Sentences with phrase «deeper meaning of scripture»

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The covenant was not simply a piece of paper affirming partnership no matter what, but instead a means to secure the «robust accountability» and «gracious restraint» that characterize deep relationships rooted in mutual recognition of catholic faith and order, grounded in creedal doctrine, and answerable to the authoritative word of Scripture.

But we assume that there are deeper, contingent meanings in scripture yet to be disclosed within the particular time and place of the seeker.»

Scripture was seen as imparting moral and spiritual lessons, and the presence of deeper meanings in the story was taken for granted.

A reading of scripture refreshed by appropriate scholarship: «Biblical scholarship is a great gift of God to the church, aiding it in its task of going ever deeper into the meaning of scripture and so being refreshed and energized for the tasks to which we are called in and for the world,» says Wright.

If one has never journeyed into the deep — prayed (which includes Scripture / theological study, faith sharing, adoration, spiritual formation / retreats, pilgramages, Mass, reconciliation, fasting, listening for God's voice, and more) on an ongoing fashion or done God's will (been obedient, patient, humble, unconditionally sacrificing, unselfish) to the extent that they understand what it means to be Catholic and God being your number one priority — that His Ways and those of His Church are not the ways of the world (trade vices for virtues) and that we are being called into communion with Him via love for Him and one another in our faith community and broader community — then it is no wonder some are lost or disillusioned.

I just know that if someone says scripture is silent on something (ie: abortion would be another good one) does not mean it is tacitly for or against that issue... we would always need to dig deeper for an interpretation based on the intenet of other similar ideas in the bible.

In order to explore deeper what it means to live, confess and act, «according to the Scriptures» as Christians, Churches and a Council of Churches, the World Council of Churches established a portfolio of Biblical Studies in 1971.

Jesus, like other first - century Jews, read his Bible creatively, seeking deeper meaning that transcended the boundaries of the words of Scripture.

There is no point in seeking some deeper meaning behind such statements, since we know how they arose from a literalistic reading of certain passages of scripture.