Sentences with phrase «basic element of faith»

That is probably the basic element of faith which we never really get past for our entire lives.

He suggested that memorization of the basic elements of our faith can nourish our spiritual growth.

Not exact matches

Christianity becomes guilty of syncretism when critical, basic elements of the Christian faith are undermined or replaced by the religious elements of its host culture or the world around it.

This may all seem a little remote, although Seyyed Hossein Nasr of the Center for Muslim - Christian Understanding at George Town University in Washington says, the basic element in dialogue is «faith in God.»

If we use the overpowering rationality of God alone as the clue to resolving the problem of suffering in the world, then, we miss a fundamental element which has always been basic to Christian theology, namely, the recognition that both reason and faith are essential for salvation and liberation.

In particular, the process theology, which conceives of God as working in tenderness and love to overcome the recalcitrant elements of evil and advance the world process by a continuous creation, is consistent with basic notes in Christian faith.

It differs from traditional fundamentalism in that it acknowledges love a fundamental element of faith, but it remains distinct from mere moralism in that it includes certain basic beliefs about God and Jesus Christ.

It is in any case a fact that Israel's creation faith — certainly a basic element of the structure of Yahwism from early times — receives scant specific mention (apart from the J story of Gen. 2:4 b ff.)

«I considered that in An Oak Tree I had deconstructed the work of art in such a way as to reveal its single basic and essential element,» he wrote, «belief that is the confident faith of the artist in his capacity to speak and the willing faith of the viewer in accepting what he has to say.»