The word «poor» occurs only four times in his epistles,
in references to the church of Jerusalem (Gal.
Not exact matches
It was asked
in reference to the anticipated Holy and Great Council of the Orthodox
Church planned for Pentecost 2016.
This passage, which is about proper attitude and decorum
in church, though it may have a vague implicit
reference to the sensual kind of modesty, is actually very explicitly referring
to a materialistic kind of modesty.
I will say, though, that no «fundamentalist» Mormon would sanction the marriages you're
referencing, which stand
in direct opposition
to the principles of their
Church, which absolutely insists upon upholding the law of the land.
Evangelical Catholics know what «all that» is by
reference to what is taught by the bishops of the
Church in full communion with the bishop of Rome, the vital center of the
Church's unity, who bears a special responsibility for preserving the integrity of the truth Christ left
to his
Church.
Hence there are
Church members today who continue
to summon and teach at every level of
Church education the racial discourse that black people are descendants of Cain, that they merited lesser earthly privilege because they were «fence - sitters»
in the War
in Heaven, and that, science and climatic factors aside, there is a link between skin color and righteousness» Mormon scripture specifically
referencing race includes (from the Book of Mormon): 1 Nephi 11:8 1 Nephi 11:13 1 Nephi 12:23 1 Nephi 13:15 2 Nephi 5:21 2 Nephi 30:6 (1830 edition) Jacob 3:8 Alma 3:6 3 Nephi 2:15 Mormon 5:15
Therefore, even if one has not (yet) been excommunicated, one can not both be at variance with the law of the land and,
in good conscience, claim
to be a Latter - day Saint (the prefered
reference to a member of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter - day Saints, «saint» being used by us
in the Bibilical sense of the word, meaning «member» or «believer»).
As
to whether the television guide is a good guide
to the Times, the ten pounds of newsprint that Sunday had no other
reference to religion other than a business story about selling palms
to churches and an article
in the Sunday magazine about a Catholic who has decided
to become a Jew.
Officially, the Catholic
Church instructs, «The existence of the State of Israel and its political options should be envisaged not
in a perspective which is
in itself religious, but
in their
reference to the common principles of international law,»
in the formula given
in «Notes on the Correct Way
to Present the Jews and Judaism
in Preaching and Catechesis
in the Roman Catholic
Church» (1985).
26, page 635... Now,
in all fairness, their has been a Public Relations campaign recently
to remove the «cursed»
references to Blacks
in the ever changing Book of Mormon / and Covenants and Doctrines — «specially since they have a chance
to rule the world through Mitt Romney (gggrandson of one of the LDS
church founders, Parley Pratt arrested for murder and treason for attacking and killing members of an army battalion)... Don't look
in up
in Wikipedia — the Mormons have deleted that part of Pratt's history.
Check out this link
to find out about marriage
to young girls claim.Very very interesting
to know.I hope everyone has the patience
to study history and reality of life centuries ago worldwide.This video also gives you
references to online history books about facts it says.Simply, the average age of marriage was very young worldwide including
church approved age of consent
to marry.What Mohamed did, was very common back
in the days and just
to let you know, that girl was engaged
to another man and then the engagement was broken due
to his disbelief which tells you that that was common back
in the days.Also, the age of 6 mentioned was age of engagement not age of marriage.marriage happened a few years later.
When I would teach / preach on «tithing» as a New Testament practice, I would ask the listener (read: giver -
to - be) the following question: «If
in the New Testament we find no
reference to «tithing» let alone a stated percentage
to give
to the «
church», and if it is our understanding (perhaps even our practice!)
In some ways, Flanders is the embodiment of evangelical cultural stereotypes: He's extremely morally conservative, constantly
references his faith, has a seemingly perfect family, is prone
to cringe - inducing clichéd sayings and is a fixture at the local
church.
the reminder that Orthodox theology continually refreshes its thinking by
reference to the early
Church Fathers, who were much concerned with the question of God's activity
in the other sects and traditions and
in the wisdom of humankind.
As this is a transcript of a speech he makes at
churches it does not contain the
references you would expect a scholar
to make
in a theological position pieces.
Then,
in a detailed analysis of a paragraph at the end of the letter
to the Romans, he demolishes any hope given
to the cause of women's ordination by the brief
reference to Junias (or Junia), clearly showing we can not know with any certainty the sex of this member of the early
church, nor his or her place
in relation
to the apostles.
Like the part about women - blaming and shaming combined with the pastor digging up offenses from the past,
referencing an emotional distance he feels from us as we leave, citing his own pastoral involvement and authority
in the decisions of our lives up
to this point, threatening
to talk
to the pastor of the
church we're visiting
to share his «concerns,» and suggesting that I'm just a weak mess of emotions and that's why I can't handle the life - sucking horror that has become sundays at this
church.
Later, William Tyndale (c.1492 - 1536), because he translated the Bible from Greek into English («
in order
to combat corruption
in the English
church and extend Scriptural knowledge
to the common people», Microsoft
Reference Library 2005), was subject
to being hunted down and was finally caught.
It might be supposed that we could turn
to the schools, since the task of the schools is constantly being enlarged, but the very nature of the modern school precludes this, as we have already noted
in Chapter I. (For a careful and scholarly study of this problem see Alvin W. Johnson, The Legal Status of
Church - State Relationships
in the United States with Special
Reference to the Public Schools, University of Minnesota Press, 1934.)
``... very strong politically correct and left - wing revisionist history attitude or tone that's also Anti-American (especially a vague charge against «U.S. foreign policy»), and strong anti-capitalist elements... blasphemy, implied urinating, vomiting, scatological humor, and comments on breast feeding and sexual parts of people's bodies; light brief violence includes beating on car window and trying
to damage car, man comically shoves people off a stage, man burns books; sexual content includes homosexual
references, implied adultery with a pregnancy out of wedlock, talk about a priest raping boy
in the past, a giant condom balloon placed on
church steeple,
references to real condoms, implied fornication; upper male nudity, man wears a dress; alcohol use and drunkenness; smoking and marijuana use depicted, including eating marijuana brownies; and, strong miscellaneous immorality includes lying, stealing, revenge, rebellion, dysfunctional family portrayed, father is a pothead and a drinker and lives
in a trailer»
Also none of His
references to the Judgement Day were religious as
in go
to this
Church or follow that religion but rather feed the hungry, clothe the naked, visit pr.isoners and the like.
You can ask the question but if you're looking for an answer
in the Bible, there are several
references where Jesus is referred
to as the bridegroom and his
Church as the bride (= wife).
«Marxism and Christianity
in India»,
in The Encounter of
Church with Movement of Social Change
in various cultural contexts with special
reference to Marxism, LWF, Geneva, 1977.
Explaining the delay
in revealing the vote, Rev Hanna made
reference to the Scottish Episcopal
Church voting in favour of allowing same - sex couples to be allowed to marry in c
Church voting
in favour of allowing same - sex couples
to be allowed
to marry
in churchchurch.
Last Friday, Father Richard John Neuhaus,
in a piece about the possibilities of reconverting the nation of England
to the ancient faith, made a passing
reference to Cardinal Newman's diffidence about actively seeking Anglican converts
to the Catholic
Church and specifically cited....
and it has two of the hallmarks of the differences between the synoptic tradition and Judaism and the early
Church respectively, which we have argued are derived from the teaching of Jesus: a use of Kingdom of God
in reference to the eschatological activity of God (S. Aalen, ««Reign» and «House»...», NTS 8, 229ff.
There are several
references in scripture
to the bride of Christ being the
church.
Last Friday, Father Richard John Neuhaus,
in a piece about the possibilities of reconverting the nation of England
to the ancient faith, made a passing
reference to Cardinal Newman's diffidence about actively seeking Anglican converts
to the Catholic
Church and specifically cited Newman's principle: «I am afraid
to make hasty converts of educated men lest they should not have counted the cost & should have difficulties after they have entered the
Church....
Throughout the essays are scattered
references to everything from ozone depletion
to recycling strategies
to the effects of American pet shops on the population of parrots
in New Guinea — and recommendations of particular courses of action: Aeschliman's commendation of conservancy strategies, for instance, through which
churches purchase endangered land
to ensure preservation.
1 Corinthians 11:14 (Men should not have long hair) 1 Corinthians 14:34 - 35 (Women should remain silent
in church) Deuteronomy 13:6 - 16 (Death penalty for Apostasy) Deuteronomy 20:10 - 14 (Attack city, kill all men, keep women, children as spoils of war) Deuteronomy 21:18 - 21 (Death penalty for a rebellious son) Deuteronomy 22:19 - 25 (Kill non - virgin / kill adulterers / rapists) Ecclesiastes 1:18 (Knowledge is bad) Exodus 21:1 - 7 (Rules for buying slaves) Exodus 35:2 (Death for working on the Sabbath) Ezekiel 9:5 - 6 (Murder women / children) Genesis 1:3,4,5,11,12,16 (God creates light, night and day, plants grow, before creating sun) Genesis 3:16 (Man shall rule over woman) Jeremiah 19:9 (Cannibalism) John 3:18 (He who believes
in Jesus is saved, he that doesn't is condemned) John 5:46 - 47 (Jesus
references Old Testament) Leviticus 3:1 - 17 (Procedure for animal sacrifice) Leviticus 19:19 (No mixed fabrics
in clothing) Leviticus 19:27 (Don't trim hair or beard) Leviticus 19:28 (No tattoos) Leviticus 20:9 (Death for cursing father or mother) Leviticus 20:10 (Death for adultery) Leviticus 20:13 (Death for gay men) Leviticus 21:17 - 23 (Ugly people, lame, dwarfs, not welcome on altar) Leviticus 25:45 (Strangers can be bought as slaves) Luke 12:33 (Sell your possessions, and give
to the poor) Luke 14:26 (You must hate your family and yourself
to follow Jesus) Mark 10:11 - 12 (Leaving your spouse for another is adultery) Mark 10:21 - 22 (Sell your possessions and give
to the poor) Mark 10:24 - 25 (Next
to impossible for rich
to get into heaven) Mark 16:15 - 16 (Those who hear the gospel and don't believe go
to hell) Matthew 5:17 - 19 (Jesus says he has come
to enforce the laws of the Old Testament) Matthew 6:5 - 6 (Pray
in secret) Matthew 6:18 (Fast for Lent
in secret) Matthew 9:12 (The healthy don't need a doctor, the sick do) Matthew 10:34 - 37 (Jesus comes with sword, turns families against each other, those that love family more than him are not worthy) Matthew 12:30 (If you're not with Jesus, you're against him) Matthew 15:4 (Death for not honouring your father and mother) Matthew 22:29 (Jesus
references Old Testament) Matthew 24:37 (Jesus
references Old Testament) Numbers 14:18 (Following generations blamed for the sins of previous ones) Psalms 137:9 (Violence against children) Revelation 6:13 (The stars fell
to earth like figs) Revelation 21:8 (Unbelievers, among others, go
to hell) 1 Timothy 2:11 - 12 (Women subordinate and must remain silent) 1 Timothy 5:8 (If you don't provide for your family, you are an infidel)
Accordingly,
in what follows the word «
church» moves freely from
reference to particular local institutions
to ecclesiastical life generally.)
As late as the 1970s, Italian immigrant communities of Pentecostals were still saying
to their American counterparts «you do not know the Catholic
Church»
in reference to their experiences
in Italy.
In your apostolic reference, perhaps you are thinking of Timothy 9 - 15 where Paul is making assertions about how he thinks women ought to have limited participation in the church because Eve is the one who fell to temptation in Ede
In your apostolic
reference, perhaps you are thinking of Timothy 9 - 15 where Paul is making assertions about how he thinks women ought
to have limited participation
in the church because Eve is the one who fell to temptation in Ede
in the
church because Eve is the one who fell
to temptation
in Ede
in Eden.
Well I'm sure the various monks and theologians of the Catholic
Church have managed
to write 25K «writings» that
reference their god and / or the bible
in the last 2000 years or so.
I should qualify that «completely and rightly free» statement
to reference only those that serve
in «ministerial» roles pursuant
to Hosanna - Tabor Evangelical Lutheran
Church and School v. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission...
The meeting, along with the multiple public
references to the scandal, may have marked the end of a sordid chapter
in the
Church's life, although the victim organizations and their lawyers continue the long march through the courts and chanceries
in search of payouts that now exceed more than $ 2 billion.
The main biblical evidence is (1) the stories of the creation (Gen.I: 26 - 27 with 5:1 - 2; 2:18 - 25) and the fall (3:16 - 20); (2) Jesus» respect for women, whom he consistently treated as men's equals (Luke 8:1 - 3; 10:38 - 42; 11:28 - 28; 13:10 - 17; 21:1 - 4; Mark 5:22 - 42; John 4:7 - 38; 8:3 - 11; 12:1 - 8; (3)
references to women ministering
in the apostolic
church by prophesying, leading
in prayer, teaching, practicing Samaritanship both informally and as widows and deacons, and laboring
in the gospel with Apostles (Acts 2:17 - 21; 9:36 - 42; 18:24 - 26; 21:9 Rom.
In 1975 when the Vatican issued its «Guidelines and Suggestions» for contacts between the
church and the Jewish people, the document was greeted by Jewish leaders with a mixture of delight and distress: delight at the change of outlook it reflected, and distress that it still contained
references to the
church's «divine mission» and «witness.»
Authority,
in all the
churches, must give such an account of itself by
reference to those sources that enshrine the heritage of the community and,
in like manner, those under authority are required by the inner logic of the common tradition
to examine the functioning of the authority and challenge it if,
in its use of power, it steps outside the aforementioned «circle of permissibility.»
What our
churches are arguing over, therefore, is not the authority of Scripture or confessions but over those things
to which
reference must be made when authority is exercised, over their correct interpretation, and over their relative weight
in settling disputes.
It is true that
in other forms of the kerygma
in Acts there is no such explicit
reference to the Spirit
in the
Church, except
in v. 32, which belongs
to what is probably a secondary doublet of the story given
in iii - iv.
First, the unity of the
Church is
in its abiding loyalty toward and its continuing
reference to its Lord.
The
Church's distinctiveness within this tradition lies simply
in the fact that it bears witness
to the eternal promise especially (but certainly not exclusively) by
reference to the life, death, and resurrection of Jesus.
The Bible has absolutely no
references to violence towards non-believers at all and the Catholic
church doesn't have a tarnished history of slaughtered indigenous cultures and different religious groups
in record numbers...
Many
references to the
Church Fathers are available
in other publications.
I would just like
to see one moderator ask Mitt this question; «Does the LDS
Church believe that the Jesus Christ of the LDS
Church is the same Jesus
referenced in the Bible?
Indeed,
in the early
Church and through the patristic era, the phrase > communio sanctorum had primary
reference to this enduring bond between the faithful on earth and the faithful who had gone before, especially those whose witness was crowned with martyrdom.
The foundation will exist as an entity
in its own right within
Church law, and Fr Trafny explains: «This is an important step, because we are moving from being a simple project
to merge learning between the pontifical universities
in Rome
to being a new entity recognised by the Holy Father as a
reference point for all dialogue involving science and faith.»
Writes Alan Geyer
in reference to Presidential Directive 59: «There has never been a greater opportunity for
churches to share
in the nongovernmental sector's responsibilities for disarmament — but it is sad and shameful that the opportunity remains so largely neglected» (Century, September 10 - 17, p. 835).
There is also a helpful elaboration of
Church teaching on evolution and creation with
references to papal teaching, from Pius Xll's Humani Generis
to Benedict XVI's conversation with Italian priests
in 2007.