Sentences with phrase «head of the church which»

Nowhere do we find an emphasis on the divine aspect of the Church, of Christ being head of the Church which is his body (cf CCC 669)

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French actress Clotilde Courau looks over the shoulder of her new husband Emanuele Filiberto, the head of the Royal House of Savoy, as they leave their wedding, which was held at Rome's elite Santa Maria degli Angeli church on September 25, 2003, in Rome, Italy.

The First Vatican Council included language like (the Pope) «is the true vicar of Christ and head of the whole Church and faith, and teacher of all Christians; and that to him was handed down in blessed Peter, by our Lord Jesus Christ, full power to...» This transfer of power depends on the Roman Church's understanding of the Office of the Keys which I do not agree with, but their statements make it clear that the Pope's authority as the Roman Church understands it is derived from Christ's.

The Pope is the head the Catholic Church, the offices of which are located in the Vatican City in Italy.

Arguably the foremost decision unanimously agreed upon at that assembly of church heads was the convocation of a Great Council in 2016, tentatively planned to be held in the Church of Haghia Irene — the site of the second ecumenical council of 381, which completed the «creed» recited by most Christians church heads was the convocation of a Great Council in 2016, tentatively planned to be held in the Church of Haghia Irene — the site of the second ecumenical council of 381, which completed the «creed» recited by most Christians Church of Haghia Irene — the site of the second ecumenical council of 381, which completed the «creed» recited by most Christians today.

The author heads the Community Church of Joy in Phoenix, Arizona, which is associated with the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America and, very loosely, with Lutheranism.

Christ himself is the head and cornerstone of his Church, which is built on the foundation of apostles and prophets.

Then he will head to the Mater Ecclesiae (Mother of the Church) building, which formerly housed a cloistered convent in the Vatican gardens.

Eph 1:22,23 - «And he put all things under his feet and gave him as head over all things to the church, 23 which is his body, the fullness of him who fills all in all.»

And so, that which is true of Christ as regards the Church, and true of a husband as regards his wife, is also true of anyone who is «head» or has authority: it is a leadership of service and self - sacrifice.

The church — which means you, me and everybody — needs to get its head out of its ass and realise that this is the reality.

Since the 1960s, a variation of the horned goat head has been the official symbol of the Church of Satan, which is not affiliated with the Temple of Satan.

To review: In their letters to the early church, the apostles Peter and Paul include what you might call a Christian remix of the traditional Greco - Roman household codes, which detailed the responsibilities of a male head - of - house, his wives, slaves, and adult children (see Ephesians 5, Colossians 3, and 1 Peter 3).

Perhaps the visual notion of the ascension is the movement of the Christ to the place at the head of the table as our great high priest, the head of the true state that is the church, the body of Christ of which Christians are all parts.

To Paul, therefore, the church was the continuation of the assembly of Israel, in which the eternal purpose of God was being worked out and whose head was the Messiah.

Jesus Christ is the mystical head of the church body in which all people are united to him.

When we first met in April 2011, what initially impressed me about Sviatoslav Shevchuk was his almost preternatural calm: which was striking, in that, less than a month before and still a few weeks shy of his 41st birthday, Shevchuk had been elected Major - Archbishop of Kyiv - Halych and head of the Ukrainian Greek Catholic Church — the largest of the Eastern Catholic Churches, Byzantine in liturgy and governance while in full communion with the Bishop of Rome.

The Jerusalem church, which was headed by James the brother of Jesus, remained within the Jewish fold, although James is said to have been killed by the Jews in 62 CE.

At the same time, it was clear that, for all their wrong - headed and occasionally malicious attacks on the Church, these ladies were giving voice to something which was also generally felt within society and particularly by younger women who knew nothing of the Network or its antics but who were not comfortable with answering the Church's critics.

The church is the continuing body of which Christ is the head.

For the whole Church, which consists of all the faithful, since all the faithful are members of Christ, hath that Head set in Heaven, and it governeth His body.

Yes, Barack Obama is the wrong type of Christian for white evangelicals in America, they are willing to fall head over heels in love with Mitt Romney the Mormon, of which most of these churches have preached against this religious group from the inception that it's a CULT and you need to stay away from that type of doctrine.

Clergy who serve as heads of multiple - staff churches form a separate group, one in which only others in similar situations are seen as true peers.

ONCE, I had all I needed to see what mens churches TAUGHT that GOD never did, he said, «YOUR DONE» time to come out of BABYLON, which is headed to ONE WORLD Religion.

The author is in fact appealing, over the heads of the agents of persecution, to intelligent and well - disposed persons in Graeco - Roman society, in the belief that accurate information about the origins, aims and principles of the Christian Church would do much to disarm the hostility under which it suffered.

«Christ is also the head of the church, which is his body.»

The Prince also made a donation to the charity Aid to the Church in Need in the letter which he signed and addressed to Baghdad - based Archbishop Louis Sako, head of the Chaldean Catholic Church.

The Church of Rome attributed divine authority to the general corpus of Catholic teaching, which included the Bible, traditions of long standing, and the belief that the Divine Head of the church would not allow His church to err on important iChurch of Rome attributed divine authority to the general corpus of Catholic teaching, which included the Bible, traditions of long standing, and the belief that the Divine Head of the church would not allow His church to err on important ichurch would not allow His church to err on important ichurch to err on important issues.

Terry Virgo heads up Newfrontiers International, the largest stream of charismatic churches in the UK which is marked by its successful church planting... More

They apply proof - texts to support a paradigm in which women submit to their husbands, stay out of church leadership, and find their ultimate calling in the home as mothers... while ignoring those passages that instruct women to cover their heads when they pray, call their husbands «master,» and function as the property of their fathers and husbands.

Noni and all those who find themselves ostracised or slandered unfairly firstly God loves you and you are special to him you are his children his daughters and sons do nt ever forget that so you are not alone in fact you are the apple of his eye and he loves you.No matter what people say about you it does nt change the fact that he loves you and will protect you just abide in him he will strengthen you in your weakness.Never think you are alone we have the holy spirit and have other believers even though we may not go to church together we love the Lord just as much as you do which means we are brothers and sisters in Christ.Just trust him and take each day as it comes he promises to never leave us or forsake us.He has given us his strength in our weakness so that like him we are overcomers the head not the tail.Keep asking the Lord what it is he wants you to do and be obedient though it may be hard but in the end it will prove good for you for the Lord is for you not against you.regards brentnz

Docetism, the denial of the humanity of Jesus on the claim that he only appeared to be human, was the first heresy with which the early church had to grapple, and it persistently lifts its head even today.

For the husband is the head of the wife just as Christ is the head of the church, the body of which he is the Savior.

He is called to be «a seer, a revelator, a translator, and a Prophet, having all the gifts of God which he bestows upon the head of the church.»»

The honeymoon, that is, between the now enfeebled and increasingly remote souls who for over a quarter of a century had carped and sneered at Pope John Paul II (and by the same token at «PanzerCardinal» Joseph Ratzinger) but who had nevertheless hoped against hope for a Pope who would be somehow reborn if not as a fully paid - up liberal, as a Pope at least who would go easy on all that counter-cultural JPII stuff about being «signs of contradiction» and about continuity with the pre-conciliar Church and who had breathlessly found (so they thought) that, lo, it was even so, in the wonders of Deus Caritas Est. «On his election last spring,» carolled The Tablet, «the former CardinalRatzinger was widely assumed to have as his papal agenda the hammering of heretics and a war on secularist relativism, subjects with which he was associated as head of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.»

The channel through which continuing revelation reaches the church is the First Presidency which is the head of the church, very much in the same sense as the Pope in Roman Catholicism.

Justin's perspective here lines up beautifully with the themes of many of the New Testament epistles in which the justification for specific instructions (like head coverings and women remaining silent in church, for example) appear to be rooted in practical considerations regarding love for neighbor, considerations that clearly have a cultural context that may not apply today.

When we inquire further as to the concrete meaning of Jesus, after his death, within the life of the early Christian community, we find ourselves at once forced to deal with two theological issues of fundamental importance: the nature of the church and the nature of revelation; for the essential and permanent significance of Jesus lies in the fact that he was the center and head of the church and that he was the central figure in that revelation of God which we have received and by which we are saved.

But you still keep yourself acceptable by declaring to be spiritual - but - not - churched and thus safely (in your view) outside the ugly demon - possessed atheist circles (which I am guessing is a ghost of bigotry still echoing in your head which makes this cartoon funny to you.)

The six decades during which she has straddled the roles both of head of state and of Supreme Governor of the Church of England have witnessed such societal change that it is almost as if her detractors are waiting patiently for her to leave the stage, before redeveloping the constitution over which the Queen presides.

On numerous occassions Paul uses the imagery of a body to teach us what the Church should look like, such as in Ephesians 1:22 - 23: «And God placed all things under His feet and appointed Him to be head over everything for the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way.&Church should look like, such as in Ephesians 1:22 - 23: «And God placed all things under His feet and appointed Him to be head over everything for the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way.&church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills everything in every way.»

Kirill arrived in Jerusalem on his first visit to the Holy Land since becoming head of the powerful church in 2009, during which he will visit all the major holy sites.

This must mean that the Pope was not at first told everything: that a story was cooked up for him which was designed to explain why Wielgus's Polish critics were not happy with the appointment but which did not disclose enough to convince the Pope that Wielgus really could not function as head of the Polish church.

Jesus is the Head and Heart of the Church, from which all wisdom, life and blessing flows.

And He put all things in subjection under His feet, and gave Him as head over all things to the church, which is His body, the fullness of Him who fills all in all.»

For the husband is the head of the wife as Christ is the head of the church, his body, of which he is the Savior.

It is called «fundamentalism»... and was actually one of the early heresies of the Church which has unfortunately reared its ugly head again as a misinformed, misdirected religion.

But watch this... if we who no longer sit in a pew on Sunday morning are also part of the family of God through our faith in Jesus, our commitment to follow Him, and our regular fellowship with other travelers on this road, then we too are part of the local and universal church, which means that when Wytsma criticizes us, he is criticizing «the church,» which means that according to his definition, he too is a terminal Christian and headed toward separation from God.

[18] Insisting on the importance of the veil for women, responding to a situation where a group of young women in the church of Carthage, claiming that the status and virtue achieved by their renunciation freed them from social conventions (which insisted that women remain veiled in church), boldly took their positions in church with faces uncovered and head unveiled, Tertullian reiterates forcefully that there is great danger in such actions because

There are actions «in which Christ himself, the author of the Covenant, the Bridegroom and Head of the Church, is represented.»