Not exact matches
We are also reminded of Johan Huizinga's belief that in play «man's consciousness that he is embedded in a sacred
order of things finds its first,
highest and
holiest expression.
So instead of God being called a bully, we say his judgements are indisputable, unchangeable and everlasting; he is better than us,
high and lifted up, all powerful and
holy; he is disappointed or sorrowful or angry about our sin; he constantly convicts us by the Holy Spirit; he sends us suffering in order to teach us, discipline us and inevitably bring us in line with his ways; and he threatens us with exclusion from him and his group now or forever in Hell unless we repent and straighten
holy; he is disappointed or sorrowful or angry about our sin; he constantly convicts us by the
Holy Spirit; he sends us suffering in order to teach us, discipline us and inevitably bring us in line with his ways; and he threatens us with exclusion from him and his group now or forever in Hell unless we repent and straighten
Holy Spirit; he sends us suffering in
order to teach us, discipline us and inevitably bring us in line with his ways; and he threatens us with exclusion from him and his group now or forever in Hell unless we repent and straighten up.
I suggest that a reading of scripture gives us the clues, that John was in fact the last Levitical priest whose task was to inaugurate the» handing over» of the priesthood to the new
High Priest, in the new
order of Melchizedek (as the writer of the Letter to Hebrews explains it) So Jesus came to John the Levite, John gave Jesus the ritual bath of the
High Priest, then Jesus emerged from the bath not to be anointed with oil as the old Levites, but to be anointed with the
Holy Spirit and then Jesus» distinction was announced to the people by the voice of God Himself.
Thou who first wast sensible of and didst first bear witness to that prodigious passion which disdains the dreadful conflict with the rage of the elements and with the powers of creation in
order to strive with God; thou who first didst know that
highest passion, the
holy, pure and humble expression of the divine madness» which the pagans admired — forgive him who would speak in praise of thee, if he does not do it fittingly.
«The
Holy Assembly of Bishops, as the
highest hierarchical body, is legislative authority in the matters of faith, officiation, church
order (discipline) and internal organization of the Church, as well as the
highest church juridical authority within its jurisdiction (Article 69 sec. 28).»
The
High Priestess of the
Holy Order of the Almighty states that it is no ordinary stone, being made out of the power of prayers and dreams.