Sentences with phrase «be closed to other interpretations»
But as long as you believe «the Bible» instead of acknowledging you believe an interpretation thereof... your mind is going to be closed to other interpretations.
http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/ Not exact matches
The prophecy in the last words of John's Gospel, that if the many other things which Jesus did were to be written, the world itself would not contain the books, comes close to fulfillment in the oft - repeated enterprise of writing a life of Christ or an interpretation of some aspect of his teaching.
I don't want to rewrite this article in english, but basically, I came to the following conclusions 1 - that Scriptures ought to be used in close interaction with daily reality (not out the blue, in abstraction, or in academic ivory tower) 2 - it ought to be interpreted by what we could call «crucified» christians 3 - and that «crucified» christian should interpret in the context of a «crucified» community / church (because being in a close knit church is a very good way to actually be «crucified» and sanctified, and because I need insight from others in my interpretations.
Doctrinally and cognitively, insofar as worldviews and belief systems or patterns of biblical interpretation are concerned (though not always stylistically), evangelicalism can not yield its ties to these two sets of cousins, being closer to them than to other forms of Christianity and ecumenically committed to their advance.
Although some substitutions are clearly allowable, others may come closer to the IRS interpretation of what constitutes a «substantially identical» security.
Besides critics of these statutory interpretation concepts, there are other rules of interpretation, which seem contrary to these «closed book» rules, such as the ability of a court to «read - in» words or phrases to a statute to ensure its constitutional integrity.
[16] The rule and the Official Interpretations (on which creditors and other persons can rely) contain detailed instructions as to how each line on the Closing Disclosure form should be completed.