Sentences with phrase «even by the clergy»

The Feminist sport of deriding and sniping at men seems to have taken on a life of its own and is by no means minimised by the media, by advertisers, by politicians and pundits and even by the clergy.

Not exact matches

These matters are now in the hands of the new Central Committee, which is still dominated by Western clergy even after the formulaic elections, and the Geneva - based staff.

The list published by the archdiocese includes the names of «all clergy of the Archdiocese who have been publicly accused of sexually abusing a child [even] where canonical proceedings remain to be completed.»

Please note also that these words are seldom read in church, even less seldom preached on by the clergy unless allegorized in a wild and irrelevant exegetical exercise.

This image is rejected by American clergy as pretentious even as they privately theologize by thinking actively about what God has done and continues to do in specific situations in their ministering.

By the fifth century, the synods of the Persian church decided that even the clergy could marry.

By looking around them, however, Darwinists belatedly noticed that humans happily cooperate and, in cases such as celibate clergy, even sacrifice their own «genetic good» for others.

It is one of the remarkable developments of recent years in American Christianity that more and more parishes, of all denominations, are establishing schools of religion, «parish institutes,» or special series «of classes,» which meet regularly for several weeks or even several months; and these are marked by thoughtful planning and high seriousness on the part of the clergy and on the part of the congregation.

Positively, he concerned himself with the education of priests in Italy, exhorted clergy the world over to aspire to what he set forth as the standard for the perfect parish priest, encouraged frequent, even daily Communion by the laity, urged that children be admitted to that sacrament as soon as they understood the simple doctrines of the Church, stressed Christian marriage and family life, had the breviary reworked to make it more useful and to ensure the recitation of the whole Psalter each week, and enjoined devotion to Mary.

Boff certainly does not mince words, and in one place even offers a kind of Marxist analysis of institutional church life, citing «the expropriation of the religious means of production» (forgiveness, sacraments and so forth) as means by which the clergy deny power to the people.

Over these past few weeks a flurry of stories have appeared in the media regarding clergy sexual abuse and its mishandling by Catholic bishops and even the pope himself.

Many of the clergy refused to abandon their wives but this gallant gesture degenerated into a system of clerical concubinage condoned and even taxed by the Church.

The more I write about the New Patriotic Party (NPP), the more I cringe, I have come to the conclusion that, the party is pampered beyond any acceptable limit by Ghanaian elite, from the clergy, to the judiciary, to civil society groups, to even the executive etc..

It was a poor reflection of parochial schools and the bullying that was allowed and even encouraged by the staff and clergy was troubling.

A disclosure of directory information may be made to members of the clergy even if they do not inquire about an individual by name.

Some counties will only recognize marriage preparation given by people (even clergy) who are on an approved list.