Sentences with phrase «peter martyr»

Just ask one of the hundreds of students from Pittsburg Senior High School, School of Saint Peter Martyr or Christian Center School.

«We have an exciting future ahead,» said Peter Martyr, global chief executive of Norton Rose Fulbright.

Peter Martyr, global chief executive, said that both women would provide «experienced leadership will ensure continuity in delivering a professional and seamless service to our clients».

The transformation of Norton Rose is due in large part to CEO Peter Martyr, first elected in 2002 to a rule that has become near - absolute.

«We'd never do an alliance again — they just don't work,» the firm's chief executive Peter Martyr says.

Norton Rose Fulbright chief executive Peter Martyr has ushered the firm through a dramatic transformation during his 12 years at the top, taking it from an also - ran UK firm to an international powerhouse formed through a rapid series of global tie - ups.

With UKMEA management responsibilities passing to Martin Scott, Norton Rose Fulbright's newly re-appointed chief executive Peter Martyr now has more time to focus on building the firm in the US.

Norton Rose chief Peter Martyr on the post-merger questions facing the firm following its Chadbourne tie - up

His appointment, as Norton Rose chief executive Peter Martyr put it, «is a reflection of the globalization of the practice» of law and makes Steinberg one of Canada's major players on the international scene.

In my studio, I have a photograph of Fra Angelico's lunette fresco of St. Peter Martyr in San Marco's courtyard, with his finger to his lips asking for silence.

Robert Polidori, Crucifixion with the Virgin and Sts Cosmas, John the Evangelist and Peter Martyr by Fra Angelico, Cell 38 (foreground), Adoration of the Magi and Man of Sorrows, by Fra Angelico, Cell 39 (background) Museum of San Marco Convent, Florence, Italy, 2010, Archival Pigment Print mounted to Dibond.

Italian - born historian Peter Martyr d'Anghiera was the first to provide a formal description of the nebula between 1511 and 1521.

Columbus carried peppers with him on his return voyage in 1493, * and Peter Martyr, in his epistle dated September, 1493, says it was «more pungent than that from Caucasus.»

And in response, Henry quotes Luther, Calvin, and Peter Martyr to the effect that they had not departed from the Church at all but rather had returned to it in their recovery of the doctrine and ordinances of the apostles.

The group patronized outstanding preachers like Bernard Ochino and Peter Martyr Vermigli who later seceded to Protestantism, and was responsible for the distribution of tens of thousands of copies of the notorious tract Beneficio di Cristo, written by a Cassinese protégé of Pole's, and which incorporated without acknowledgment swathes from the first version of Calvin's Institutes of the Christian Religion.

Not exact matches

The references to the beloved disciple fit well with what we know of John in the other Gospels: that he was a member of Jesus» inner circle and a close comrade of Simon Peter in Acts; the other member of that inner circle — John's brother James — was martyred early on; Ac 12:2.

and spoke what appeared to be a prophecy of Peter's death, Peter immediately raised a question about John (for no one likes to be a martyr alone): «Lord, what about him?»

Speaking from his studio window overlooking St Peter's Square, the pontiff said: «May the Lord welcome these courageous witnesses, these martyrs, in his peace and convert the hearts of the violent ones.»

Discussing some sermons of St. Augustine (first preached probably in the year 397 but newly discovered in only 1990), Peter Brown notes that Augustine was often required to preach at festivals of the martyrs.

Will we find a home in our midst for leaders of faith movements — the Peter Cartwrights and Frances Willards of the 21st century — who inspire us by living out the two greatest moral lessons of life: «to hear» (which can produce «martyrs») and «to dare» (which can produce «heroes»)?

This book is worth buying just for an appendix that gives various prayers: the dedication of England to the Mother of God and St Peter; the litany of intercession for England; prayer from the Mass of English martyrs; an old prayer for the Conversion of England; and a prayer to beg the prayers of the saints.

The Bible doesn't tell us how Peter died, but Jesus did predict that Peter would be martyred (John 21:18 - 19).

Small wonder that Blessed John Paul, shot in a crowded St Peter's Square in 1981, recognised himself as the Pope in this vision: the vast numbers of Christian martyrs of the bloodstained 20th century were epitomised here, with Mary's plea for prayer and penance echoing authentically across the ruins of so manycities in two world wars and other conflicts.

Then we have Peter and others being killed — with no scripture to back up the idea of «justice by the sword» — thye preferred to be martyrs over murderers.

When Peter first penned the words «always be ready with an answer,» he was writing to the persecuted church during the time of the emperor Nero... This was not advice for a debate team; it was advice for martyrs!

Cyprian's ideal is likewise a martyr bishop, but because he must counter the rival claims of the confessors to bind and to loose by virtue of their witnessing to Christ, Cyprian must, unlike Ignatius, reach back explicitly to the prerogatives of the apostles and notably Peter.87 Cyprian called Peter a bishop88 and regarded every bishop as filled with the Holy Spirit89 and as the vicar of Christ, succeeding by vicarious ordination to the apostles.90 Thus Cyprian found the essence and fulfillment of the Church in the bishop:

Near the traditional site of the decapitation of St. Paul, this successor to another martyr, St. Peter, said:

This is one of the first times you will have to decide whether you're going to be an assertive parent who manages to meet the needs of her baby while maintaining her own need not to be injured, or a resentful martyr who bears unnecessary bruises and whose child will go on to bite babysitters, grandparents and even pets in her quest for something firm to chew on.

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Rather than martyr you and your family to a long term, unhappy situation I suggest that families in this situation find another home for their pet.

Around the corner from the larger Santa Maria Maggiore, this 8th century church was designed to house the remains of the two martyred daughters of St. Peter's first Christian convert in Rome.

«This is another very exciting move for the group and constitutes a significant step towards realizing our ambition of becoming one of the world's leading providers of legal services,» said Peter M. Martyr, chief executive of Norton Rose Group.