Sentences with phrase «by priests on»

He died at the very hour the lambs were being slain by the priests on the altar of the Temple in Jerusalem in preparation for the Passover meal that would begin at sunset.

Not exact matches

Also, morality is not external (if byexternal that you mean something that you can know is right or wrong has to be determined by a larger body or set of policies created by someone else many years ago to be official), and morality does not necessarily flow from religion (plenty of Catholic priests, Islamic Imams, Protestant preachers wave their hands high in the air in the afternoon, at praise time, and when the lights go down they crawl on their bellies, and hands and knees like snakes and dogs).

I read an interesting article that research was done on the Bible by Rev. Lindsay Hardin Freeman, an Episcopal priest.

If child abuse was a disease, and if religion did not get a free pass on criminal acts, child abuse by rcc priests would be classed as a pandemic.

A priest's expressed concerns over plans by councils nationwide to crackdown on begging, including fining... More

* Ezekiel 21:23 And it shall be unto them as a false divination in their sight, to them that have sworn oaths: * Hebrews 7:21 (For those priests were made without an oath; but this with an oath by him that said unto him, The Lord sware and will not repent, Thou art a priest for ever after the order of Melchisedec:)(The Lord will repent himself read * Deut 32:36) * Genesis 6:6 And it repented the Lord that he had made man on the earth, and it grieved him at his heart.

I wish religious would bless the very foundation of the buildings that surfboards are built, maybe then the teen of the coasts would not get up to surf and get high (not all surfers get high) but, this act by the priest is a act of recognition to God that if a wave should crash let it crash not on a tweeked melon.

Where do you stand on priest and young alterboys that get them later in life paid millions for the special attention paid by them special priest?

An Italian priest is being investigated by police on suspicion of prostituting up to 15 women.

Maybe he is a good person, but he heads an organization that continues to hide horrendous crimes by priests and insists on policies that cause harm to millions.

He proposed a new indictment of priestly celibacy, pointing out that by the year 2000 «more than one million» «above - average» Catholics will not have existed because the forty thousand «on average, above average» priests living in 1900 could not marry and have children.

The «Bible» was written by a bunch of hermit priests sitting locked away in some monastery high on herbs, mushrooms, and / or opium writing down what the crooked Popes in Rome wanted them to write.

From the religious atrocities of the reformation and the counterreformation, the inquisition, several dozen crusades, to the modern day Church protecting pedophile priests, and insisting on no birth control in AIDS ridden countries, and mindless zealots trying to pretend that what has been proven by science should be subsumed under their fairy tales.

But these sentiments are regarded as obiter dicta by priests who know that they could be summarily suspended, and left with nothing but their shredded reputations, on the basis of barely «credible» accusations.

As for what this priest wrote, he forgets that most Catholic parishes, at least in the USA, depend very heavily on retired men and women to help out with many parish duties, from helping to serve communion at daily Mass to assisting with the front office or helping out with various ministries, so to say seniors have been forgotten by the Church is not true...

My favorite part is this whole article by pro-Mormon propagandist writer Jessica Ravitz was the slam against the speeding CATHOLIC priest in a MERCEDES sliding in an underhanded implication of some alcohol, child molesting, inordinately and illegally rich priest driven (pun intended) to hunt down and kill Mormons on a beautiful, sunny day in France.

The Church's official witness to this covenant - making, the ordained priest, exercises his unique form of priesthood by offering the Church's recognition of, and blessing on, what the couple, in their exercise of the priesthood of the baptized, have covenanted together.

The witness also said he was touched inappropriately by a priest while an altar boy at the orphanage, and called on the Pope to take action against the abusive figures, adding he wanted to see the Sister of Charity disbanded.

Bishops are required to cooperate - if approached by law enforcement - but are ALSO still under direction to keep silence on cases of abuse they learn about, and NOT to turn over priests to civil authorities.

jwt, yeahright, tom tom on the pipe, and others YHWH made this law of life for all the people of this earth, so to say your god is redundant, and at a lost for as He states in Isaiah 56, and in Exodus 33 vs. 16 this is for all nations, and people of this earth those who were mislead, and not taught properly by these priest, popes, false prophets, elders, and shepherds, as YHWH taught us of them all misleading the flocks, in Malachi 2, Jeremiah 23 vs.1 - 8, Ezekiel 20, and Ezekiel 34, yet YHWH will save them all when His day comes, as said in Isaiah 51 vs. 5, that His righteousness is near.

William Cardinal Levada, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, was in the country in February, and he urged priests to at least balance, and perhaps replace, the homiletical diet of casual reflections on the readings of the day, seasoned by a cute story or two, with a solid dose of catechesis.

Kung The Swiss priest Hans Kung ranks among the most famous theologians of our times, and it is interesting to note that Prime Minister Tony Blair has met with him on a number of occasions and says he has been influenced by his thought.

Winkett was once spat on by a clergyman when she was appointed as the first female priest at St Paul's Cathedral, for example.

Now by chance a priest was going down that road; and when he saw him he passed by on the other side.

The very rich (and thick) volume includes a biographical essay, a personal memoir by one of Torrance's students, now an Orthodox priest; nine substantial papers on....

So we need to add that something can be made present not only on account of the force of the words uttered by the priest but on account of what is called natural concomitance.4 This means that whatever is actually connected with the Body of Christ (or the Blood of Christ) is made present when the Body (or the Blood) is made present.

On Sundays, Pell arrived at the cathedral fifteen minutes before the eleven o'clock Mass; was met at the door by this priest and attended by him constantly thereafter; vested for Mass; celebrated Mass, which ended shortly after noon; stood at the door of the cathedral, shaking hands with exiting Massgoers; removed his vestments; and departed the cathedral, to have lunch at a restaurant or visit a parish, still accompanied by the priest.

Thistle Farms - Founded in 1997 by Becca Stevens, an Episcopal priest on Vanderbilt's campus, Magdalene is a residential program for women who have survived lives of violence, prostitution and addiction.

Christians should burn their copies of the NT for the 2000 year old con job that has been perpetuated on them by popes, bishops, priests, ministers and evangelicals such as Osteen.

A special set was brought by the high priest on Yom Kippur to expiate the sins of the Jewish people.

The variety of voices is heightened by the different dialogue styles Paton uses: the lyric, almost biblical way he renders the Zulu dialect; the cliché - ridden language of the commercially oriented, English - speaking community; the chanting rhythms and repetition of the native «chorus»; the clear, logical, terse style of the educated black priest who helps Kumalo find Absalom; the cynical, humorous tone of chapter 23, a satire on justice.

A deposition heard by the court alleges that when a 14 - year - old girl asked the priest for advice on how to fend off inappropriate advances from a 64 - year - old parishioner, he simply told her, «this is your problem; sweep it under the floor and get rid of it.»

A barrage of such stuff, pouncing on any scandal that could be dug up and chipping away at the pontificate of Pope Benedict, not to mention the usual stuff about the need to elect a pope who would change the «policy» of the Church over such matters as abortion, gay marriage and women priests, had been unleashed almost immediately, once Benedict had been congratulated for bringing the papacy into the 21st century by resigning.

Brennan Manning told the story of a priest in Ireland who, on a walking tour of a rural parish, saw an old peasant kneeling by the side of the road, praying.

And sometimes it happens that they meet in an abandoned shrine, and place on the altar a stole which they still keep, and recite all the prayers of the Eucharistic liturgy; and then, at the moment that corresponds to the transubstantiation a deep silence comes down upon them, a silence sometimes broken by a sob... so ardently do they desire to hear the words that only the lips of a priest can efficaciously utter.

The New York Times: Priest Asks to Be Spared Prison Lawyers for Msgr. William J. Lynn of Philadelphia, the first senior official in the Roman Catholic Church in the United States to be convicted of failing to prevent child sex abuse by priests under his supervision, asked on Thursday that he be spared prison, arguing that a lengthy sentence «would be merely cruel and unusual.»

Church today is like Jericho complaining that the Good Samaritan had shown up a day late and a dollar short while the priest and the Levite who'd left the victim on the roadside had done the proper thing by hurrying on to their destination instead of helping out.

A crucified figurine representing Jesus on the cross was carried into the landmark during a candlelit Funeral Procession led by Franciscan priests, while the service culminated with the model being taken down from the cross and «prepared» for burial.

Again and again German priests and monks insisted that missions among the Slays on their eastern borders must be conducted by them, and opposed the use of translations of the sacred books and the liturgy into Slavonic, presumably because it would encourage Slavic political and ecclesiastical independence of their rule.

By allowing one faith to practice and threatening the priest with arrest for attempting to volunteer services, the base has discriminated on the basis of religion.

Catholics from across the world pour into the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem on Friday night ahead of the annual Funeral Procession lead by Franciscan priests.

Founded in 1997 by Becca Stevens, an Episcopal priest on Vanderbilt's campus, Magdalene is a residential program for women who have survived lives of prostitution, trafficking, addiction and life on the streets.

now I liken this passage to what God said concerning the priest in the book of Numbers 18th chapter he said that their inheritance was of the tithes of the children of Israel and so too me its right on point as too those who are chosen by God whether Pastor, Evangelist or Apostle etc..

And those books are based on misrepresentations promulgated by motivated priests.

But the aborted teachings of Adam were carried on by the Sethite priests, and some of these truths have never been entirely lost to the world.

He shall tear it open by the wings, not severing it completely, and then the priest shall burn it on the wood that is on the fire on the altar.

Finally, imagine that you noticed many abuses caused by the belief in witches, such as people giving 10 % of their crops to highly suspect priests to ward off witches, belief in witches and elves being used to deny the pollution you noticed building up in your village and laws being passed controlling how a woman must act while pregnant based on witchcraft.

And when being persecuted by the rather cruel Feudal Shoguns the priest expresses his thoughts on the silence of god within his suffering.

The formal letter contained the restriction of eating any food offered to idols - that is, meat put on the market by pagan priests after they had used it in their sacrifices.

Nor, can you vote for the Mormon high priest whose opinion on abortion changes direction like the wind!!!!! Don't be deceived by this wicked and greedy man's lies.