Sentences with phrase «in mere appearance»

But the Son of God does nothing superfluously... For he truly was made man, and died, and not in mere appearance, but that He might truly be shown to be the first begotten from the dead, changing the earthy into the heavenly, and the mortal into the immortal.»

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we, not Jesus the LORD, are made vessels in the order of the Holy Temple but in the appearance of God (tat is, the Lord, Yeshua the Messiah in the flesh) and the lowly one (s) at Jerusalem were mere interpretations of the Heavenly and perfect one!

What does in fact appear is the new reality in the physical satisfaction of the concrescent occasion; but in the early phases it has not completely appeared and is therefore only mere appearance.

Few nations were to all appearance more effectively put down: exhausted by successive defeats in war, reduced to a mere remnant, deported to distant countries, subjected to the long - continued domination of alien and highly civilized Great Powers.

When we consider ourselves as mere bodies without soul and designate the manifestations of life of our soul as pure appearances of the soulless matter, we are in high danger to corrupt totally.

Thus while it may be true that Hegel does leave nature alone in some real sense, he does this by relegating nature to the status of mere appearance, whose real value is as a means rather than an end.

If the history of revelation has reached its final eschatological phase with Jesus Christ, and if the absolute finality of this world's eschatological phase is not only a mere fact, because God will not reveal anything new, but is contained in the very essence of this phase, because the appearance of the God - man can be surpassed only by the direct vision of God himself — then this quality of the revelation in Christ must also apply to man as a free being.

But in the story of human religiousness, especially in its post-axial forms, we find perhaps the most stirring manifestation of discontent with mere appearances, and nature's grasping for the seemingly unreachable.

With that in mind, I have noticed that many, if not most new converts can have, in all appearances, a genuine spiritual experience before any high doctrine of «scriptural authority ever enters their head.Now, some may say that just how it works, first you crawl, then you walk... baby food, then the meat, but this is my point... the world is full of «spiritual meatheads»... there are so many believers who wdn't know an original thought, unless of course, they cd find the chapter and verse to unequivocally support it.Is it so difficult to comprehend how a collection of ancient documents may not be the final, complete and indisputable Word of God, but mere human artifacts, sometimes godly, sometimes not, sometimes helping, sometimes hindering.?

By understanding presence as something more than «mere appearances,» Dillenberger has come to consider abstraction the pictorial procedure by which artists penetrate beneath the visible surfaces of nature in search of a subject's «essence» or deeper truth.

Over against this, for a mere ten - page stretch, Ronald Reagan makes a cameo appearance as a disrupter of this vision and as an advocate of a nostalgic Individualism that in effect promotes greed.

Apply this disadvantage in the context of a religious environment where women's roles in the home, church, and society continue to be hotly contested, and the mere appearance of a woman on a keynote lineup can elicit a negative response.

It was, rather, the denial that there was some other dimension of reality in comparison with which this one was mere appearance or illusion.

In truth, it can be argued that even Parmenides treated change and motion at least as «appearances,» as belonging at least to the illusory realm of phenomena and not as mere non-entities; otherwise the division of his poem into two parts — «The Way of Truth» and «The Way of Opinion» — would lose its meaning.

Dele Alli marked his first appearance in this season's competition with a brace before Christian Eriksen added a third to leave us in command against the 12 - time champions of Europe, whose late strike from Cristiano Ronaldo was a mere consolation on a glory, glory night.

So far this term he has managed a mere 15 goals from 40 appearances — a strike rate that contrasts with his national team leading to six goals in 10 World Cup qualifiers for Brazil.

Despite making eight appearances in English football's top flight, N'Koudou played a mere 47 minutes of football.

Another injury stunted campaign (this seems to be following a familiar theme) for the Ghanian resulted in a mere thirteen appearances between Serie A and the Coppa Italia.

«Even if there is no quid pro quo arrangement, just the mere appearance of someone handing over cash and then receiving a lucrative contract is damaging to the integrity of the public's confidence in government,» said Craig Holman, government affairs lobbyist for Public Citizen, a Washington, D.C. nonprofit that focuses on ethics and campaign finance issues.

On average, scientists say that when making a first impression, in a mere 7 seconds you are judged solely on your appearance and that impression will last forever.

In mere minutes, the cops show up and you realize that even though you never spoke a word, your appearance has spoken volumes.

A native of Garden City, Long Island, NY, who was a mere four years old when he got his start in the film industry as a child model, Masterson subsequently moved to Los Angeles, where he made the leap to television with appearances in numerous commercials.

Dissatisfied with a mere taste of the theatrical arts and eager to extend acting into a full - time passion, Eigenberg subsequently moved to New York and attended the American Academy of Dramatic Arts, working odd jobs on the side (construction et al.) to put himself through school.Scattered roles followed, including a guest appearance on The Cosby Show and a bit part in the awful 1989 generation - gap comedy Rude Awakening (co-starring Cheech Marin and Eric Roberts), but Sex and the City (which Eigenberg auditioned for out of innumerable hopefuls) represented the actor's first huge break.

While the movie is world - building and setting up Black Panther for inevitable sequels and appearances in other movies, it doesn't feel like a mere cog in the machine.

Jennifer Connelly (Stuck in Love) tempers the saccharine silliness in her brief appearance, though her character is a mere means to an end; William Hurt (The Host) and Eva Marie Saint (Superman Returns) are largely wasted, whilst another high - profile appearance, in an uncredited cameo, is another point of amusement.

Arriving at a stop off in Brest, Querelle's mere appearance causes issues with the locals of a Traven he frequents.

She's another one of those actresses whose mere appearance in a film brings a little spring to the proceedings, b...

Long, tall, solid in appearance, its mere size is reassuring — although it falls short of the proportions reached by monster Chryslers of prehistory.

The case, which mimics the outer appearance of a hardcover moleskine notebook, holds the iPad in place with a simple bamboo frame and a set of small foam cushions, adding a mere 8 ounces to the total weight.

A mere few hours from Reykjavik, the imposing canyon has the appearance from above of a jagged tear in the Earth, reminding us of Iceland's tumultuous and ever changing landscape.

However, the mere appearance and entrance in to the same subgenre of puzzle game is where the similarities end.

Collage, popular culture, or the mere appearance of both in paint has played a similar role for excluded voices, such as African Americans after Romare Bearden, and it is no coincidence that every painter that I have mentioned thus far is a woman.

More often than not they are private gestation periods to see if there is mileage in something that goes beyond mere appearance.

But this representation is also not a matter of mere appearances, or of simply appearing to be credible; the representation of the writer in the writing is the writer.

With an appearance in the Supreme Court mere days away, lawyers tend to be so immersed in their arguments that obtaining an outside perspective can be essential.

In fact, employers can often spend a matter of mere seconds performing a quick scan of a resume / CV, and the appearance is a factor in deciding whether or not to spend more time reviewing the candidatIn fact, employers can often spend a matter of mere seconds performing a quick scan of a resume / CV, and the appearance is a factor in deciding whether or not to spend more time reviewing the candidatin deciding whether or not to spend more time reviewing the candidate.

He says that in his opinion, the consent agreement led to «a rift between CREA and the real estate boards; undue hardships on real estate sales associates, a change in commission structures that reduced or eliminated what I perceive as essential services to clients; the appearance of «mere listing» options where the buyer's agents now have to take an extra step and negotiate their own commissions with a seller prior to presenting the offer; and last but not least, the «opening» of the MLS information, which Realtors pay for, making it fully available to the public.»