Sentences with phrase «ecclesiastical relationship»

But in the case of the East Syrian (Persian) church, there came into existence some sort of ecclesiastical relationship between it and the Indian church from a very early date, though it is difficult to say when this relationship was established.

The Indian church entered into an ecclesiastical relationship with the church in Basra probably by the beginning of the fourth century.

Apart from the ecclesiastical relationship that had been established with the Persian church, there were at least two important waves of immigration of Persian Christians to India, one in the fourth century and the other in the ninth century, which strengthened the already existing communities in India.

By the end of the third century or early fourth century, the Indian church entered into some sort of ecclesiastical relationship with the Persian church.

Apart from this ecclesiastical relationship, there were at least two important waves of emigration of groups of Persian Christians to South India, one in the fourth century and the other in the ninth century, which reinforced and strengthened the existing St. Thomas Christian community.

(And really, why would we expect our ecclesiastical relationships to function any differently than all our others?)

The Nestorian church with which the Indian church established ecclesiastical relationships since the fourth century was a great missionary church.

Not exact matches

Politics: For close to a millennium, the most important political question for European political philosophers was the relationship between ecclesiastical authorities and their royal rivals, whose authority was also assumed to come from God.

Never fully at ease with ecclesiastical life (which in these books seems pretty awful), they find comfort in relationships with male authority figures.

The ecclesiastical promulgation of transcendent Christologies, informed by ancient creeds torn out of their historical contexts, is another kind of Babylonian captivity that restrains Christians from entering into a horizontal relationship with the risen Lord and enjoying the ecstatic sense of self - worth that he wills to share by drawing them into his I AM.

Very insightful, David, into all kinds of relationships, not just ecclesiastical ones.

A Catholic bishop exercises his ministry in communion with the Roman Pontiff (c. 375 § 2) and this relationship expresses itself concretely in that, according to c. 392 § 1, a bishop «is bound to promote the common discipline of the whole Church and therefore to urge the observance of ecclesiastical laws.»

What appears to be true is that the greater discrimination is to be found not on the basis of the theological or ecclesiastical tradition from which the program comes, but from the nature of the financial relationship between the broadcaster and the television station.

The Archdiocese contended that its relationship with Father Hart was ecclesiastical in nature, and governed by canon law.

Coram Life Education has launched a new Relationships Education programme, funded by specialist insurer Ecclesiastical, for Year 1 - 6 (Key Stage 1 and 2) pupils, with age - appropriate lesson themes including healthy relationships, body ownership, consent, puberty and reproduction.