Sentences with phrase «against the church»

He says that the gates of hell will not prevail against the church.

000 — Many practice «natural family planning» however, if a Catholic chooses to use birth control it does go against church teachings.

It is certainly possible for someone to, in good conscience do something against church teaching, but it is something that should happen extremely rarely.

To renew the church also involves a form of protest against the churches.

Regardless, he's making a strong case for how unlikely it is there would be a legal challenge against churches for not conducting gay marriages.

Some Catholic commentators charge that much of this scholarship reflects a deeper bias against the church itself.

I heard this one years ago used against my church, saying that our light had gone out and we were damned.

This is done in an attempt to make people who have rational arguments against church doctrine and church history seem irrational and therefore making their arguments invalid.

They fought against a church which said that only the elite, only the educated, only the doctors of theology could read and study Scripture.

Against the church built on this foundation, the gates of hell shall not prevail.

That information has come from those with an axe to grind against the church.

I guess I was just confused b / c you seem to be so against the church using scripture for monetary gain.

The study indicates that over the past decade the number of allegations of sex abuse against churches and church agencies has averaged about seventy per week.

Already, suits have been filed against churches attempting to exercise precisely this type of oversight with their own members.

I am encouraged by many such people who continued to speak and write to and for and against the church while not attending it.

It was for going against the churches dogma that the earth was the center of the universe.

One of my biases is to want to defend these folk against the church.

I appreciated the fact that you don't see the parallel between your project against your church experience and my project against the limitations of your representation.

I Can NOT argue with the negative comments against the church.

• If a person wanted to make a speech in your community against churches and religion, should he or she be allowed to speak?

What is meant by prevailing against the church is not clear.

One such reason is simply that it is attempting to impose religious convictions upon the American people which goes against church and state.

For a national news station you sure have a bias against this church.

The gay issue is one where I will stand against the church in support of this much maligned group of people... many of which have literally been driven to suicide and fallen victim to physical harm or even murder because of such bigotry.

His victim, who is now in his 40s, is taking legal action against the Church of England for personal injury caused as a result of the abuse suffered.

My then firm was acting for a Conservative member of Parliament, Sir Geoffrey Johnson Smith, in an action against the Church of Scientology for libel.

If he is convicted, a precident will be set that opens the door for future conspiricy charges against the church itself.

If any other organization committed such crimes, only pedophiles would want to join but the Catholics are condoning the behavior with their refusal to take a strong stand against their church.

This has led to a revolt against the church by some, and a revolt within the church by others.

The person who wrote this article has no clue at all, from the picture showing sisters in habits (something most of the liberal orders of women do not even wear anymore) to describing the battle as Church Men against Church Women.

The story goes that the latest campaign against the Church started when local Communist Party secretary Xia Baolong said Wenzhou City's skyline had «too many crosses».

But how can there be a protest against the Church as it is?

To me, the most important part of the article is the charges brought against the Church official who gave the alleged pedophiles access to children.

It would appear to be something of a shock, not to say disappointment, to The Tablet's mindset, but a Catholic who has acted against Church teaching does not necessarily join that magazine in attempting to justify their action through dissent.

Would Jesus support the government passing laws against his Church?

Dolan, who made an unannounced trip to the state Capitol to lobby the governor and legislative leaders, said the idea of a «lookback would be toxic for us» because it would lead to a flurry of cases against the church.

Religion has no place in our government, and I don't believe a devout Mormon will dare go against the church on hot - button social issues.

Really enjoyed reading your article, not to mention the lawsuits brought against the church for abuse of power, cruelty, mistreatment, physiological intimidation, harassment.

Mayor Sarno, however, is making moves against the church.

A court empowered to judge a statute's constitutionality by that court's own inference of the animus of the statute's sponsors is a court set free from any limitations on its power» its power, on the one hand, to strike down any law enacted with the political aid of believers, and its power, on the other hand, to move directly against churches and denominations that display a perceived animus in their teaching toward certain behavior.

It's disappointing that the courts would discriminate against the Church of the Flying Spaghetti Monster.

To atone for the nation's historic sins against the Church, Russians should protect the Church and enter into its life.

For this reason, some legislators still speak about removing statutes of limitations for civil suits against the Church.

Meanwhile, Iraq's beleagured president Nouri al - Maliki accused the organisation of trying to destroy the «centuries - old heritage» of Christians in Iraq, he said: «What is being done by the Daesh terrorist gang [ISIS] against our Christian citizens in Ninevah province, and their aggression against the churches and houses of worship in the areas under their control, reveals beyond any doubt the extremist criminal and terrorist nature of this group, he said.