many very practical people living in those old societies — carpenters, farmers, metal workers, bricklayers, architects, etc. — and the archaeological view that the societies were run predominantly by priest castes is only one point of view.

If the 4W / m - 2 figure for the surface warming bear is heading for 8W / m - 2 or 12W / m - 2 or 20W / m - 2 (I have no clue how big this is supposed to be, as a complete layman with no background in the field), while there's only ever going to be + / -0.02 W / m - 2 of cranky rhino and + / -0.0006 W / m - 2 of red herring, where is the issue?

As I see it, even laymen can be made understand, that the anthropogenic CO2 emissions control only about 4 % of atmospheric CO2 content at the most.

My educated layman's physicist's gut (layman as far as climate science goes, not physics) tells me 2W / m2 out of the ocean seems pretty high given that the temperature difference is generated by a peak forcing of only -3.4 W / m2 - it implies that the ocean response is of the same order as the atmospheric response, which seems unlikely given the «impedance mismatch» between the ocean and atmosphere.

Using the Term Insurance Calculator is quite convenient, as the user only needs to provide some key details to get the best results and a layman can also use this calculator for buying the best term plan.

«Not only do Mike and his team have the knowledge to do a great job, they have the communication skills to be able to put everything in layman's terms,» says Broderick, who goes on to explain that his reputation and track record as an agent are two of the main reasons he's been with the same company for 26 years.