Sentences with phrase «synod said»

In addition, the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod said the books by Tim LaHaye and Jerry Jenkins are «filled with very serious errors about what the Bible really teaches.»

Speaking personally and not for the Synod he said, «The theme of the promised land can not be used as a basis to justify the return of the Jews to Israel and the expatriation of the Palestinians....

«The synod said that gay people have «gifts and talents to offer the Christian community.»

In these cases, the synod says, «The church is called on to be the house of the Fathers, with doors always wide open... where there is a place for everyone, with all their problems.»

Not exact matches

Convention votes, though determined of course by simple majority, only expressed the synod's understanding of what the Word of God said.

Daniel P. Moloney says about the rumors — whether correct or not — he heard from the Extraordinary Synod last autumn.

I'll say, and the Synod of the Church of England just admitted women bishops, the Jews and Muslims in Palestine are at each other's throats again, and a new dinosaur with 4 wings was just dug up in China (no doubt planted by Satan).

The shock of learning that there were actual bishops and archbishops — some of them cardinals, no less — willing to water down that teaching, or effectively to abandon it altogether if an antinomian understanding of «conscience» were heeded, led us to pay closer attention to what was being said in the synods.

A Tanta hospital operated by the Presbyterian Synod of the Nile opened its doors and received one - third of the medical cases, said Zaki.

Cardinal Lorenzo Baldisseri, General Secretary of the Synod, said that 85 % of the conferences responded to the survey.

In the middle of the synod, she stopped, wheeled around, slapped a hand over his mouth, loosened his teeth, said, «Young man, don't you ever say anything like that again.

CSW said in 2005, the centre was raided by security agents during a Council Synod meeting, and all the clergy on the Council were arrested.

In a briefing, sent out ahead of the meeting, the Church said the Synod would look at «the liturgy for Affirmation of Baptismal Faith, contained in the Common Worship service book, may be used with people who have already been baptised» but who wish to «reaffirm their identity in Christ after a significant personal transition, including gender.»

Pastor Rob Morris, who leads the Christ the King Lutheran Church in Newtown, violated the Lutheran Church - Missouri Synod's rule against taking part in joint worship services, said the synod's president, Pastor Matthew C. HarrSynod's rule against taking part in joint worship services, said the synod's president, Pastor Matthew C. Harrsynod's president, Pastor Matthew C. Harrison.

In response to the pervasive relativism in contemporary culture, and the form of relativism that is called religious syncretism in the dialogue between religions — a problem that came in for special attention at a recent Synod for Asia — CDF, with the Pope's express support, is reiterating the Church's faith that Jesus is, as he said of himself, the way, the truth, and the life.

«Although this group is portrayed as a minority, those who do not want a winner - take - all, scorched - earth policy, are a majority in Synod,» he said.

«The process in General Synod is not over and we would wish to be involved in the ongoing discussions as to a way forward that includes all loyal members of the Church of England,» it said in a statement.

In Lesslie Newbigin's Bible studies for the 1986 synod of the Church of South India, he said: «Words without deeds are empty, but deeds without words are dumb.»

Having said that, the following are suggestions which may be helpful to the Synod:

Pope Benedict XVI, like his predecessor John Paul II, has said that the Election of Israel can not be changed; his October 25 homily at the close of the Synod would have been a good time to reiterate this position.

What will Synod 2015 say to the world that will make the world think again about marriage and the family, before these two essential building - blocks of civilization are further dismantled and traduced?

That said, the reason many Old Catholic and Independent Catholic denominations have avoided the pedophilia scandals has more to do with the form of governance (synod - based decision making, laity inclusive or laity directed), recognition that clergy are mere humans with a special calling and ministry (as opposed to «always to be obeyed» representatives of the «monarchy» / Vatican and king / Pope), clergy are often members of the community at large (married or not, they have homes, careers, and lives outside a rectory), and the fact that clergy have not been brought up in seminary / parochial schools as young boys where they learned how to be abusers because they were abused themselves, but in homes.

Dreher, who broke the news of Jonah's resignation, compared the OCA synod in a blog post to «a pack of ravening wolves» that he said has long been trying to unseat its leader.

Apparently plenty, as Warren's speech — which he said he wrote from scratch the night before after yesterday's speakers covered his previously prepared main points — was «probably the first time ever the synod hall resembled a revivalist meeting,» tweeted David Quinn, an Irish Catholic columnist.

Cardinal Raymond Burke was outspoken on the way the synod was being reported in the relatio post disceptationem: its reporting was, he said, being «manipulated....

«It is not, therefore a matter of debating doctrinal questions,» said Archbishop Bruno Forte, who will be the special secretary for the synod, «which have in any case been clarified by the magisterium.»

Referring to the Bangkok Assembly of the WCC, The International Congress in Lausanne, the Bishops» Synod in Rome on evangelism in the modern world, and the Orthodox Consultation on Confessing Christ today, Thomas said that theological convergence in these meetings is striking in three points: Firstly, in their emphasis on the whole gospel for the whole man in the whole world; secondly, in their effort to relate evangelism to the identity of the church and to its growth, renewal and unity; and thirdly, in their affirmation of the realities of the contemporary world.

So when one learns that the Synod of Catholic cardinals and bishops summoned by the same Pope has returned the conversation to the culture wars of the West — though with unmistakable overtones of capitulation on many of the bishops» part — it is, to say no more, a disappointment.

In a letter to the Guardian, Jayne Ozanne, a senior member of the general synod for the diocese of Oxford, said: «Abuse of power, particularly in relation to sexual misdemeanours, will never be dealt with by those within the same said power structures.

General Synod member, Canon Simon Butler said: «Such was the interest in serving on this Working Group and the strength - in - depth of the insights and skills offered to the Appointments Committee that we could have easily populated the Working Group twice over.

On the other hand, the omission of the qualifying portion can plausibly be said to indicate that the Synod was not endorsing all of FC 84 and was permitting «discernment» that could lead to reception of the Eucharist and arguably have the stronger position since attempts to get the clarifying portion included were defeated.

Furthermore, those who wish for «progressive» pastoral solutions will claim that the Holy Father's closing address to the Synod gives further support to their efforts: they will say he harshly criticized «conservatives» and even better was his approval of honoring the «spirit» of the law, over the law itself.

Israel's deadly enemies will surely exploit the Synod's final declaration, using it as a propaganda weapon, giving it the widest possible publicity» which is not to say that's what the bishops intended, at all.

Had the synod given a robust defense of the scriptural and doctrinal grounds for not admitting the same group to the Eucharist, prognosticators skilled at connecting dots could have said they knew it was going to happen all along.

Commenting on the short - list of candidates the Primus of the Scottish Episcopal Church, Most Rev Mark Strange, said: «I thank members of the Preparatory Committee for the work they have done and am delighted that four candidates are being nominated to the Electoral Synod.

George Weigel defends the paragraphs (84 - 86) of the Synod report against «German spin» doctors; unfortunately, it could be said that his defense shows the weakness of the paragraphs and the document.

William Nye, Secretary General to the General Synod, said: «At the heart of the mission of the Church of England is a commitment to proclaiming the gospel afresh in each generation.

«I can say they were all impressed with the notion that we can all be most thoroughly accountable to one another in an autochthonous American Church, one that could be launched at some future national synod where elected delegates could create a constitution for the Church modelled on the U.S. Constitution.

The government knows all this, the governors conceal it, the Senate connives at it, the ministers say nothing; the czar, and the synod, the landowners and the police all agree with Selifan [from Dead Souls]: «Why not thrash a peasant?

And neither will the final report itself — or at least that's what is being said, as the Synod is about to open.

During the General Synod debate the Archbishop of Canterbury said his own wellbeing had been affected during his time as a parish priest.

CofE critics of the General Synod decision say it marks the end of 2000 years of unity with the Roman Catholic Church on the issue of the top jobs.

The Missouri - Synod Lutheran said what it meant to be part of such a department as a person of his tradition, as did the Dutch Calvinist, the Jesuit and the Mennonite.

Why believe that a certain creed or synod represents the true Church unless what it says agrees with (what I take to be) the true Gospel?

[2] As a result, in parts the document strains under the effort of trying to do justice to everything that was said by the many bishops present at the Synod.

Pope Francis is president of the synod, and the Vatican says he will be present and active in the discussions.

Here's something shocking that the bishops said about marriage — not the bishops in the Synod in Rome right now, but the Fathers of Vatican II.

The first thing to say is that the Synod seems to be infected with an emotivist, subjectivist, and therapeutic tone.

It is important, says the document, to consider «what the Synod described as eucharistic consistency, a quality which our lives are objectively called to embody.

«Having skilled and effective conflict - helpers on a synod staff would be very helpful,» said a former ELCA pastor.