Sentences with word «damascene»

Not that Corybn is alone on the issue — Jeremy Hunt, disastrously enough, used to be of the same persuasion before he had a sudden Damascene conversion upon becoming health secretary.

It is new, in that this focal expression of God in Christ is the opening of a hitherto unknown possibility of life for men; as St. John Damascene said long ago, this is «a new thing, the newest of all new things, the only really new thing under the sun.»

It was an event of damascene revelation for me.

He then gives cites Jerome, Basil, and Damascene as examples of this use of conscience, and concludes: «we customarily designate causes and effects by one another.»

In the end it is difficult not to be delighted at the appearance of this seemingly Damascene conversion to the political centre.

organic amaranth oil, bulgarian rose essential oil (rosa damascene) & naturally derived fragrance oil blend, fresh rose flower petals

Click on the link for the full story but the rest of this blog is about two young investors who responded to my request for similar dramatic Damascene conversions.

Guests start with a therapy utilizing essential oil blends along the spine, before receiving facial therapy sessions, and al fresco soak in a carved stone bath infused with Himalayan salt crystals, sandalwood, jasmine, and rose damascene.

Edmond, however, unravels Albrecht's Damascene interpretation.

In Damascus, video artist Joude Gorani collaborated with poet - playwright Fares el - Thahabi and scenographer Bissan al - Sharif on the interactive video installation Killing Time Café (2007), a look at Damascene café culture exhibited in several cafés.

But not all of his colleagues were convinced by their leader's Damascene conversion.

[27] John Damascene or of Damascus (657 - 749) monk and theologian, 2 On the Virtues and the Vices, (in The Philokalia).

How many of our people, indeed how many of us in the ordained ministry, really understand that prayer is essentially what St. Thomas Aquinas, following St. John Damascene, said it is: «the elevation of the mind to God»?

The combination with dates seems to give it something slightly more indulgent and I'll be bookmarking this recipe to be able to use it for when the Damascene moment arrives... (probably, like for you, with a pile of dates) Thank you for co-hosting FF — have a good one!

If I, as a journalist on an impartial political website, have a Damascene conversion to Toryism and insist on only spouting the party line, I would not be able to do my job.

The MP for Huddersfield explained his Damascene conversion: «I started looking at the evidence and research, and rather than bringing life into the regions, it would suck more life out of the regions into London and the south - east.

The lengths the Tories will go to convince us of their Damascene conversion are well illustrated by their claim to be the American Democrats» natural allies.

«This is not a Damascene conversion — this is the direction of travel for all parties, and we really want to put rocket boosters under it,» one Labour party insider says.

Has there really been a Damascene conversion on Labour's part?

These would be the right wing Tories like... John Major, Michael Heseltine, Michael Portillo, and that damascene convert to centrism Michael Howard?

To accuse these MPs of hypocrisy, as some have done — most notably the so - called Labour Yes camp led somewhat surprisingly by Ben Bradshaw who, as Jonathan reported, seems to have undergone a damascene conversion on the Alternative Vote — is to misrepresent the original manifesto commitment.

And then in 1954 Churchill has this damascene moment when he read of the appalling, utterly appalling destructiveness of the hydrogen bomb.

O'Brien worked in mainstream schools for five years before moving into special education — and with the self - flagellating humility of a convert, in his book describes himself as having been «blissfully unaware and completely uninterested» in the sector before what appears to have been his Damascene awakening.

He was describing his Damascene conversion following a foray into a high quality US homebuilder just before the housing bubble burst:

There is no doubt it was a Damascene year for celebrities and social media, and while these three events might seem unrelated, they mark the starting point for an exhibition at the Saatchi gallery in London over the past two days to mark 10 years of the Kardashians» reality TV show.

Just a month ago I had a Damascene conversion: the Green case against nuclear power is based largely on myth and dogma.

As was argued here, this fusion of environmentalism and advocacy of nuclear power looks less like a Damascene conversion, and more like a Reformation.

In 2008, Lynas claimed to have experienced a «Damascene conversion: the Green case against nuclear power is based largely on myth and dogma.»

I won't be expecting a damascene conversion.