Sentences with phrase «by the church as»

I know, it's very ironic for a lie to protect liars, but «a house divided against itself can not stand», so that's how Satan (who rules the world) is protected by the Church as well.

There is a difference between a Catholic and a Christian and the difference is all the unfounded laws that were dictated by the church as to what the bible states.

The Bible is a unity of diverse writings which together are set forth by the Church as a revelation of God in history.

«Whatever good or truth is found amongst them is looked upon by the Church as a preparation for the Gospel.

And the Bible is kept by the Church as a book of history to remind believers of the dynamic nature of the divine revelation, «at sundry times and in divers manners.»

On these assumptions the following must now be said if the limits of the influence exerted by the Church as ministry are to be clearly recognized.

Described by the Church as an «initial contribution», the payment will be made via the Holy See's new Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development department.

Recombinant DNA research can be encouraged by the church as one more way to acquire information about and to work with our world, but it must also be subject to some form of regulation, as must every other human enterprise.

In the words of the First Vatican Council's Dogmatic Constitution on the Catholic Faith, the «divine deposit» includes «all those things are to be believed by divine and Catholic faith which are contained in the Word of God as founding Scripture or Tradition, and which are proposed by the Church as matters to be believed as divinely revealed, whether by her solemn judgment or in her ordinary and universal magisterium.»

For the present, we may answer the question propounded at the beginning by saying that the Bible is a unity of diverse writings which together are set forth by the Church as a revelation of God in history.

It is offered to us by the Church as a revelation of God; not, certainly, as a sort of inspired encyclopaedia, where chapter and verse can be turned up and questions settled out of hand.

If you ask why this particular collection of just these sixty - six books (or eighty, if you count the Apocrypha), and no others, form the unity which is the Bible, the only answer is that these have been handed down by the Church as its «Scriptures».

Just because you are now listed by the church as a member because you were baptized posthumously into the church doesn't really mean the person is now a Mormon.

If Church teaching were to be wholeheartedly accepted by the Church as something that should be promoted with enthusiasm, if Humanae Vitae becomes seen as teaching that will make people's lives holier and happier, several consequences follow for education concerning sex and relationships.

Very disappointing, but understandable that so many are turned off by church as a result of leadership failures during the last two decades.

Furthermore, it is difficult to see what decisions by the churches as they are today could institutionalize the vision adequately.

This is why, as it was pointed out earlier, Luke - Acts constituted the final development of the Easter narratives among the writings finally accepted by the church as authoritative.

But the Christian scientist as such in his own sphere is bound as a matter of principle and method by the Church's magisterium as the higher and more comprehensive authority, in the sense that even as a scientist he may not affirm as established with certainty by his science something which would involve a definite contradiction of a doctrine taught officially by the Church as certain (Denzinger 1656, 1674 ff., 1681, 2085).

And I have hundreds of emails of the hard stories of women wounded by the church as part of my research for my book, and then someone was mean to me.

A great deal of psychic hurt has been done by the churches as they have drilled home to us our carnal natures.

I just see so many of the abuses and atrocities that have been perpetuated by the church as a result of following the God we read about in the Bible.

No cogent evidence had so far been produced to cause any widespread questioning of these chapters, and since they had long been regarded by the church as divinely delivered to Moses, this account of origins was accepted as sufficient and final.

These are just a small sampling of the issues associated with abuse that will have to be confronted by the Church as we move forward.

boring to most of us discussion of Trinitarian metaphysics, the important point here is that a hierarchy in the Trinity has been denounced by the church as heresy for centuries.

This meant that he would be «received by the churches as an accredited and regular preacher» although he could not «administer the sacraments.

Pilgrims also passed right by the church as they followed the main highway of the Middle Ages, the Via Francigena or «road that comes from France.»

Not exact matches

Pollsters first began tracking Americans» confidence in their major institutions — such as the church and the Supreme Court — as a result of the rancor caused by the Vietnam War and Watergate.

The event, a first in the history of Mexico, where 82 % of the population is Catholic, was only announced by the church after it took place as officials feared people might misinterpret the ritual.

The panel come as the Vatican continues to be rocked by a scandal over leaks related to the Church's finances.

This book is a collection of essays and talks presented by Greenleaf as he attempts to apply servant - leadership to the fields of education, business, foundations, churches and government.

The Tool Kit is designed as a roadmap for Morgan Stanley Financial Advisors to use in empowering individual and institutional clients when selecting investments for a holistic portfolio consistent with financial objectives and guidelines put forward by the Catholic Church.

In a speech at the Magnolia Springs Baptist Church, Moore said he was being attacked by «the Democrats who push a liberal agenda,» as well as «the Washington establishment.»

Believers and non-believers alike, united by a common concern for the future of the planet, have high hopes that someone who chose to name himself after that great lover of creation, Francis of Assisi, will say something truly transformational, for as a Canadian Council of Churches document lamentably observes, transformative change has not «found traction within political processes.»

When church leaders sought to correct such false accusations by bringing evidence before the people, they were usually thrown into prison or hunted down as traitors to their country.

The survey, conducted by the polling organization ComRes for the British Broadcasting Corp. (BBC), showed 73 percent favor her remaining as the church's «Supreme Governor» and «Defender of the Faith».

It should be clear by now that Antioch's problem is not the same as those expressed by the other dissenting churches; rather, it goes to the heart of how a council can be held at all.

The wife submits to her husband, as in the first part of Paul's dictum in Ephesians5, and the husband fulfills the second part of Paul's injunction by laying down his life for his wife as Christ did for his Church (which might have been what Paul had in mind in the first place).

Religion News Service: Poll: Queen should remain head of the Church of England Nearly three - quarters of people in England believe Queen Elizabeth II should retain her position as titular head of the Church of England, according to an opinion poll commissioned by Britain's largest television and radio broadcaster.

But fired up as I was about porn culture and sexual violence, and questioning attitudes towards women in the Church, I felt bombarded by messages about conservative «biblical womanhood» that I couldn't identify with and that didn't seem to do anything to challenge the injustice I saw.

In other words, I as a member of The Church of Jesus Christ, can do the work for the person who has died by being baptized for him.

As it turned out, the parishioner who had made that insulting remark so many decades earlier got the very same service, and her nice casket was covered at the door of the church by the same pall that covered dear Bernice's very lowly casket.I look forward to the day when Bernice and the other lady stand side by side before the throne of heavenly grace.

The First Vatican Council included language like (the Pope) «is the true vicar of Christ and head of the whole Church and faith, and teacher of all Christians; and that to him was handed down in blessed Peter, by our Lord Jesus Christ, full power to...» This transfer of power depends on the Roman Church's understanding of the Office of the Keys which I do not agree with, but their statements make it clear that the Pope's authority as the Roman Church understands it is derived from Christ's.

Advocates for victims saw the posts as a sign of favour for Law by church officials unrepentant about abused children.

My elect are not the people, the church in America; but my elect are the people of the world that are called by my name and do my will on earth as it is done in heaven.

The same way that it was used in Ephesians 5:25 - 26 25 Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ loved the church and gave himself up for her 26 to make her holy, cleansing [a] her by the washing with water through the word,

Notwithstanding that I consider that there are some such flaws in the approach adopted by the Judge, I consider it is important that the church does acknowledge, as I do, that we were, and I include myself, at that time only at the beginning of learning how to deal with disclosures of abuse, and leaders such as myself did lack experience and training.

It was not quoted as authoritative by the early church fathers.

The people who resisted the Civil Rights movement in the south, many of whom used religious arguments, people who classified Blacks as animals, were degraded and debased by their own actions: turning fire hoses on children, setting dogs on peaceful marchers, lynching, firebombing churches...

It's far from clear that Madison is saying that government is limited by the freedom the church as an organized body of thought and action.

preacherlady said, on November 5th, 2009 at 9:35 pm Fishon... thats as prejudiced a statement to condemn something because it was written by a homosexual as it was to judge you because you are Church of Christ -------- Alice, the Bible doesn't condemn being in or of the Church of Christ, but it does condemn practicing homosexuality and as I said before, calls it....