Sentences with phrase «exhortations by»

He supports his exhortations by an appeal to the letters of Paul.

Additionally, donors may see the propriety, in our indulgent culture, of exhortations by R&D professionals against selfishness and materialism, but they understand that development «education» that consists of popularized versions of dependency theory is not likely to be helpful - either for rich Western Christians or for their impoverished Third World brethren.

Michael J. Perry, a leading legal scholar, argues that judicial review should serve the role of «prophecy,» calling us to a deeper understanding of ourselves through moral exhortation by the Supreme Court.

The report repeatedly stresses that «this crisis [is] one of the episcopacy as much as it is a crisis of the priesthood,» and it cites the 2003 apostolic exhortation by John Paul II, Pastores Gregis: «The title of Bishop is one of service, not of honor, and therefore a Bishop should strive to benefit others rather than to lord it over them.

Not exact matches

For the consecrated life (as John Paul II taught in the 1996 apostolic exhortation Vita Consecrata) is the spiritual engine of the Church, in which the energies of evangelism are refined and shared in a great exchange of gifts by which the entire Church, the bride of Christ, strives for union with her divine spouse.

Unfazed by their track record, they are now warning that Francis will shred Catholic teaching in his upcoming Apostolic Exhortation on the Synod.

To such a presentation we can add recitations of mountaintop experiences we have known, followed by exhortations to return to the valley ready to serve.

The scattered, shattered body of Christ, shifting and rumbling in the many corners of this world, will not be united by means of conferences, declarations, exhortations or negotiations, though we must engage in those things to work out our salvation.

In Romans 12 - 13, Paul's exhortation to suffer injustice without vengeance is rooted not only in hope for divine vengeance but in an expectation that wrongs will be avenged by civil powers.

As is shown by Jesus in the Sermon on the Mount, and also in the exhortations in the New Testament epistles, we constantly separate the commandment from him who speaks it.

The parable begins like Matthew's parable of the talents, and the closing exhortation resembles several sayings quoted by Matthew and Luke in connection with other parables (Mt 24:42; 25:13; Lk 12:38, 40).

In his apostolic exhortation, Pope Francis explained that he wanted «to listen to everyone and not simply those who would tell him what he would like to hear».9 This is exactly what he has done by using the synod's preparatory document to seek input from a broad range of the faithful.

Buttressed by such a phalanx of support Leo XIII ended his encyclical with a ringing exhortation, «We exhort you, Venerable Brethren, in all earnestness to restore the golden wisdom of St. Thomas, and to spread it far and wide for the defence and beauty of the Catholic faith, for the good of society, and for the advantage of all the sciences» [6] It was an exhortation that was welcomed and followed by many in the Church so that it has been written «We are accustomed to consider Saint Thomas, Thomism, and Aristotelianism as the predominant points of orientation and the most favourable to the Church.»

While the exhortations of Leo XIII and the precepts of Pius X were duly noted by Benedict and his successors, rigorous enforcement proved to be the exception rather than the rule.

In that this exhortation to deeds of love is sanctioned by an appeal to the eschatological judgment, at which Jesus appears as Son of Man and judge, however, the lure toward love is bracketed by an implicit recognition of its confessional context.

it is not only adults who are being asked to submit to one another, but adults are being asked to submit themselves to children — an exhortation echoing Jesus» teaching that the great will be recognized by their service to children.

Clinical students, spending hours writing up a pastoral call so that it could be analyzed — and seeing the immense complexities in the person and relationship — were startled by the breezy minister from outside the hospital who rolled in, issued a few exhortations and a prayer, and departed happy that he had done his stint.

But the common Christian believer may intuit the threat of the historical consciousness in something like this crude way; the perceived threat can not be conjured away by unsupported exhortations for the believer to accept the modern world view.

It is hard to avoid the explicitness of typical exhortations like those described by Paul in I Corinthians: «I appeal to you... that all of you agree and that there be no dissensions among you..

They knew that «it» meant The Christian Century, and that my exhortation was in keeping with the determination, shared by us all, against the temptation to break away from religious journalism and make the paper an organ of secular idealism.

The critique of deontological and utilitarian abstractions (as evidenced in the categorical imperative or in the exhortation to maximize happiness) offered by virtue ethicists is enhanced by Hartshorne's own critique of metaphysical abstractions.

The theological exhortation that followed was a homiletical exercise begging to be challenged by those who oppose the offensive military action that began on January 16.

Exhortation typically calls for a change of behavior without offering the congregation a new metaphor by which to understand the world.

The preacher is moved by this «I can not» and so begins to remove all obstacles in order to usher in faith: art, drama, and parable are fully explained, applications are complete, and exhortations are exhaustive.

At the end of May, copies of his Exhortation to the Clergy at Augsburg arrived at the Coburg; by 2 June they were selling fast at Augsburg itself.

It said: «With profound grief... we are compelled to address a correction to Your Holiness on account of the propagation of heresies effected by the apostolic exhortation Amoris laetitia and by other words, deeds and omissions of Your Holiness.»

I am with an anglican church and they do allow women ministers and they preach.So if you are a women and God has put a calling on your life to preach then join a church that allows you to use that gift from what i understand exhortation prophesy and evangelism are topics that can be preached in any church by women and there no restrictions outside of church as in home group type situations.This is one of those situations that we may not agree on scripture but we still are one in Christ and to God be all the glory.brentnz

As a person approved by God, an unashamed worker, and one who is already living according to the gospel... this is exhortation to continue down the road he is already walking, without letting others tempt him into a different manner of life.

During the primaries Mondale steered clear of explicitly biblical moral language, leaving to Jesse Jackson prophetic exhortations to «feed the hungry, save the children,» pursue peace, and «restore the conscience of this nation,» lest we be punished by a just God.

Avery Dulles In general terms, Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), which was issued by John Paul II last March, is an analysis of the «culture of death» and an exhortation to promote the «culture of life.»

Woven throughout the speech is Jobs» warning not to «be trapped by dogma,» and the exhortation to «follow your heart and intuition.»

The letter explains how proponents of the eight positions we identify can find support in statements by or omissions from the Apostolic Exhortation, and indicates how these positions are or include errors against the Catholic faith.

In this letter we request Pope Francis to condemn eight positions against the Catholic faith that are being supported, or likely will be, by the misuse of his Apostolic Exhortation Amoris Laetitia.

So I was taken aback to find an article in the Vatican newspaper, written by the politician Rocco Buttiglione, claiming that the Pope's recent apostolic exhortation Amoris Laetitia espouses just such a change.

There follows an exhortation to Bush to return to his Christianity by taking the message of the prophets — one of whom is Jesus — seriously.

In what feels like an increasingly volatile climate, that some of us are surprised by and others are less so, how does Jesus» exhortation to love our enemies find real traction in our living?

In general terms, Evangelium Vitae (The Gospel of Life), which was issued by John Paul II last March, is an analysis of the «culture of death» and an exhortation to promote the «culture of life.»

The texts flowed, The Persons related by Consanguinity and Affinity who are Forbidden to marry by Scripture (1522), The Estate of Marriage (1522), An Exhortation to the Knights of the Teutonic Order that they lay aside False Chastity and assume True Wedlock (1523), That Parents should neither compel nor hinder the Marriage of their Children and That Children should not become engaged without their Parents» Consent (1524).

Resources: ««Humanae Vitae» Author Pope Paul VI Moves Toward Sainthood,» Catholic News Agency, December 20, 2012 Evangelii Nuntiandi, Apostolic Exhortation of Paul VI (1975) Sacerdotalis Caelibatus (on priestly celibacy), Encyclical Letter of Paul VI (1967) Populorom Progressio, Encyclical Letter of Paul VI, 1967 Humanae Vitae, Encyclical Letter of Paul VI (1968) Declaration on Procured Abortion, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Paul VI, 1974 Persona Humana, Declaration on Certain Questions Concerning Sexual Ethics, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Paul VI, 1975 Inter Insigniores, Declaration on the Question of Admission of Women to the Ministerial Priesthood, Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, approved by Paul VI, 1976 Become a fan of First Things on Facebook, subscribe to First Things via RSS, and follow First Things on Twitter.

Somewhat similar was the idea formulated by Jeremiah in his exhortation of his contemporaries:

The rest of the day he spends in reconciling neighbors that are at variance, or in visiting the sick, or in exhortations to some of his flock by themselves whom his sermons can not or do not reach.

Beauregard's Shakespearean take on theological controversy recently, I was struck by how closely Touchstone's catalogue of evasion tracks the dodgeball played by those who criticize the critics of Pope Francis's apostolic exhortation on marriage, Amoris Laetitia, but who never engage the substance of the criticisms.

The Kasper spin was then picked up by some of the usual media suspects, who called on the usual Catholic talking heads on the port side of the Barque of Peter, who took matters further by speculating that the apostolic exhortation would open up even more revolutionary paths, involving the Church's eventual acceptance of same - sex marriage and other matters on the LGBT agenda.

Gavin Devine's exhortation on the blog to «cut the waffle on lobbying and get serious» attracted guarded approval from Mark Adams, who wrote: «I thought I would have to disagree with Gavin... However as I read further into the article, it seems Gavin is just being diplomatic — by the end, he clearly thinks the government's proposals are almost as flawed as I do!

Eschewing the story's details, they invariably talk about «passing by on the other side», a reference for those with ears to hear, a decontextualized general moral exhortation for those without.

By noon on Tuesday, when polls opened in Ulster County, social media was filled with exhortations for voters to head to the polls, whether they were enrolled in a party or not.

He sent six of his volunteers in search of a planned March for America, a pro-Trump rally spawned by the president's exhortation after the Women's March for his supporters to take to the streets.

Having arrived at what sounds like a surreal moral — an exhortation to remember the Sixth Commandment as part of the «Let's Whip Choriocarcinoma by the Year 3000» campaign — it's time to take a step back.

Exhortations to scientists to create wealth are wicked in the same way, because they devalue the real contribution made by science, which need not be related directly to making money.

The religious reactionaries were also upset by Chambers's exhortation to forget divine intervention: that would be tinkering with the great progressive experiment let loose so long ago.