Sentences with phrase «claimed by clergy»

This same elitist status has been claimed by clergy.

Not exact matches

They only state that the information has been CORRUPTED OVER TIME (by humans who claim to be clergy)-- pretty much plausible.

Claiming Romney and members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints are non-Christians is an insult and it should not be encouraged by other Christian clergy as is so often is.

The Mind of God by Paul Davies Simon & Schuster, 254 pages, $ 22 «I have always thought it curious that, while most scientists claim to eschew religion, it actually dominates their thoughts more than it does the clergy.»

We are to judge no longer by human standards — for example, claiming that women West Pointers or women clergy who operate just like their male counterparts represent a true victory.

My preliminary research into Hartshorne's concept of God resulted in an article published in The Clergy Review which was a response to a criticism of him by Brian Davies, a British Thomist scholar.14 It appeared to me that Hartshorne's critics failed to see that his claims about God had to be seen within the context of his metaphysics.

Bousma noted that the teaching authority of the church was claimed by the theological faculty, leading to a division between them and the «clergy who minister to the whole body of the faithful.»

I did find an interesting article that claims abuse of women by clergy will be the next big scandal.

But he inherits a church wracked by a decades - old sexual abuse scandal and claims of corruption in the clergy.

Once more it makes almost ridiculous the sentimental claim of certain segments of our world that religion is a narrow area of life to which clergy ought to confine their attention, leaving the rest of the world to go by.

A second claim: All Christian denominations can be strengthened by the ecumenical education of some of their clergy.

The meeting was interrupted by clergy from a local black Baptist alliance, who were angered by my claim that black churches, along with many other groups, were having trouble writing effective grant proposals or administering and evaluating social programs.

An English Catholic Archbishop who's just been appointed to one of the highest positions in the Vatican by Pope Francis was recently named in UN report which criticised the Catholic church's handling of claims that children had been abused by clergy.

This case involved several consolidated high profile lawsuits filed by plaintiffs who claimed that clergy members sexually abused them decades earlier.

Defended a parish and diocese of the Episcopal Church against claims asserted by a former parishioner that he was abused by a member of the clergy in 1977.

Throughout this case, and similar childhood sexual abuse cases across the country, the Jehovah's Witnesses have refused to produce documents related to their internal handling of reports of sexual abuse and related investigations and disciplinary actions claiming that the information is protected by the clergy - penitent privilege and the First Amendment to the United States Constitution.