Sentences with phrase «since sacraments»

Since sacraments are the way in which the presence of Jesus is maintained in the Church as a whole, the Church's future is dependent upon the way they are performed.

And, since the sacrament of baptism is said to be the remedy for the «original sin», but renders the baptized subject to heaven or Hell, rather than the «limbo» of the unbaptized, recommit the «original sin» to give up heaven to avoid Hell, and go to «limbo», nonexistence, like, supposedly, the animals do.

Since Sacrament is forging ahead without player levels, the designers have decided to split the game world up into 20 tiers that will represent a progression of skill and grouping (from solo to 12 - player groups).

Not exact matches

For some Christians this is explanation enough of the real presence of Jesus Christ in the sacrament; but for others it is insufficient, since it does not distinguish the Eucharist from a mere memorial.»

Anyway, it never made much sense to me since there is a general liturgical acknowledgement [Lord, I am not worthy to receive you, but say the word and I shall be healed] that none of us is * worthy * to receive the sacrament.

First, she claims that the sacrament of ordination to the priesthood would not be threatened since «the unity» of the sacrament resides in the bishop: Scripture gives him the authority to delegate as necessary, and Tradition allows for several grades within the sacrament.

Where there is already confusion in the minds of people — and many lay people do not appreciate that deacons are not co-workers since they do not share in the ministerial priesthood, nor can they confect the Eucharist or administer the Sacrament of Reconciliation or the Sacrament of the Sick — it seems that the introduction of deaconesses may simply add to the confusion.

I've known I've been called to ministry since I was a child and played pastor with my stuffed animals by giving them pieces of bread and grape juice enacting the Sacrament.

Most Orthodox churches do not rebaptize converts from other Christian denominations since the Orthodox teach that baptism is a one - time - only sacrament.

Since the diaconate is a grade or degree of Holy Orders (The Catechism of the Catholic Church [CCC], § 1554), the unity of the sacrament seems to require that its subject, who is the sacramental sign, be a baptized male.

Since the days described in the New Testament Christian ministers have preached and taught; they have led worship and administered sacraments; they have presided over the church and exercised oversight over its work; they have given pastoral care to individuals in need.

In the Christian Institute for the Study - of Religion and Society there was an open discussion about a proposal that since Christ transcended not only cultures but also religions and ideologies, the fellowship of confessors of faith in Jesus as the Messiah should not separate from their original religious or secular ideological community but should form fellowships of Christian faith in those communities themselves, and that so long as the Law sees baptism as transference from one community to another it should not be made the condition of entry into the fellowship of the sacrament of the Lord's Supper but made a sacramental privilege for a later time (Ref.

A closer look at Pepler's writings may be «a distinctive way» of looking at things, especially since he proposes that the imagination that is cultivated by grace is able to maintain the connections between creation and the sacraments against a background of increased industrialisation, technology and activism.2

One of the key sacraments is Holy Orders since only the priest says Mass, hears confessions, confirms, ordains and annoints.

Since for him the whole of life was crammed with spiritual significance, he saw in the patriotic passion a sacrament of heavenly love, and in earthly cities symbols of the City of God.

@Colin, It was an interesting fashion of backing out as well, since this is actually an excellent forum to better educate people on the meaning and execution of sacraments.

Since the book draws from the imagery of the seven sacraments — baptism, confession, communion, holy orders, marriage, healing, and confirmation — stories that center around those experiences are much more likely to strike a chord with where I'm at creatively with this project.

Church teaching holds that unless these Catholics obtain an annulment - a decree declaring their first marriage invalid - they can not receive the sacraments since they are seen as committing adultery.

Catholic chaplains were known for their closeness to the troops, partly since the wounded and dying required the sacraments.

Many times since, the Pope has repeated his call for all of us to rediscover the transforming power of frequenting the sacrament of mercy on a regular basis.

Vast processions of the Blessed Sacrament with an altar server giving out incense and girls strewing rose petals before the monstrance carried by a priest under a canopy held by four reverent men, weekly benediction with our heads bent low; «Truly this is the Son of God» we could say since we all lived this belief.

I have taken the sacraments at least once a week since, and have confessed when I feel sinful.

Ideally, such themes and liturgies should arise out of the needs and concerns of those gathered to perform the sacraments, since intensity can have its effect only to the extent that it touches them.

If you want to show that you are good Christians by handling the sacrament and boast of it before the world, then Herod and Pilate are the chief and best Christians, since it seems to me that they really handled the body of Christ when they had him nailed to the cross and put to death... No, my dear friends, the kingdom of God does not consist in outward things, which can be touched or perceived, but in faith.

Since the goal of organic union has seemed to be impossible to attain, the goal is now to create a covenant that will permit mutual recognition of sacraments and of ministries, witnessing together to common faith, and acting together in service.

Sometimes Catholics have misunderstood the sacrament of confession as a license to repeat their misdeeds, since one can always confess again.

The question is difficult since one priest may legitimately have a variety of responses depending on which sacrament is being requested.

[6] This in Rahner's mind does not reduce the grace - giving nature of the sacraments, nor God's involvement in them, since the Church is the most concrete expression and continuation of God's triumphal presence in the world in Christ:

Furthermore, the sacrament of marriage itself should hold a high place in the life of the Church since it is the sacramental expression of the relationship between Christ and the Church with a view to the birth of further sons and daughters for the Kingdom of Christ.

Since it signifies and communicates grace, marriage between baptized persons is a true sacrament of the New Covenant.1

And since then, everything has changed in our life as a couple thanks to the sacrament of Reconciliation.»

Since God's reign was immediately at hand, Jesus could not have established a church or appointed ministers for a long period of time; there were no sacraments in Judaism, therefore references to the Church or its life are not part of the original teaching of Jesus.

Our church has been proclaiming the gospel and administering the sacraments since 1916.