Sentences with phrase «central significance lies»

First, Pannenberg's central significance lies in his understanding of the nature of theology and the nature of truth to which theology is related.

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When we inquire further as to the concrete meaning of Jesus, after his death, within the life of the early Christian community, we find ourselves at once forced to deal with two theological issues of fundamental importance: the nature of the church and the nature of revelation; for the essential and permanent significance of Jesus lies in the fact that he was the center and head of the church and that he was the central figure in that revelation of God which we have received and by which we are saved.

The true meaning of the story lies in the central struggle - of gigantic significance - between God and his people on the one side, and the vigorously opposing forces which are specifically identified here as Egypt but which are also always in some measure symbolized as Egypt.

The Applicants assert the proposed resort lies at the heart of a central area of paramount spiritual significance, being the Grizzly Bear Spirit's home or territory («Qat» muk»).