Sentences with phrase «ecclesiastical tradition»
"Ecclesiastical tradition" refers to the beliefs, practices, and customs that are passed down within a particular religious organization or church. It includes rituals, teachings, and interpretations of scriptures that have been established over time and are considered important for the members of that religious community to follow and uphold. Full definition
Marriage Encounter refers to a retreat opportunity offered by a number of ecclesiastical traditions.
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Have leaders and congregants become so programmed by ecclesiastical tradition as to be sincere yet misguided in a way that makes Christian community and worship unattractive or even repulsive and not just to people outside of the church.
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.
If someone puts ecclesiastical tradition ahead of biblical teaching, that person is rarely motivated to consider change.
The Protestant Reformation is often perceived as having pitted the biblical Word of God against ecclesiastical tradition.
So basic is this assumption that the biblical and ecclesiastical traditions use the marriage metaphor to describe Yahweh's relation to Israel and Christ's relation to the church.
In Cox's words, «Jesus Christ comes to his people not primarily through ecclesiastical traditions, but through social change.»
The Catholic basis for denying this tension lies in the argument that Scripture must be read as interpreted in the ecclesiastical tradition.
True and effective prophetic movements are those that are faithful to the roots of the ecclesiastical tradition as a new but recognizable interpretation of the church's foundational message.
They do not say this unless they think they know what God wants human beings to do — unless they can cite sacred scriptures, or the words of a guru, or the teachings of an ecclesiastical tradition, or something of the sort, in support of their own position (id.
No theological faculty anywhere ever totally transcends the limits of regionalism, class, nationality and ecclesiastical tradition.
But there is little doubt that we are witnessing the emergence into wider dialogue of what will prove to be an increasingly important theological and ecclesiastical tradition.
I have myself entertained this view, but further reflection upon the biblical and ecclesiastical traditions, upon philosophical and psychological interpretations, and upon my own experience and that of others to whom I am related as pastor or friend has led me to believe that this «emancipated» view is naïve at best and is even potentially damaging to any moral sensitivity at all.