Sentences with phrase «allowed ordinary men»

They brought the majesty and otherness of God down to earth and allowed ordinary men and women to see and touch the divine.

Not exact matches

The devotionof the Seven Churches, in fact, brings together various of the themes we have already discerned in looking at St Philip's methods: it was distinctively Christian and prayerful, allowed for healthy exercise and good spirits alongside its primary purpose of pilgrimage, and was a practical way of getting ordinary young men out of danger's way at a time of potential spiritual hazards.

One great advantage of a lectureship was that it allowed men whose consciences were troubled by portions of the Prayer Book to escape the requirement that the prescribed services be read, for the ordinary worship was conducted by the parson and not by the lecturer.

The path of criticism is a public way: the wrong headed are permitted to err therein... Justice is not a cloistered virtue: she must be allowed to suffer the scrutiny and respect, even though outspoken, the comments of ordinary men.»

Here is an ordinary man to whom an alien bequeaths a ring of power that forms a skin - tight suit around the possessor's body and allows him to create anything that his mind envisions by means of literal willpower.

Stevovich's images depict ordinary men and women in everyday situations and locations — in restaurants and bars, at the beach, on public transportation — but their gestures and expressions confused the overall logic of the scene, creating a sense of mystery and allowing for a a variety of readings.