Sentences with phrase «ancient practices of the church»

I appreciate its attempts to recover ancient practices of the church, even if it sometimes feels anachronistic or maddeningly ala carte.

Failure to follow the wishes of these Reformers, which was of course identical with the ancient practice of the Church, has been a tragedy.

Not exact matches

``... [the] gulf between the Church and the scientific mind... widens with each generation, and modern means of diffusing knowledge by the press, radio, and film, have brought us now to such a pass that the Christian, and especially the Catholic, whose beliefs are enriched in their religious manifestation by the ceremonies and practices of a most ancient past, finds himself considered the initiate of a recondite cult whose practices are not only unintelligible to men around him, but savour to them of superstition and magic.»

I speak throughout Canada and internationally to churches, conferences, women's groups, universities, and workshops on topics ranging from spiritual formation, a sacramental view of living, being a Christian feminist, the ways that we can navigate change throughout our faith journey, the embrace of ancient church practices as a charismatic Christian, writing, social justice, and many other topics.

I honestly don't care if Mitt Romney wears Mormon undergarments beneath his Gap skinny jeans, or if he believes that the stories of ancient American prophets were engraved on gold tablets and buried in upstate New York, or that Mormonism's founding prophet practiced polygamy (which was disavowed by the church in 1890).

Many Protestants who have plunged into the thought and spiritual practice of the ancient church have found a Mary more appealing to them than she was to their forebears.

Equating modern churches, pastors and practices with ancient Jewish synagogues, temples and priests and practices (such as tithing to the Levites) seems to be done primarily for the purpose of raising money.

Current awareness of the importance to the health of a family's relationships with the extended family (including the church) accents the significance of these ancient practices of the religious community.

Get plugged in at your church, join a sports league or actually attempt the ancient and forgotten practice of meeting your neighbors.

To these three reasons I might now add that a fourth — that a reorientation of priest and people during of the Liturgy of the Eucharist would bring Latin - rite Catholic practice into harmony with the practice of the Eastern Catholic Churches and the Orthodox Churches — and a fifth: that this re-orientation would place the reformed liturgy of Vatican II in continuity with an ancient liturgical tradition of the Church.

Morris next took us into the church in the town's central square, where we saw a significant blending of ancient Mayan practices and Catholic influences.

The practice of gauging wind direction dates as far back as ancient Greece, and decorative weathervanes were common on churches in medieval Europe.