Sentences with phrase «ecclesial establishment»

That idea was regarded as dangerously progressive and uncalled for by the English ecclesial establishment of the late 19th and early 20th centuries.

Sadly, despite his clear rejection of «liberalism», Newman's ideas have been falsely labelled «liberal» by the ecclesial establishment of his time and of ours.

Hart's scenario begins with the decline of religion («denatured ecclesial establishments») making possible «late modern secularity» informed by a «purely negative understanding of social and political liberty,» which is to say, freedom from interference with one's desires and goals.

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The congregation then abided the growth of ecclesial apparatus and the establishment of canon and dogma; it endured councils and conventicles; it persisted through reform, counter reform, and enlightenment.