Sentences with phrase «by one's forebears»

(Dr. Browning didn't contemplate the possibility that, without Jesus, there would have been no iconoclastic destruction of Scotland's ancient and beautiful Catholic churches, or no mass burnings of «witches» by his forebears in the kirk; but that, perhaps, would have been cutting a bit too close to the bone.)

Theology must be more than simply cataloging the answers provided by our forebears.

Young people who, as adults, merely retain the same level of upper - middle - class success that their parents have can regard themselves as standing still or coasting on the momentum acquired by their forebears.

20, 10) still discernible in Augustine's City of God and political writings — perhaps the best (i.e., most well — executed) instance of a Church Father justifying war in the face of the «nonviolent assumptions» held by his forebears and some contemporaries.

We ourselves, most of us, have been shaped by the goals and assumptions of fifteen centuries of Christendom; yet we are also beckoned daily and insistently into unknown places — places untrodden by our forebears and mentors; places incommensurate with our own formative assumptions as children of the established religion of our culture.

A younger generation of politicians is pushing through, and they can not counter accusations of incompetence or wrongdoing by appealing to the efforts made by their forebears to build a multiracial democracy against such odds.

Pembrey and several other researchers, for instance, have wondered whether the current epidemic of obesity, commonly blamed on the excesses of the current generation, may partially reflect lifestyles adopted by our forebears two or more generations back.

Viruses sense chemical signals left behind by their forebears so they can decide whether to kill or just to infect their hosts.

Xenoraid is the latest in a glut of indie retro - inspired bullet hell shoot - em - ups but does it expand upon the formula laid by its forebears or is it content to simply coast by on tried and tested mechanics?

Students should be broadly educated in the traditions, documents, literature, history, and understandings imparted by their forebears.

The latest BMW X1 builds on the tradition of safety started by its forebears.

As an NES inspired platformer, a moniker with which comes a notorious level of difficulty, Shovel Knight lives up the challenge presented by its forebearers.

In fact, each of these operators has an eccentric take on the standards supplied by his forebears — in Poussin's case, the transparent pictorial window of Renaissance art, in Twombly's the in - your - face vehemence of the Abstract Expressionists.

In the same way, the geometric grids espoused by his forebears were no longer «abstract», but had come to define our systems of communication.

This section of the display specifically explores the particular associations between Bacon and Velazquez, Kossoff and Rembrandt, and Uglow and Poussin, with works by the twentieth century artists that directly respond to works by their forebears.

«Perhaps more importantly,» reports the New York Times, «he transformed deal - making from a business built on relationships, as practiced by forebears like Andre Meyer and Felix Rohatyn of Lazard, into one built on high - priced free agency.»

In a house loaned him by a forebear of the Daily Mail Rothermere who died this week, brother of Lord Northcliffe, originator of a potent brand of rightwing, reactionary journalism which had already shown its power by whipping up hatred of the Germans.

Addressing the issue of «galamsey», President Akufo - Addo stated that his government has resolved to stop the menace, which is destroying lands and water bodies, stressing «the Ghana bequeathed to us by our forebears is the same Ghana we must leave for the unborn generations.»

I had the privilege of teaching their descendants who reflected time - honored values instilled in them by their forebears who were no strangers to hard work.

Part of her philosophy is to help young people gain back what has been stolen from them by their forebears: hope for the future.