Sentences with phrase «die on behalf of others»

This law of retribution and the sacrificial process of exchange based on it (in which an innocent one may die on behalf of others and so protect them) are known to all from the earliest times.

It may be a human fact which does not seem to make an impact upon others but the determination to die on behalf of others is seen in the life of Kolbe.

We can die on behalf of others, but we can not kill for them — for Christ has abolished the sword, once and for all.

Not exact matches

If I were to say that the highest imaginable exemplification of the good consists in dying sacrificially on behalf of an other or others, I imagine that many people, religious or otherwise, would concur.

What categorically distinguishes the life of Maxmilian Kolbe from others is the way he decided to die on behalf of some one else so that person may be able to live.

Decisions had to be made from time to time as to where or when services of the church would be held; the church needed to be told of the impending visit of an apostle, or of some prophet or teacher from abroad; a question has been raised as to the good faith of one of these visitors, and there must be some discussion of the point and a decision on it; a fellow Christian from another church is on a journey and needs hospitality; a member of the local congregation planning to visit a church abroad needs a letter of introduction to that church, which someone must be authorized to provide; a serious dispute about property rights or some other legal matter has arisen between two of the brothers and the church must name someone to help them settle the issue or must in some other way deal with it; a new local magistrate has begun to prosecute Christians for violating the law against unlicensed assembly, and consideration must be given to ways and means of meeting this crisis; charges have been brought against one of the members by another member, and these must be investigated and perhaps some disciplinary action taken; one of the members has died, and the church is called on for some special action in behalf of his family in the emergency; differences of opinion exist in the church on certain questions of morals or belief (such as marriage and divorce, or the resurrection), differences which local prophets and teachers are apparently unable to compose, and a letter must be written to the apostle — who will write this letter and what exactly will it say?

Jean Townsend filed a class - action lawsuit on behalf of herself and other dog owners whose dogs had suffered or died after taking Rimadyl ® (the «miracle drug» for arthritis heavily advertised by Pfizer).