Sentences with phrase «at sacred times»

place, at sacred times, through sacred persons as distinct from a profane, «unholy» people, and the adoration of God in spirit and in truth is not, indeed abolished, but radically relativized.

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How reprehensible to think pressing one's own agenda at a time like that — a SACRED TIME like that — is lofty or appropritime like that — a SACRED TIME like that — is lofty or appropriTIME like that — is lofty or appropriate.

If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and entitle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.

If, however, the existence of such a teapot were affirmed in ancient books, taught as the sacred truth every Sunday, and instilled into the minds of children at school, hesitation to believe in its existence would become a mark of eccentricity and enti.tle the doubter to the attentions of the psychiatrist in an enlightened age or of the Inquisitor in an earlier time.»

For a long time the Temple in Jerusalem was actually a sacred place, it even was the most sacred place on earth, because the God of Israel had promised, to be present at the Temple (1 Kings 8, 29: That thine eyes may be open toward this house night and day, [even] toward the place of which thou hast said, My name shall be there: that thou mayest hearken unto the prayer which thy servant shall make toward this place.).

... The Jews (just like the church now) got flippant concerning divorce... I feel Jesus didn't have to mention homosexuality because the Law was clear to any Jew at that time... Paul had to mention it because he was an apostle to the Gentiles who I think were more prone to homosexuality behavior... I'm though not as learned as you... just my thought after 15 years of thinking about this issue... The church has a sacred duty to all... even gays... we need a unified loving answer to give them... but it must be the truth... because only the truth can set us free...

Appealing to «common blood» and «sacred land,» Savarkar wrote that Hindus are «the only people who are blessed with these ideal conditions that are at the same time incentive to national solidarity, cohesion, and greatness.»

«In 325, the Council devised a set of sacred testaments, transparent and wise The truth is only ever relied on that which we agree and abide At the meeting of the minds Reading of the times Open the blinds To our complicated lives We all need some kind of creed to lead us to light»

For while the sacred may be seen as that which gives meaning and value to the profane sphere, at the same time it may by its separateness and elevation tend to empty the profane sphere of significance and worth.

At times, a reactionary, legislative, and disciplinary form of Thomism was deployed, directed inward at members of the Church, chiefly about uses of philosophy in the study of sacred doctrinAt times, a reactionary, legislative, and disciplinary form of Thomism was deployed, directed inward at members of the Church, chiefly about uses of philosophy in the study of sacred doctrinat members of the Church, chiefly about uses of philosophy in the study of sacred doctrine.

They are: i) revelatory experiences are common to all religions, ii) revelation is received under finite human condition, iii) the three types of criticisms, mystical, prophetic and secular help to address the distortions that crept into revealed religions, iv) History of Religions makes «a concrete theology that has universal significance» possible and v) an acknowledgement that «the sacred is the creative ground and at the same time a critical judgement of the secular».

According to the knowledge, competence, and prestige which they [the laity] possess, they have the right and even at times the duty to manifest to the sacred pastors their opinion on matters which pertain to the good of the Church and to make their opinion known to the rest of the Christian faithful, without prejudice to the integrity of faith and morals, with reverence toward their pastors, and attentive to common advantage and the dignity of persons.

Any religious community's desire to safeguard its sacred and saving information often leads it to be very solicitous, at times excessively so, about doctrinal orthodoxy.

At a time when Israel is isolated and anti-Semitism is again on the march, and when so many other communities are under threat, Sir Martin's life is a reminder that defeat is not inevitable, that evil need not triumph, and that hope can still bear witness to what's sacred in this life — even as we await for God's perfect love and justice in the next.

How are we supposed to observe a sacred event while at the same time staying culturally relevant?

Islam has succeeded brilliantly in its missionary enterprise, promoting at the same time a universal devotion to the sacred Arabic.

Whatever his view of God at the time of his early death, Camus understood the attraction of the sacred — and in more than mere intellectual recognition.

Divine causality that can be localized historically at certain points in space and time, appears rather to be what characterizes the supernatural operation of God in sacred history, in contrast to the natural relation of God to his world.

So sacred was it held to be at the time of the making of the Code of Manu, greatest of the law books, that it was therein decreed that a lowly Sudra, i.e., low caste man, who so much as listened to the sacred text would have molten metal poured into his ears, and his tongue cut out if he pronounced the sacred words of the holy Vedas.1 «Whether such laws were ever actually enforced may be doubted.

There are a variety of ways in which this is so, but, at the same time, it's clear that certain aspects of pagan familial virtue are not exactly incompatible with the Biblical sacred order that can check or overcome their excesses and pathologies — just as the Biblical order imposes powerful interdicts, not to be confused with taboos, against the kind of violent desires that, to the morbid fascination of the ancient Greeks, deconstructed and destroyed the identities of family - bound individuals.

«Although Hinduism and yoga grew out at the same time of the Indian subcontinent and there are references to yoga in the Upanishads and in the Bhagavad Gita, that doesn't mean that Hinduism has the exclusive hold on yoga,» she said, referring to sacred Hindu texts.

At evening time it is, with equal ceremony, locked away for the night in a specially prepared vault for safekeeping.11 It is not a little strange that a faith which rules out idolatry should have come, in the end, very near, if not quite, to making their sacred book an object of worship.

God had never before, it declares, «come down to the world to lead the people,» but, «after a long waiting, the time at last came and God showed himself to the World, taking the body of The Foundress as the incarnation, at the sacred place of Jiba in October, 1838.

At one time it made sense to claim that certain places or objects were sacred.

By making contact with the profane like Proust, and with the sacred at the same time, like Eliade.

Christian liturgy, like other forms of sacred rituals, is «an efficacious performance that invokes the presence and action of powers which, without the ritual, would not be present or active at that time and place.»

Other writers want the story line to be true to the character, and still others seek «an omnidirectional assault on anything that is sacred — hypocrisy will be mocked at all times,» he said.

Tiny Beautiful Things: Advice on Love and Life from Dear Sugar by Cheryl Strayed:: Profane and sacred all at the same time.

The fullness of the divine that appeared in the Incarnation would be surpassed by an even fuller epiphany of the sacred at a future moment in time.

To interpret Scripture is at the same time to amplify its meaning as sacred meaning and to incorporate the remains of secular culture in this understanding.

Finally, traditional sacred music has an objective quality which is at the same time palpable and introspective.

4 ««These are the Lord's appointed festivals, the sacred assemblies you are to proclaim at their appointed times: 5The Lord's Passover begins at twilight on the fourteenth day of the first month.

At the same time, no critical examination is directed toward present distortions which have been elevated without thought to a sacred position.

Apparently with no thought of inconsistency, in a powerful sermon Urban II urged the great company of warriors who were present to turn their swords from fighting their brethren to fighting the Moslems, at that time in possession of the places held sacred by Christians and oppressing the pilgrims who thronged them.

The things that define my life, my body, my relationships, the historical events and changes will be the opportunities I have for being reminded at some unique and particular times of an aspect of existence that I may call «sacred.»

With the other monks he slept in the large upstairs dormitory, ate in the refectory, listening to suitable reading at the same time; and had his stall in the church for the services which were patterned across the day and some of the night These services were centred on the recitation of the sacred poetry of the Jews, the 150 Psalms, which the early Jewish Christians had continued to recite when they became followers of Jesus, and which had become the staple Christian prayer.

Making sense of Christian history as a living resource, peopled not with venerated abstractions but men and women as alive and individual as you or I, seems critical at a time when storytelling and imitation are more the province of secular entertainment than sacred order.

As far as the early Church is concerned, the saying could be a prophetic word in the context of a sacred meal anticipating the messianic banquet, at a time when the Church was concerned with the influx of the Gentiles.

As much as I am outside of my comfort zone here (I do not attend church - nor plan on doing so ever again, I have plenty of non-christian friends but not one Christian friend in my current city, I DJ at a bar, I run a radio that plays secular music (yet everything is sacred), I work a regular day job, I struggle with financial hardship and responsibilities I never asked for..., I sometimes have fear of the future and many times my faith dwindles... Some days I cry because I support my family and I feel just really tired...) despite all this fractured humanity that I am....

God spoke to human beings in a way that they could understand and the sacred authors used terms common at the time.

At the same time, it is to be borne in mind that «[since] everything asserted by the inspired authors or sacred writers must be held to be asserted by the Holy Spirit, it follows that the books of Scripture must be acknowledged as teaching solidly, faithfully and without error that truth which God wanted put into sacred writings for the sake of salvation» (DV, 11).

Having grown up in Eugene, running in all - comers meets at Hayward, seeing Pre race many times, and having attended the Pre Classic almost every year since inception, Hayward Field is sacred to me.

You gave your trust to those whose sacred duty it was to do no harm, to encourage and guide you at perhaps the most important time in a mother's life, and they failed you.

«Today, no - one disputes that the sacred Rock marking the trail to the Village of the Dead, which is at the same time Ekarenniondi, The Watcher and Oscotarach, the Head - Piercer, is the rock long so identified at the Scenic Caves.

Where I treat my kids» nap schedule as sacred and will always make the effort to be home for nap time, she's more laid back about naps and is less concerned if nap happens in the car or not at all.

But the time to debate the Cordoba Mosque proposed to be built on the sacred land at Ground Zero is now.

'' Social Security and Medicare are a sacred promise that must be honored, but at the same time we must begin to address retirement and healthcare security for future generations of American workers.»

«Science needs to be done in a sacred place,» Shah said at the time.

I looked out over the massive, at times angry, crowd and I listened to Dr. Katz speak sacred words of truth as it hit me: the spirit uniting American Second Amendment supporters is not new and it is not going away.

«Nigeria is bigger than Lagos State, where you control affairs like a god; whose words are sacred and must be obeyed at all times.»