Sentences with phrase «believers in that particular church»

Every letter to the Ephesians and Corinthians was directed to ALL believers in that particular church, not just to the «clergy»...

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The problem for the Catholic believer in particular is precisely the claim of the Catholic Church to be a catholic church — not a culture or a heritage, but the mystical bride of Christ — a universal and eternal possibility for conveChurch to be a catholic church — not a culture or a heritage, but the mystical bride of Christ — a universal and eternal possibility for convechurch — not a culture or a heritage, but the mystical bride of Christ — a universal and eternal possibility for conversion.

Cobb also points out that «particular providence for particular occasions» (PR 351) leads not only to theoretical problems for theodicy, but to practical problems in the church, «because particular providence has often been appealed to as justification for many actions on the part of believers that are disruptive of the healthy life of the church» (TIP 14).

I am not a radical or a believer of any particular structured faith, although I grew up in the «church,» so to speak.