Sentences with phrase «establish churches according»

The object of all these orders was to establish churches according to the standards of the Reformers!

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We will preside only at those weddings that seek to establish a Christian marriage in accord with the principles articulated and lived out from the beginning of the Church's life.

Our church was established according to the Burger King model: that is, one look at the growing periphery of Indianapolis revealed that the northwest side needed a new outlet of our denominational franchise.

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.

The Catholic Church's irrevocable commitment to Christian unity requires that we establish and maintain conversations with all parties in the maddeningly diverse worlds of all who call Jesus Lord, which, according to St. Paul, does not happen except by the Holy Spirit (1 Cor.

In 1539, he argued that the church should be constituted according to the law of the New Testament and that therefore four offices should be established: preachers, elders (responsible for the administration of discipline and for the religious and moral supervision of church members), teachers and deacons (responsible for poor - relief).

According to Martin (1978), the «American pattern» is of generalized denominationalism, with no established church but an almost unlimited pluralism associated with a popular and almost universal religious culture.

This was an age when people could be burnt for their religious beliefs, when everyone had to accord to the established church, whatever it was.