Sentences with phrase «decisive importance»

The cross as a figure is of decisive importance for his composition.

Public figures and public documents widely asserted that this particular stream of religion was of decisive importance in the history of liberty, and indispensable to its survival.

The question needs further exploration because it is of decisive importance.

(See W. Jaeger's statement in his Theology of the Early Greek Philosophers, p. 177: «The concept of auctoritas which is later to be of such decisive importance for the attitude of the Church in questions of faith, is entirely missing in Greek thought»).

As the Commission has rightly emphasised, provisions governing access are of decisive importance when assessing the compatibility with the Charter of provisions introducing a general data retention obligation in implementation of Article 15 (1) of Directive 2002/58.

It would be confusing to include under the heading of natural theology all the technical aspects of philosophy, but, on the other hand, no sharp line can be drawn, and the coherence of the whole is of decisive importance for selection.

Recent neutrino measurement results revealed that neutrinos have a tiny mass, and Majorana's hypothesis could be of decisive importance in constructing a theoretical mechanism to realize these tiny masses.

«We are saying, not without careful thought, that this Eurogroup is of decisive importance, taking into account that time is very short and that a result must be worked on,» she said early on Friday, Reuters reported.

If all three writers agree on the decisive importance — if not the meaning — of Vatican II, so too with the events of 1968, a revolutionary, traumatic year for the church and the world.

If, on the other hand, he speaks of the historic figure of Jesus without even implicit reference to Jesus» decisive importance for mankind, his speech is not theological.

We must ask two questions of decisive importance.

Neverthe less it remains true, indeed it is of decisive importance, that the most essential lay apostolate consists in the fulfilment of one's family, professional, and of course also one's civic duties.

Peter's confession of Jesus as the Messiah is a moment of decisive importance (Matthew 16:13 - 23 and Luke 9:18 - 22; compare Mark 8:27 - 33).

That gap speaks not to the ineffectiveness of Turkish contraceptives, but to the decisive importance of the attitudes and intentions of the people who use them.

The history of Jesus, even as history, was of decisive importance for the tradition, just because in the Preaching the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus were held to be the climax of all history, the coming of the Kingdom of God.

This absence is of decisive importance.

It is of decisive importance for contextual theology.

Pope Benedict says that one thing that will be of «decisive importance» in this Year will be «retracing the history of our faith» (Porta Fidei 13).

1) It is not the activity of the person that is of decisive importance, but the being and nature of the person.

In many diseases, however — for example of the central nervous system — it is of decisive importance to transport the active substance as efficiently as possible to the required target site.

Plasmonic components might be of decisive importance in this respect.

With around 100 paintings, sculptures, photographs, drawings, and video and sound installations, the exhibition «From Christo to Kiefer» brings together contemporary positions that have been of decisive importance in the last 50 years.

The translucent panels, finally, mark a play with the experience of transparency and opacity that is of decisive importance to the subject's perceptions in a world defined by media.

In general, the Bahamas will likely follow the English approach, which now may give «decisive importance» to a prenuptial agreement.