Sentences with phrase «about faith and morals»

WHITE PLAINS, NY — Cardinal Timothy Dolan captivated a crowd of more than 700 people with his message about faith and morals in business at the Business Council of Westchester's Annual Dinner at the Rye Town Hilton.

Surely we can never think of Christian teaching about faith and morals, or about anything else, as a kind of closed enterprise, at the end of which the job is done and we have finally got our people «fixed» where we should like them to be.

Whenever the Council teaches something about faith and morals, what it teaches is certainly true, either through the specific note of infallibility or from the religious submission of mind and will owed to the ordinary Magisterium.

The Pope is infallible when teaching about faith AND morals.

but this one at least) who provokes a discussion about faith and morals and not about party A versus party B and the tiring election.

Not exact matches

A polemicist might well have salty things to say about this abdication of moral principles that Christians have held since the earliest days of the faith, but in Wilcox's mild and irenic diction the mainline churches are simply «accommodationist,» espousing what he calls a «Golden Rule Christianity» that honors tolerance, kindness, and social justice as paramount virtues.

Most I know are humanists; people who care about the rest of humanity regardless of their faith and who adhere to a moral code just as noble as anyone, just without a deity as the center of their life.

Jesus was and his about truth and following the will of his Father thru his Holy Church which he commishioned to make these decisions regarding faith and morals.

The Christian faith has important things to say about power and war and moral responsibility.

These questions make it clear that the moral truths about marriage, available to reason and faith alike, form a very tight web indeed.

To the extent that they are careless about their instruction in the faith, or present its teaching falsely, or even fail in their religious, moral, or social life, they must be said to conceal rather than to reveal the true nature of God and of religion.»

With more and more attention necessarily riveted on matters of morality and ethics, it is hardly a surprise that we ask about moral content as a measure of the meaning of any God - talk, and test the potency of faith claims by the difference they make for human well - being and the well - being of the wider creation.

Stop worrying about preaching your faith and trying to convince others that it is real, and just live by the moral code you believe in.

One can read a good many books about the moral and political implications of Christian faith without finding much discussion of prisons.

It was no better than the piety of bourgeois idealism with its naive preachments about moral optimism, its identification of the ideal society with the Kingdom of God, and its simple confidence in the possibility of implementing in public life the absolutes of the Christian faith.

Waugh understood that this search was all about the actual, raw fact of the Crucifixion really happening: the Christian faith is not a set of moral principles, or a myth and some lovely traditions, but the truth, rooted in history.

«There is a moral and spiritual dimension with a strong consensus built among the faith communities about the care of our common home.

(Look at the women in Ireland and The Dominican Rep. who died because of being denied an abortion recently) You are SO correct about Hitler being a xstian, google away... «Secular schools can never be tolerated because such a school has no religious instruction and a general moral instruction without a religious foundation is built on air; consequently, all character training and religion must be derived from faith... We need believing people.»

Jesus is indignant that the scribes and Pharisees (1) will not enter the kingdom of heaven themselves and stand in the way of others entering it as well; (2) will do almost anything to win a proselyte only to make that proselyte twice as much a child of hell as they are; (3) confuse people by senseless oaths, telling them that if they swear by the Temple, their oath is not binding, but if they swear by the gold of the Temple, it is binding - the fools ought to realize, Jesus says, that the Temple includes all that is in it; (4) tithe some of their money but neglect justice and mercy and faith, which are weightier moral matters, when they ought both to tithe and perform these greater acts of righteousness as well; (5) are careful about outward cleanliness but careless about the inward disposition, so that they are filled with extortion and greed; (6) appear righteous but really are hypocrites, because their appearance hides all manner of iniquity inside; (7) pretend to revere the prophets of history whom their parents killed but continue to practice the evil of their parents by rejecting those whom God sends to them now (Matt.

There are a myriad of arguements about your supposedly higher ideals where you can not explain why I should think you believe in any unprovable higher ideals and morals, if you can not also have a faith in other unproven concepts, but whatever.

As long as there are unspoken conventions that keep members from being friends who can tell one another about life at home and at work, it will be almost impossible for a pastor to convey to them that Christian faith affects all areas of life, all moral and social values.

The belief that love and moral commitment are learned at home while persons learn about the Bible at church has had the devastating effect of separating life at work and life at home from the life of faith.

Nevertheless, both are devoted to the personal vocation of man, though under different titles... [Yet] at all times and in all places, the Church should have the true freedom to teach the faith, to proclaim its teaching about society, to carry out its task among men without hindrance, and to pass moral judgment even in matters relating to politics whenever the fundamental rights of man or the salvation of souls requires it» (Gaudium et Spes, 76).

Emphatic that «faith is personal and honorable and uncorrupted by political influence,» Mondale is less clear about how religious and moral meaning should enter into the public forum.

Both candidates will be interviewed about their character, faith and moral beliefs by Warren, who will serve as moderator.

But it is possible to hold to different faiths and support a move towards a more or less consensus about cultural and moral values through rational dialogue among faiths, and reinforce that consensus from different faith - standpoints.

The New Testament's later development of an international and inter-racial faith was the logical conclusion of Jesus» way of thinking about God, and so notable was this contribution that he has been credited with being the first one in history to take monotheism with thoroughgoing moral earnestness.

But it is possible to hold to different Faiths and support a move towards a more or less consensus about cultural and moral values through rational dialogue among Faiths, and reinforce that consensus from different faith - standpoints.

It was far better and far wiser in God to be content with a Faith that was quite amazingly right about the basic precepts of God, morals, and creation as good, and of its nature allowed for developmental growth in a straight line as time and culture called it forth.

In this election, questions about both candidates» personal faith have been discussed — and whether it's publicly lying about something or just saying inflammatory things — critics of either candidate can find «moral» reasons not support the other.

It was present in the Old Testament period before Jesus made it his central message; it is present in the worship and moral endeavors of those of faiths other than Christianity; in acts and attitudes of compassion and a determined effort to bring about a better world, it may be present in persons of no acknowledged religious faith.

About two - thirds of the professors do see the Bible as infallible in faith and morals matters.

Like many atheists (who are generally lovely moral people like my father, who would refuse to enter heaven and instead wait outside with his Miles Davis LPs), I started out snarky and defensive about religion, but eventually came to think it was probably nice for people of faith to have faith.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

A few of the administrators for the website met their spouse through online Christian dating services and are all too familiar with the struggles, pain, disappointment, and frustration that is involved in finding a partner so if you are serious about your faith and finding a partner that shares your morals, values and religious beliefs, there isn't a better dating service option than Single Christians Only.

It's a survival tale at its core, only less about resourcefulness and perseverance than it is about how desperate circumstances challenge our moral compass and our belief systems — such as notions of faith, compassion, forgiveness, and trust.

The third act of Life of Pi is an extended coda designed to provide some sort of overall moral about the power of faith and survival in the face of bleak odds and mortal danger.

Below are the lesson outcomes covered in this unit planning: To learn about the life of Buddha Investigate the significance of Vesak and explore ways Buddhists celebrate it To investigate how Buddhists live their faith To hear and discuss Buddhists stories that have a moral message To explore how Theravadin Buddhists express their faith To explore the concept of community in the Buddhist tradition and beyond To develop an understanding of the symbolism involved in Buddhism There are 7 sessions in total but some sessions could be split over two lessons.

IPL partner groups educate and engage congregations and people of faith from all traditions and spiritualities about the moral and ethical mandate to address climate change.