Sentences with phrase «apostolic zeal»

Father Hermann Geissler of the Vatican's Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith believes that Cardinal John Henry Newman's four sermons on the apostolic zeal of St Paul can help all Catholics rediscover their missionary vocation.

In this letter he said that he was grateful for having known Msgr Escrivá personally «and for having received from him encouragement and strength to be faithful to the unchangeable doctrine of Christ and to serve the Holy Roman Church with apostolic zeal».

Not exact matches

The presence in so many parts of the country of secularized, non-religious, at times even antireligious institutions whose foundations were inspired by religious zeal and apostolic motives seems almost like empirical proof of the contention of positivists that faith and intelligence are incompatible.

John Paul the Great restored an awareness of the apostolic identity of the papacy during his twenty - six years of travelling the globe, largelythrough his personal charisma and unflagging zeal.

For centuries, the Thomas Christians expanded, thanks to their zeal, though inspired also by the apostolic spirit of their East Syrian brethren.