Sentences with phrase «importance of confession»

But that's exactly what we as a people who preach the importance of confession may need to do.

The importance of confession centers around the nature of sin.

All sectors of our culture must come to see the importance of the confession of Polkinghorne and his colleagues.

Not exact matches

The importance of the sacraments is highlighted, particularly sacramental confession.

The factors of chief importance in the development of this theology were: (a) the Old Testament — and Judaism --(b) the tradition of religious thought in the Hellenistic world, (c) the earliest Christian experience of Christ and conviction about his person, mission, and nature — this soon became the tradition of the faith or the «true doctrine» — and (d) the living, continuous, ongoing experience of Christ — only in theory to be distinguished from the preceding — in worship, in preaching, in teaching, in open proclamation and confession, as the manifestation of the present Spiritual Christ within his church.

Nicholas Lash suggests in Easter in Ordinary that there is a pattern to the doctrine of God as it is confessed in the creed, a pattern that reminds us of the importance of the movements among the confessions of «Father, Son and Holy Spirit.»

Peter's confession of Jesus as the Messiah is a moment of decisive importance (Matthew 16:13 - 23 and Luke 9:18 - 22; compare Mark 8:27 - 33).

In the centuries since the Book of Concord was adopted, some claiming the name Lutheran have diminished the importance of the Lutheran Confessions.

No creed or confession has been written without political influences at work, but Pelikan maintains that the meaning or importance of any significant creed can not be reduced purely to its political implications.

Even what used to be called «devotional» or apparently routine confessions may be of great importance and value to the individual concerned.

The Christian confession involves all three elements, and we properly understand the meaning of the term «mythological» in this connection only if the truth and importance of the other terms are recognized.

We learn of the importance he attached to daily Mass, his fidelity to prayer, the rosary, promoting Eucharistic adoration, weekly confession of sins, his attention to the needs of others as though he or she were the only one he'd ever met, his self - sacrifice in imitation of Maximillian Kolbe whom he had canonised; most importantly, we learn of his very deep understanding of how life is transformed through chastity for married and single alike.

It was about chastity, and had tips that might be found in any Catholic leaflet: modesty in dress, the danger of pornography, the importance of friendship, even confession to their bishops.

It reminded me of the importance and value of trust, vulnerability and confession in the context of love.

During the past year in particular, two events, epoch - making in their importance, and of great significance to Christians of all confessions, have strengthened the unity of Orthodox Churches to a degree unprecedented in modern history.

Spira, the author of The Perils of Cyber-Dating: Confessions of a Hopeful Romantic Looking for Love Online, will talk about cyber dating safety and the importance of protecting your identity while dating online.

It looks at the importance of the act of confession from an experiential perspective and draws on the a literary source to help students understand the complexities and importance of this form of prayer.

It tells the story of a child murderer in Germany and the police hunt to track him down, resulting in a «staged» trial used to force a confession from the accused and obtain a conviction, making the point of the importance of legal representation in criminal trials to ensure justice, even for the most abhorrent crimes.