Sentences with phrase «given by revelation»

If we keep before us the self - revising imperative given by revelation we can hardly fall into the complacency of which opponents of the idea are understandably apprehensive.

This should really go without saying when the Church finds herself in a pluralism of knowledge which is religiously and philosophically relevant but not given by revelation, or, if we may call it thus, in a gnoseologically concupiscent situation, even though the nature of the conflicts possible in this situation can not be exactly defined.

Not exact matches

Defenders of the bill argue that it would give more clarity to the legal status of interception requests, helping to clean up the mess exposed and aggravated by Edward Snowden's revelations about the extent of NSA spying, including on targets outside the U.S..

Because of the way it handled the revelation that it had violated its privacy policy by giving away its customer database [to the federal government].

The historical app audit was announced in the wake of last month's revelations about how much Facebook data Cambridge Analytica was given by app developer (and Cambridge University academic), Dr Aleksandr Kogan — in what the company couched as a «breach of trust».

Given his 2011 complaint about Facebook's expansive and abusive historical app permissions, Schrems has this week raised an eyebrow and expressed surprise at Zuckerberg's claim to be «outraged» by the Cambridge Analytica revelations — now snowballing into a massive privacy scandal.

Chapter 19 of Revelations gives a step by step detail of Jesus in spirit form methodically... well you have to read the rest for yourself if you have a Bible, but its all their in print for all to see, because... God give everyone an opportunity to escape a calamity, He always has and He always will.

Indeed I think that every Christian sect gives a great handle to Atheism by their general dogma that, without a revelation, there would not be sufficient proof of the being of a god.

«By further reflecting that the clearest evidence would be requisite to make any sane man believe in the miracles by which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelatioBy further reflecting that the clearest evidence would be requisite to make any sane man believe in the miracles by which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelatioby which Christianity is supported, — that the more we know of the fixed laws of nature the more incredible, do miracles become, — that the men at that time were ignorant and credulous to a degree almost incomprehensible by us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelatioby us, — that the Gospels can not be proved to have been written simultaneously with the events, — that they differ in many important details, far too important as it seemed to me to be admitted as the usual inaccuracies of eyewitness; — by such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelatioby such reflections as these, which I give not as having the least novelty or value, but as they influenced me, I gradually came to disbelieve in Christianity as a divine revelation.

hey G, I am acquainted with your theory there... it is called Preterism... it is the standard interpretation of Revelation given by liberals... I walked away from that belief and the church I was raised in when I found out what they are teaching... Nope, the book of revelation is not a «code» for the events of the day at the time of the fall of Jerusalem.

So is the recognition that a book has been given by God as a vehicle of revelation.

With a firm and simple belief in God which could be understood by the humblest and least educated, with a fiery confidence in Mohammed as the supreme prophet of God, with reverence for Jesus but declaring that Christians had misrepresented him, that he was not the unique Son of God, and that to Mohammed had been given a later revelation, with the type of fatalism and belief in heaven which reinforced ardor in battle, Islam proved the faith of warriors.

The Franciscan schools tended to be «voluntarist» in prioritising the will as the primary faculty by which we grasp God's Self - revelation to us, whereas the Dominican school, with St. Thomas Aquinas as its greatest champion, gave priority to the intellect.

The answer is given and must be given by God himself, in his own word in Jesus Christ, for no one can answer this question except God himself, in his self - revelation in history, since none can speak the truth except God.11

No, it means that God calls people to respond by faith to the revelation that they have been given, and when they do, God makes sure that they receive further revelation.

I have a bible study and i was given this chapter over past weeks i had it over and over not getting what it realy means... when i read this sermon i was transformed by it and i got even more revelation thank you.

The book of Revelation (given to us by an Apostle who related the revelation GIVEN TO HIM BY JESUS CHgiven to us by an Apostle who related the revelation GIVEN TO HIM BY JESUS CHRISby an Apostle who related the revelation GIVEN TO HIM BY JESUS CHGIVEN TO HIM BY JESUS CHRISBY JESUS CHRIST.

Finally, the «pluralists» are those who are prepared to give up on the centrality of biblical revelation, even if they admit that their own access to ultimate reality has been inevitably conditioned by their Christian background and experience.

Revelation begins with a brief statement about the nature of the book: it is a revelation given by God to Christ and indicated by an angel to God's servant John; and it concerns what is to take place in the near future (1:1 - 3).

In her account of her «shewings», by which she meant the disclosures (or series of revelations) which she believed were given her in the cell which as an «anchoress» or hermit she occupied adjoining St. Julian's Church in Norwich (hence the name which has been given her), she sets forth what she has learned to be the proper «ghostly [spiritual] understanding» of the basic Christian message.

He differs from the prophets in that they proclaim the Word given them by God, whereas he offers himself as the Word of revelation in his own person.

Our reception of specifically Christian revelation ordinarily requires therefore that we abide within a communal context guided by the Spirit and given expression through the Christian story in word and rite.

The definition of sin which was given in the preceding chapter therefore still needs to be completed: sin is, after having been informed by a revelation from God what sin is, then before God in despair not to will to be oneself, or before God in despair to will to be oneself.

Does God give specific directions by new revelations for each occasion?

The text from the Catechism does not mention the Incarnation and focuses on created human nature, stating more carefully andsimply that, given divine transcendence as well as human sin, «man stands in need of being enlightened by God's revelation...»

The witness of the New Testament to definitive revelation given in Christ also concerns miracles: those performed by Jesus and by the apostles.

Using this method of beginning with our own immediate questions we might be able to grasp the significance of «God's revelation in history» in a more dramatic fashion than if we started by merely giving definitions and then elaborating on them.

Like other forms of freedom it is easily abused, and the interpretation which individuals give to the revelation needs to be checked by various forms of corporate prophetic teaching.

Therefore, I would suggest that the most important reason for our clinging to the notion of revelation is not to evoke a sense of privilege but to give strong expression to our sense of the always surprising initiative or «prevenience» of God and the conviction that we are not ourselves the authors of the promise we live by.

Man constantly makes false gods, but by virtue of the image of God he can judge them.28 This ability to judge false gods does not give man a vision of the true God, but it opens the door for a true revelation.

Our reading should be mixed with personal revelation (revealed to us by the Spirit) and personal experience that establishes the light we've been given, careful not to interpret the Bible in light of our experiences.

I don't consider the United States to be a theocracy uniquely instituted by God to dispense special revelation, nor mete out His justice, nor is she raising up prophets that consistently and repeatedly give overt, compelling signs that a supernatural power is behind their decrees.

The revelation of God, given in Scripture, is regarded as authoritative only insofar as it provides clarifying images which illuminate experience as it is critically interpreted by reason.Theology within this framework articulates the meaning of the inherited tradition of the Christian community in the light of empirical knowledge supplied by the sciences.

These souls have been blessedly received by God and have reached the most sublime height that man can attain; inspired by Angels and guided by revelation, they have been linked to the source of creation, elevated by God and appointed to give guidance to men.

Or to put the question in another way, does God chiefly give his revelation by introducing ideas — whether convictions or determinations — into the mind of the prophet, or by guiding external events in which the prophet sees His hand?

Even the humbling of sinners by the revelation of God's judgment and wrath against sin has as its purpose the religious awakening of sinners that they might be drawn toward the self - giving goodness of God revealed in Jesus Christ.

Christian understanding of God's transcendence raises questions about the extent of the claims of every historical community or movement or ideal, but these questions are given clearer focus by the fact that they are asked in the light of the revelation of God's solidarity with all men in Christ.

It is not that revelation is a meaningless concept, nor that in fact no revelation is ever given; but rather that however we may experience it, in the «givenness» of truth, of the insights of great art, of poetry and of worship, it can never be authenticated as revelation by any criteria external to itself.

The Body of Christ was not built upon Peter; it was a secret that was given to Paul by revelation.

A hermeneutic of revelation must give priority to those modalities of discourse that are most originary within the language of a community of faith; consequently, those expressions by means of which the members of that community first interpret their experience for themselves and for others.

«To keep me from being too elated by the abundance of revelations, a thorn was given me in the flesh, a messenger of Satan, to harass me, to keep me from being too elated» (II Cor.

Rees ends her «cosmic» odyssey by pondering the remarkable similarity between Stephen Hawking's thesis in his book The Universe in a Nutshell and the revelations given in 1373 to the great English mystic Dame Julian of Norwich.

To this Martin responds that well - qualified authorities dispute Balthasar's patristic interpretations, and that Speyr's private revelations have never been given any authority by the Church (and indeed contradict the Church's received understanding).

But based upon a plethora of New Testament passages, Christians have also recognized that there IS indeed also a technical usage of the term «the gospel» that came into effect after Christ's resurrection that refers not to good news in general, nor to the general revelation of God given through the Old and New testaments, but to the specific message that must be preached to the lost and must be believed by the lost to receive eternal life.

Even the title of Zane Hodges book, «The Gospel Under Siege» refers to this very thing — not NT revelation in general — but to the specific message that must be given to the lost and received by the lost for salvation.

The resolution of this dispute depends on what is meant by revelation as a «given.»

But it is the domain of theology, which is a speculative discipline, to elaborate upon what is given in revelation by means of reason.

Faith in revelation can thus free us from self - preoccupation by giving us the sense that we are already cared for.

This point is particularly important when we are placing our own religion's sense of life's meaning, allegedly given to us by a special historical revelation, into an encounter with other traditions» sense of life's meaning, given to them by their own symbolic traditions.

This point needs to be emphasized because it gives us an idea of the kind of God who is being presented to us by revelation.