Sentences with phrase «greater part of the tradition»

Nor is it true, as some suppose, that he was referring only to such formal principles as «good is to be done,» for he speaks for the greater part of the tradition when he expressly includes such precepts as «Honor thy father and thy mother,» «Thou shalt not kill,» and «Thou shalt not steal.»

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In all the great spiritual traditions and all the great wisdom schools, part of the journey of becoming more human is often totemed against this notion of sort of waking up and coming out of these illusions.

Despite his overdrawn fears of Origenism in much of the history of Christian thought, Farrow ends up aligning himself with the part of the tradition that puts the greatest emphasis on the transcendent difference that Christ makes.

With the great Jewish thinker of the early part of this century, Franz Rosenzweig, he believes that Jews need to understand anew that «the Jewish vocation, rooted in the biblical tradition, is to be an instrument for the redemption of all humankind.»

It's part of the great tradition of postmodern conservatism to shamelessly promote our work elsewhere.

and he wrought out an estimate of personality's worth and destiny which, passing by way of Christianity into confluence with Greek thought, is still part of the great tradition of the Western world.

The great French historian Jacques Le Goff credited Dante with doing more than any theologian to make purgatory a meaningful part of Christian tradition, and, more recently, Jon M. Sweeney has argued that Dante practically invented the modern idea of hell.

So the fundies who say God is giving knowledge to them are just part of a great tradition which I disagree with, though I use to believe.

These principles have a notable ancestry within the Calvinist tradition with which I identify: from the concept of sphere sovereignty developed by Dutch theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper, to the Politics of the sixteenth - century German Calvinist Althusius, all the way back to Calvin himself, who spent the greater part of his career struggling for the freedom of the Church in a city where civil rulers dictated ecclesiastical policy.

Catholics, for their part, saw Evangelicals as fundamentalist yahoos, little familiar with the great tradition of theological development through the centuries.

An important part of such development is to participate in the great historic faiths and in contemporary religious traditions other than one's own.

But other writers, such as Robert Fitzgerald (with whose family Flannery O'Connor lived until she developed lupus), saw themselves as part of reviving a great tradition.

The most successful part of the work is the study of «oral tradition and written transmission» in rabbinic Judaism, to which Gerhardsson has clearly devoted a great deal of time.

And this divine conversation reminds us that being people of faith isn't just about being right; it's about being a part of a community, part of a great tradition of dialog.

The concept of a Great Spirit was merely a part of the polytheistic traditions of certain tribes of native Americans.

Our schools are part of that rich tradition of Catholic learning that gave the world its universities and colleges, its village schools and mission schools, its great centres of learning and its small everyday ones, and its sense that intellectual life is bound up with the life of the soul.

I identified this as a part of Barth's «distinctively Protestant witness» within the Great Tradition because it adheres so closely to what I think of as «Luther's Rule.»

Two articles by Gerald T. Sheppard provide greater detail: «Biblical Hermeneutics: The Academic Language of Evangelical Identity,» Union Seminary Quarterly Review, 32 (Winter I977), 81 - 94; «Word and Spirit: Scripture in the Pentecostal Tradition: Part One,» Agora: A Magazine of Opinion within the Assemblies of God [no longer published], I, No. 4 (Spring 1978), 4 - 22; and»... Part Two,» 2, No.

This is also in part because evangelicals today are reading the early Church Fathers and the Reformers and appropriating aspects of the great tradition that would have been unthinkable even a generation or two ago.

There's a lot I love about the Catholic tradition — the connection to history, the liturgy and ritual, the time for contemplation, the sense that the «great cloud of witnesses» that surrounds us is very much alive and active and a part of our lives.

To be devoted to the best spiritual traditions of your own land, to be glad about them, to be proud of them, to rejoice in them, to want to live up to them, and be worthy of them, and because of them to hope and work that the Republic may play an honorable part in the world's life, — that is great patriotism.

Healthy Traditions views the opportunity to help preserve this genetically diverse corn as a great honor and one in which we are proud to be a part of.

Fried food was not part of my family's Austro - Hungarian culinary tradition, and my mom never fried anything at home, so, this aversion wasn't any particular loss (and has given me a great excuse as an adult to veto that particular restaurant when deciding where to dine).

It's great to be a part of this tradition,» said Paul.

Becoming a part of the Oxford University Boat Club and its great legacy and tradition has been a thrill.

«To the McCaskey family and the entire Chicago Bears organization, thank you for the honor of allowing me to be a part of the rich Chicago Bears tradition and to run in the footsteps of greats like Gale Sayers and Walter Payton.

The Chicago Blackhawks took part in the great hockey tradition of passing the Stanley Cup amongst themselves and skating with it,...

Yes ARSENAL FOOTBALL CLUB has a great History and Tradition to be proud of but only a MAD MAN (sort of YOU) will bring this into the context of what that MAD (no) MAN WENGER is doing to our Club.The fans and supporters are MAD (no) with the continued decline we are in.We are MAD (no) at our league position, MAD (no) at the pathetic excuses he continues to spout out and extremely MAD (now this is most definitely you) at the mindless yet somehow opionated «Supporters «who feel they need to defend him because he is a part of our history.

I find that family rituals, like Friday game nights, are a great way to maintain an open line of communication with your daughter as she's likely going to take part in them even as a teenager for tradition's sake.

Galileo's Ship Einstein's thought experiments are part of a greater tradition in physics.

In Great Britain, for example, there is a long tradition of birdwatching so that more is known about the history of the feathered inhabitants of the British Isles than about their relatives in other parts of Europe.

For Dr. Rachel Klein, being a great doctor is a part of a family tradition.

Part of the Metal Gear Solid tradition is the great visuals that have been found in the first two games.

Of course, these activities are important and part of our culture and tradition — but they are also areas where we can benefit from economies of scale and where we can cut costs, helping us redirect some critical parent revenue back to tuition and to cover a greater portion of our core educational modeOf course, these activities are important and part of our culture and tradition — but they are also areas where we can benefit from economies of scale and where we can cut costs, helping us redirect some critical parent revenue back to tuition and to cover a greater portion of our core educational modeof our culture and tradition — but they are also areas where we can benefit from economies of scale and where we can cut costs, helping us redirect some critical parent revenue back to tuition and to cover a greater portion of our core educational modeof scale and where we can cut costs, helping us redirect some critical parent revenue back to tuition and to cover a greater portion of our core educational modeof our core educational model.

He is very excited to join the KIPP Austin team and family and to be part of the great tradition at KAC.

It's part of the city's long tradition, says Jonathan Jones, of wealth championing great art

Captioned first as «framer,» «Fedex courier» or «darkroom assistant» and then identified with the location and date of the shoot, together his models form a nonhierarchical, kaleidoscopic yet very detailed «facebook» of the art world, following in part the tradition of great American anthropological photographic surveys.

The consumption of bushmeat, often originating from great apes like chimpanzees and mountain gorillas, is a cultural tradition in parts of Africa and it is not viewed as a problem.

While it has always been good to be charitable, particularly during the holiday season, Web sites that offer donation options for the environmentally conscious are a great part of a new holiday tradition, and are certain to be gifts that keep on giving.

Knowing about your family history helps your child feel connected to a greater community - they grow up understanding that they are part of a tradition, a legacy (even if it seems unimportant to you) that will continue beyond them as well.