Sentences with phrase «consider heretical»

As Joe will note in his article, I'm an advocate of much more caution about stock investing than seems to prevail today (thanks, in my opinion, to Wall Street marketing), and I hold what many would consider heretical views on equity investing.

Reason outside of faith has produced a lot of interesting (and often considered heretical) ideas about Christianity.

The religion, founded in Iran in 1844, is now considered heretical by Iranian authorities.

In fact, to suggest that good works are of central importance to the Christian faith is often considered heretical in the world of conservative evangelicalism, where advocating any form of «works - based salvation» is looked upon with suspicion.

The LDS were considered heretical for their additional texts; their view on God the Father, Son, and Spirit; Christ's visit to the ancient Americans after his resurrection as translated by their prophet Joseph Smith; and so on.

In fact, there are works in the Bible that were considered heretical or apocryphal prior to the 1800's.

But because the Church successfully evolved, because believers were willing change their minds about the structure of the universe in order for their faith to makes sense in a modern world, what was once considered heretical is now embraced as scientific fact.

In most Roman theological circles, however, even the whispered mention of such a possibility is considered heretical.

The comment was meant as a critique of the article and a demonstration of how its views would be considered heretical in most churches and to most scholars who study theology.

Secondly, and most importantly, the doctrine is always mentioned in the context of a church leader trying to defend the church against a teaching which they considered heretical.

What were some of the doctrines of today that were considered heretical in the early church?

They elected to break with the Plan of Union, to support only Presbyterian societies for missions and reform, and to cut off four large New School synods that they considered heretical.

The future of American football probably involves embracing things currently considered heretical to the NFL and its airtight branding.

With just one exception, Pryce sided with the new Democratic majority on every major bill and rule change that came to a vote in the past two weeks, even voting against her party on a procedural vote, a move considered heretical in the years of GOP control.

Equally encouraging, there are indications that these ideas, which once would have been considered heretical, are being embraced by education's cognoscenti.

Until recently Quiros's statements would have been considered heretical in many evangelical communities, where the faithful tended to subscribe to a creed that Christian historian Mark Noll in his book,

I spent much of my time with the car shifting at 2000 to 2500 rpm, gently loafing around city streets, which would be considered heretical in a true sports convertible.

Although the results found passionate admirers,» Holland Cotter explains, «Tawney's work was considered heretical by orthodox craft adherents, but too «craftsy» by the orthodox art world.»

But at the time it was considered heretical by many artists and critics for an avant - garde member of the abstract New York School to reverse course and return to figurative art.

We were considered heretical for building a mortgage company with no salespeople building individual relationships and working for the almighty commission.

Not exact matches

Consider this partial affirmation of the heretical modern — or....

And consider the CRU e-mail comment on a journal that committed the mortal sin of publishing one of the heretical papers: «I think we have to stop considering Climate Research as a legitimate peer - reviewed journal.

LOL @ Blake, and mainstream christianity largely considers mormonism to be nothing more than a heretical cult, what's your point?

(Although he took a few positions that were deemed heretical after his death, most of Origen's writings were orthodox; he was always considered a Father of the Church.)

I would urge to hold back on such criticism, but seeing as he chose not to actively seek change, dropped the pursuit of celibacy, and considered joining an arguably heretical denomination - seemingly because it accommodated his lifestyle rather than due to genuine theological convictions - I must agree with you.

I consider that a very wrong way and heretical in the sense its not giving the unbeliever what is necessary for them to know the importance of what they are considering.

Beginning with a definition of the Christian idea of responsibility they proceed to examine the erroneous or heretical forms of church responsibility and conclude with an effort to understand the positive content of the Church's social obligation by considering its functions as apostle, pastor and pioneer of humanity.

Interestingly, several of the doctrines we now hold firmly as «sound biblical truth» were at first (and for about 200 years) considered by the majority of people to be «heretical.»

Of course, you may consider those denominations heretical.

More importantly, the Church considers her ideas, particularly that the Earth revolves around the Sun (and not the other way around) down right heretical.

And to be honest, and I know this is going to sound heretical considering my background [on games such as Halo], but speaking solely for myself here, I'm not as big a fan of modifying the game rules.

Again, Freeman is very instructive in his descriptions of how and for what reasons differing irrational views came to be deemed (not considered, deemed) heretical.

So I would agree that they might be considered «brave» for publishing a paper that would certainly have been seen as heretical / sceptical ten years ago, (although I'm told there are a lot more sceptical papers getting past the gatekeepers in the past year than used to be the case,) but no, I don't believe it.

Many of these ideas were considered dangerous to the state, either treasonous or heretical (or both, given the close relationship between church and state at that time), and therefore there was a strong state interest in regulating the content of these publications.

Many of these ideas were considered dangerous to the state, either treasonous or heretical (or both, given the close relationship between church and state at that time), and... [more]