Sentences with phrase «great prophetic tradition»

The great prophetic tradition had gone so far in the apprehension of God before Christianity began that the first prerequisite for a true estimate of the New Testament is grateful appreciation of the Old.

It is at this point that Christians should feel profoundly grateful for the Old Testament and for the persistent effect of its great prophetic tradition.

Not exact matches

While, therefore, the lessons of the prophets, far from being forgotten, bore fruit in great examples of personal piety, the prophetic tradition could not break through to its logical conclusion — religion as a free, individual choice, regardless of race or nation.

Perhaps the future will reveal more understanding and unity among this prophetic minority, gathered from all the great paths to God, than may ever exist within any particular religious tradition.

I have gradually learned to take this perspective to a greater degree, although I remain middle class, and I believe that a middle class perspective informed by the prophetic tradition also has its contribution to make.