Although the creeds of our denomination pay lip service to the idea that Scripture is «authoritative» and «sufficient
for faith and practice,» many of us have moved far beyond that notion in our theological thinking.
But my worry is that focusing on Scripture's effect within the worshipping body of Christ obscures Scripture's position over the Church as its rule
for faith and practice.
The Bible is our only rule
for faith and practice.
Fourth, although there is a fixed canon in most religions, it is also true that there is often a body of supplementary literature which, while theoretically less sacred, does nevertheless constitute a highly important source of direction
for faith and practice.
The passage's concluding paragraph asserts that «in theological reflection, the resources of tradition, experience, and reason are integral to our study of Scripture without displacing its primacy
for faith and practice.»
Indeed, as Paul Gutjahr and Peter Thuesen show, scholarly criticism is just the beginning of Protestant worries when it comes to defending the Bible as the sole authority
for faith and practice.
I believe it is our guide
for faith and practice and we as Christians have an obligation to discover the truths that it contains, not to create truths from it.
This encounter can lead, in turn, to a deepened respect
for the faith and practices that enrich the dialogue partner's life.
At any rate, in obedience to the firm resolution of the community to uphold the Hadith as a foundation
for faith and practice, the learned men did their best to establish principles of criticism and grades of authenticity to serve as a guide in accepting true traditions.
This hypothesis allows the Scriptures to function as a primary guide
for faith and practice, but in a way that is radically different than how the Bible is often read.
We believe that the Bible is the Word of God, inspired by the Spirit of God, without error and thus the supreme and final authority
for faith and practice.
Not exact matches
A U.S. Air Force chaplain is under fire
for saying that Christian people in the armed forces both «serve Satan»
and are «grossly in error» if they support fellow service members who
practice other
faiths.
He requires repentance, the stoppage of sinning as a regular
practice,
and faith in Christ
for eternal salvation.
Atheists: I know many there are many people that
practice religion just by fanaticism, I've seen many people in my opinion stupid (excuse the word) praying to saints hopping to solve their problems by repeating pre-made sentences over
and over, but there are others different, I don't think Religion
and Science need to be opposites, I believe in God, I'm Catholic
and I have many reasons to believe in him, I don't think however that we should pray instead of looking
for the cause
and applying a solution, Atheists think they are smart because they focus on Science
and technology instead of putting their
faith in a God, I don't think God will solve our problems, i think he gave us the means to solve them by ourselves that's were God is, also I think that God created everything but not as a Magical thing but stablishing certain rules like Physics
and Quimics etc. he's not an idiot
and he knew how to make it so everything was on balance, he's the Scientist of Scientist the Mathematic of Mathematics, the Physician of Physicians, from the tiny little fact that a mosquito, an insect species needs to feed from blood from a completely different species, who created the mosquitos that way?
This freedom allows
for new expressions of
faith and modes of Christian
practice to emerge, ones that better accord with the sensibilities of modern men
and women, or so we're told.
On the other hand, one must welcome the true conquests of the Enlightenment, human rights,
and especially the freedom of
faith and its
practice,
and recognize these as being essential elements
for the authenticity of religion. . . .
And btw, this is mostly a Christian concept, and is not practiced in either Judaism or Islam (eye for an eye and Jihad are both religious tenets of those faith
And btw, this is mostly a Christian concept,
and is not practiced in either Judaism or Islam (eye for an eye and Jihad are both religious tenets of those faith
and is not
practiced in either Judaism or Islam (eye
for an eye
and Jihad are both religious tenets of those faith
and Jihad are both religious tenets of those
faiths).
I feel really sorry
for the lady, I deeply
and truly respect her
faith in her religion, however at the same time I reject any religion or
practice which prohibits a woman to look beautiful... God made woman beautiful
and they have all the rights to look beautiful... I believe she is cutting her nails
for the same reason she has all the rights to get her facial hairs remove... but I know she wont do that..
None of htese morons is qualified
for the job, so sometimes looking at how they
practice their
faith is a good indicator of trying to do good
and be humble rather than an elected screwup know - it - all.
Any other
practice breaks the unity of the church,
and the lack of water baptism is actually a tradition of omission, thus not showing a greater understanding of
faith, but rather a lack of reverence
for the will
and intention of Jesus himself.
Should we say, as some inclusivists do, that it is because of Christ's saving mystery, offered to all, that salvation is available to the Hindu,
for example, in the sincere
practice of his or her
faith — that in Christ salvation is mediated to Christians through the church
and to non-Christians through other traditions of
faith?
It is not
for everyone,
and especially those that find joy
and pleasure in demeaning the
faith of others
and express a perspective that no place on Earth can or should be be made exclusive onthe basis of belief or religious
practice.
A large segment of Christianity holds to Sola Scriptura, which is typically defined as the belief that the Bible alone is the final authority
for all things related to
faith and practice.
Supporters of George W. Bush's
faith - based initiatives plan, which would shift some of the responsibility
and funding
for social services onto religious organizations, often stress that the plan isn't radically new but rather an extension of accepted
practices.
For example, if one understood by the church simply the historically given communities with their multiplicity of beliefs
and practices, the view of theology as the articulation of the church's
faith would lead to a plurality of theologies that could hardly escape the recognition of their relativity with respect to historical factors.
Even when, as with the Protestant Reformers, knowledge of God is reserved
for the eschaton
and theological schooling focuses on
faith, schooling remains a
practice of paideia — notably, in Calvin's academy in Geneva.
The Apostles» successors, next three centuries: die
for faith, write liturgies, establish canon of scripture, doctrine,
and practice based on that tradition.
In such a situation, the «devil's advocate» approach profoundly undermines the position of the committed
and practising Catholic young people,
and effectively reinforces the loss of
faith of the young people on the fringe of Catholic
practice and just looking
for an excuse to drop out.
So he pointed to the well - known ruins of the earlier sanctuary of Shiloh as a sign that the Jerusalem temple too was destined
for destruction,
for the religious
practices in it were leading Israel into a false
faith, dishonesty
and immorality.
In Russia in particular, church
and state have been in elaborate entanglement
for centuries, the result of which has paradoxically been widespread abandonment of the
practice of the
faith.
If this principle is applied also to those who do not
practice their
faith, hence have no real relation to the community Church of
faith, then the actual number of priests must, indeed, give the impression of a shortage,
for there are not even enough priests
for all the established parishes
and Mass centres.
In 1996 the NAE addressed religious persecution saying that «If people are to fulfill the obligations of conscience, history teaches the urgent need to foster respect
and protection
for the right of all persons to
practice their
faith.»
By allowing one
faith to
practice and threatening the priest with arrest
for attempting to volunteer services, the base has discriminated on the basis of religion.
Of course not, that is why there is prayer
and practicing the teachings, to see
for them selves how their
faith applies to their lives.
For me I figured that if there is a God out there who does who does actually have a plan for us and if part of that plan is to not be made known but would rather have us develop faith, and if the reason for why we need to have faith is to see if we are going to follow God because we choose to instead of being made to have to follow, and if the reason for all of those commandments is to somehow be for our benefit, and if I really want to and need to know, which I did, and that this supposed God wanted for us to find out through study, prayer and trying to practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for myse
For me I figured that if there is a God out there who does who does actually have a plan
for us and if part of that plan is to not be made known but would rather have us develop faith, and if the reason for why we need to have faith is to see if we are going to follow God because we choose to instead of being made to have to follow, and if the reason for all of those commandments is to somehow be for our benefit, and if I really want to and need to know, which I did, and that this supposed God wanted for us to find out through study, prayer and trying to practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for myse
for us
and if part of that plan is to not be made known but would rather have us develop
faith,
and if the reason
for why we need to have faith is to see if we are going to follow God because we choose to instead of being made to have to follow, and if the reason for all of those commandments is to somehow be for our benefit, and if I really want to and need to know, which I did, and that this supposed God wanted for us to find out through study, prayer and trying to practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for myse
for why we need to have
faith is to see if we are going to follow God because we choose to instead of being made to have to follow,
and if the reason
for all of those commandments is to somehow be for our benefit, and if I really want to and need to know, which I did, and that this supposed God wanted for us to find out through study, prayer and trying to practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for myse
for all of those commandments is to somehow be
for our benefit, and if I really want to and need to know, which I did, and that this supposed God wanted for us to find out through study, prayer and trying to practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for myse
for our benefit,
and if I really want to
and need to know, which I did,
and that this supposed God wanted
for us to find out through study, prayer and trying to practice those teachings to see for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for myse
for us to find out through study, prayer
and trying to
practice those teachings to see
for ourselves and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that and find out for myse
for ourselves
and then make our choice, then I figured to do just that
and find out
for myse
for myself.
The
practice of infant baptism is the visible acknowledgement that from birth the child is being shaped by his
faith environment;
and the
practice of confirmation of baptism is the recognition that on reaching years of discretion a person must decide
for himself between commitment
and rejection.
So many people express such hatred
for these people, based only on their
faith,
and in which way it is
practiced.
Today we have plenty of cults, sects
and false churches replacing practical love
and righteousness in daily life (that would require the true
faith) through ridiculous rituals (
for example, the Muslims keep the 5 Pillars of Islam; that is enough to be a good Muslim, but they are not required to love all people independent from belief, nationality, etc.) The cults, sects
and false churches make their members
practicing a biased love.
One of theology's main tasks is to help the community of
faith in its search
for practices that truly follow in the footsteps of Jesus of Nazareth, in the midst of a great deal of ambiguity
and provisionality.
Wuthnow concludes, from his three - year research into how Americans view
faith and money, that although there is much lip service to decrying the overemphasis on money
and materialism, in
practice mammon is winning out over God,
and the churches are silent
for the most part on stewardship issues.
Because Jesus is the center of our
faith and practice,
and (more importantly
for this question), Jesus reveals God to us!
Why didn't the president himself stand up
for the human rights of the Christian missionaries
and medical team in Afghanistan, including six Americans, to
practice medicine
and their
faith, even after they were murdered by Islamic extremists?
The body, described by Christian
faith as an integral
and permanent aspect of human being, must be explicitly cared
for and enhanced by any ascetic
practice that we accept as good
for our souls.
If we insist that we will always
practice some sin as long as we live on earth, we are believing
for unrighteousness,
and it will be done to us according to our
faith!
See, that is the case here, at least
for me, how do Christians
practice their
faith, is it as a true belief in a Christ, or as a sword to condemn
and chop away at those who do not believe as they do?
Faith presupposes a context of certain
practices and even bodily transformation»
for our flesh is redeemed by Christ's own flesh»
and can not be considered a general feature of human nature that finds diverse expression in all the great religious traditions.
Rather, the goal of the conversation is to help people envision
and practice ways
for those of good intentions to be true to themselves, their
faith, their causes —
and do little damage to others along the way.»
For the Christian tradition, the answer is
faith, hope,
and charity, as embodied especially in the Church's liturgical
practices and articulated by her theological tradition.
Let me state them again:
faith that peace is possible, provision
for peaceful change from within the nations, international organization with the surrender of absolute national sovereignty, economic security
for all men,
faith in
and understanding of
and practice of the democratic way of life,
and a unifying spiritual world community.
The priest, however, must exercise other functions besides administering the sacraments
and institutional means can not empower him to fulfill these duties; hence he needs to
practice spiritual discipline, cultivating all the Christian virtues; he also needs to study,
for «how can he teach unless he himself possess knowledge»
and have gained a «full grasp of the Catholic teaching on
faith and morals?»