Sentences with phrase «in holy texts»

Again and again the sermons, which are handed down to us in the holy texts, make reference to this loneliness.

In the ancient world they were taught separately, so it was not uncommon for one to be able to read (at least enough to get by, or those in holy texts) but not write.

During that time, we studied the story of Joseph as it appears in both of our traditions — in holy text (Torah and Qur «an) and in commentary (midrash and tafsir)-- and also learned a lot about each other.

Is there some clause in your holy text that makes you the supreme judge of who does and does not truly believe in god?

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Review: If you're interested in, say, running a service that delivers mattresses on the back of a bicycle or becoming an itinerant wedding photographer, here's your holy text.

But if you're interested in, say, running a service that delivers mattresses on the back of a bicycle or becoming an itinerant wedding photographer, here's your holy text.

It doesn't matter to me whether this is «correct» exegesis — either the Bible finds some way of adapting to the modern notions of morality, or it gets left by the wayside on the ever growing dung - heap of rejected holy texts of human history — in my opinion, that's the historical moment we are currently faced with.

Any god who could influence a person's thoughts could even more easily light up the sky with glowing letters of holy text, yet there is nothing supernatural in origin influencing anything in this continuum.

Quoting Islam's holiest text to make that point was smart, said Hussein Rashid, a religion scholar at Hofstra University in New York.

The mission text was the «great commission» — «Go therefore and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit» (Matt.

The concern of Jesus in this particular text is that the unpardonable sin is against the Holy Spirit.

Books like Holy Hilarity help us break out of the box of reading the Bible with straight faces, so that we can see the truth in the text.

In an attempt to simplify, we force the Bible's cacophony of voices into a single tone, to turn a complicated, beautiful, and diverse holy text into a list of bullet points we can put in a manifesto or creeIn an attempt to simplify, we force the Bible's cacophony of voices into a single tone, to turn a complicated, beautiful, and diverse holy text into a list of bullet points we can put in a manifesto or creein a manifesto or creed.

In this perspective on this key text (John 1:14) we have a remarkable prophetic description not only of the Incarnation but also of the Holy Eucharist and of the Tabernacle, as part of the very plan of God in sending Christ into the worlIn this perspective on this key text (John 1:14) we have a remarkable prophetic description not only of the Incarnation but also of the Holy Eucharist and of the Tabernacle, as part of the very plan of God in sending Christ into the worlin sending Christ into the world.

Professor Bates helps us see a way in which the New Testament speaks of the Holy Trinity: it recognises the Divine Persons speaking to or about each other in certain Old Testament texts.

I would like to suggest that this important text refers not only to the Incarnation of the Son of God in Bethlehem but also to the Holy Eucharist and that it is prophetic of the Church's development of doctrine, supporting that development, and putting it within a cosmic context.

In this key text Jesus links the whole plan of God from the beginning to the Holy Eucharist — «As I who am sent by the living Father... so whoever eats me will draw life from me».

After all the controversy of last week, it's tempting to turn this post into a discussion on gendered language around the Holy Spirit (feminine in Hebrew and Aramaic, typically neuter in Greek, masculine in this particular text), but that's just not how this passage is «singing» to me today, so instead I'd like to focus on Jesus» stirring and tender words in verse 18: «I will not leave you as orphans.»

According to Enns, we would do well to learn a few things from the Jewish readers of Scripture whose emphasis in engaging the holy text is «not on solving the problems once and for all but on a community upholding a conversation with Scripture with creative energy.»

One might say there's a nice analogy between SCOTUS opinions and holy texts, in that if the edicts don't appeal to some self - evident consensus, for better or worse, they'll be re-intepreted to do so.

This statement is often cited as a universal description of the holy otherness and imperceptibility of God, but anyone familiar with other texts will hear the soft whisper of a reply, «Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God» (Matt.

Obviously, abortion is not a big issue to God — not one word about it is mentioned in the entire Bible, or any other holy texts, for that matter.

The chanting of the holy texts raises them up from the mundane and presents them «as on a platter of gold», in the words of Fr Josef Jungmann.

Wagner «opens» the Quran by offering a comprehensive and extraordinarily readable, step - by - step introduction to the text, making it accessible to everyone who is interested in Islam and Islam's holy book.

In Jewish tradition, we frequently speak in terms of «Written Torah» (the text of the Hebrew Scriptures as they have come down to us) and «Oral Torah» (the ensuing centuries of conversations and interpretations of our sages and rabbis, which are also considered to be holyIn Jewish tradition, we frequently speak in terms of «Written Torah» (the text of the Hebrew Scriptures as they have come down to us) and «Oral Torah» (the ensuing centuries of conversations and interpretations of our sages and rabbis, which are also considered to be holyin terms of «Written Torah» (the text of the Hebrew Scriptures as they have come down to us) and «Oral Torah» (the ensuing centuries of conversations and interpretations of our sages and rabbis, which are also considered to be holy.)

The Word of God is not necessarily the text but is always that understanding in your heart (soul if you will) which happens through the Holy Spirit.

A full English rite for Holy Mass as well as texts for Baptism, Reception and Confirmation, Holy Matrimony, and Funerals are already approved by the Holy See and in use around the world.

We see many great people of God throughout the Bible at their lowest points and how their faith in God led them to be used for great things (and so despite their grievous sin we see them as holy because they grew and showed great faith and fruit) but what about those in the Bible who are said to have believed but are never heard from again in the text?

real people are commiting crimes in the name of religion and backs up there claims in real texts that we claim to be holy.

The Bible, Koran and all «Holy» texts are utter BS with some good philosophy and poetry thrown in for fun

In this text, Jesus gives the Holy Spirit to His apostles and tells them that if they forgive people their sins, they will be forgiven, and if they do not forgive people, they will not be forgiven.

In spite of all of these, we are not in charge, and it is my sense that too often all that «text» can run interference on the Holy SpiriIn spite of all of these, we are not in charge, and it is my sense that too often all that «text» can run interference on the Holy Spiriin charge, and it is my sense that too often all that «text» can run interference on the Holy Spirit.

5 The biblical quotations are from The Holy Bible: Containing the Old and New Testaments in Confraternity and Doway Texts, New York: Abradale Press, 1966.

While the basic structure and words of the core components of the liturgy do not change from Sunday to Sunday, there are changes in other texts, particularly the various readings from Holy Scripture appointed for every Sunday and festival day, that give the various times in the Church Year their unique emphases and nuances.

Still, Jews know that they can not fault believers for being faithful to their holy texts, even if they would like to see dramatic portrayals (in which there is much latitude in the way a message is presented) show some more insight in regard to their impact on viewers.

(There is already a text of the newly - translated Missal available on Wikispooks) It would make sense for ICEL and the English speaking Bishops» Conferences (or any one of them) or the Holy See itself to put an official version of the text out into the wild under a licence that allowed non-commercial copying with the caveat that the text itself should not be modified (it is in fact mucheasier to verify the integrity of an electronic text.)

At the heart of a prescriptive use of the word «biblical» is a desire to simplify — to reduce the Bible's cacophony of voices into a single tone, to turn a complicated and at times troubling holy text into a list of bullet points we can put in a manifesto.

If you abort this process of yelling at God about why this text is so difficult to understand, you will never experience the joy that comes when God, by His Holy Spirit, opens your mind and eyes to the meaning of the text, and without this joy of having God teach the text to you, you will never be able to have true joy in teaching the text to others.

Now that the author has seemingly done damage to the integrity of the biblical text to the point that we can apparently know nothing more, or do nothing more, than feel our way around in the dark never being certain of what God's Holy Word says I ask this question:

This word, typically in the form of a holy text, is clearly written and created by men who are supposedly channeling the will of «god» into written form.

This is to say, a text can have more than one meaning in the sense that it can be used by the Holy Spirit in different ways.

This is reflected in the titles of some popular and widely used texts: The Meaning of the Glorious Qur» an (Amana), by M. M. Pickthall; The Koran Interpreted (Touchstone), by A. J. Arberry; The Holy Qur» an: Text, Translation and Commentary (Amana), by Abdullah Yusuf Ali; and the more recent Al Qur» an: A Contemporary Translation (Princeton University Press), by Alamed Mi.

I am a school teacher trying to memorize luke 6:39 - 42 with my third grade students, yes so far we've enjoyed the humor in the text, but now I realize there's much more to it... and It's my prayer that the Holy Spirit will help us to digest all of it!

These exegetes were: capable of setting free the spirit bottled up in the composition of holy scripture... Insofar as they themselves did not create the text which is to be interpreted, the source of the spirit, they are subordinated to it.

In my opinion it takes more faith to live with the mystery, struggle to hold together all the opposites and seek to listen to the Holy Spirit for your own unique life's circumstances than it does to simply quote chapter and text as if the Christian walk is a predictable black & white / cause & effect existence.

To understand these commands and to be aware of this example, go ahead and study mohammad's words and deeds that are presented in the Islam's «holy» (cough - cough) texts like their Hadith, Sira, Ta «rikh, and quran.

As for «jihad» itself, not only is the word «jihad» mentioned in several places within the their koran, such as the infamous Sura 9 («Verse of the Sword»), there are over 150 calls to «holy war» AKA «jihad: scattered throughout the entire text of this hateful book..

In an attempt to simplify, we force the Bible's cacophony of voices into a single tone and turn a complicated, beautiful, and diverse holy text into a list of bullet points we can put in a manifesto or creeIn an attempt to simplify, we force the Bible's cacophony of voices into a single tone and turn a complicated, beautiful, and diverse holy text into a list of bullet points we can put in a manifesto or creein a manifesto or creed.

In celebration of the 400th Anniversary of the King James Bible, Crossway Publishing commissioned and published The Four Holy Gospels, featuring Makoto's illuminations of the sacred texts.

Ramadan is the most sacred month in the Muslim year, commemorating the revelation of the Holy Quran - the sacred religious text of Islam - by the angel Gabriel to the Prophet Mohammed, according to Islamic tradition.