Sentences with phrase «institution of the church»

But I think gays or people of any uniqueness or difference or minority or marginalized or anything have it extremely difficult in the organized institution of the church.

Rather, both parts of the ecclesia (I use the term to distinguish it from the all - too - human institution of the Church) have complementary and necessary roles to play.

-- Thomas Jefferson (letter to Peter Carr, 10 August 1787): «All natural institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian, or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.»

I think Jesus came to set us free from the man made institution of church.

As early as 787, at the Second Council of Nicaea, it was ruled that icon painting was to be seen not an invention of artists but an inherited and established institution of the Church, entrusted to men totally committed to God.

All national institutions of churches, whether Jewish, Christian or Turkish, appear to me no other than human inventions, set up to terrify and enslave mankind, and monopolize power and profit.

It is feared that the mass organizations led by Communists would take possession of the vast lands, properties and rich institutions of the Church.

Belief in the divine institution of the church became an article of faith, as in the words of the Creed, «I believe in one, holy, catholic and apostolic church».

Particularly Bucer, who had a high sense of the church as a moral community, fired one memorandum after another at the city council, demanding for the church the full institution of church discipline.

However divinely protected the human institutions of the Church may be, they are bound to be weighed down in daily practice by human frailty and sin.

I admit I have not fared well in the institution of the church in my life time, I am just so very happy that I now understand why I have not fared well and that my faith is no longer tied to the institution.

â $ œFrederick von Hugel said the institution of the church is like the bark on the tree.

We have the institution of church but do we put priority on knowing and walking with Him?

Out of the original Christian hope for the imminent coming of the Kingdom of God evolved the institution of the church (in which there was to be «neither Jew nor Greek, neither slave nor free, neither male nor female»); 3 this eventually developed into Christendom.

«The bishops» role is to protect vigilantly the institution of the church, and what it says, what the theories are for how we should be best as the people of God,» Sister Simone Campbell said.

Since the institution of the Church the task of the theologian has primarily been a priestly one.

As for the Naked Pastor blog, I think money grabbing and ego - power - trips by pastors are the least of everybody's concerns about the institution of church.

A perfunctory patching - up of the institution of the Church began without any debate about the need to adapt to the changed conditions.

What Barth protests is the domestication of God in the structures and institutions of the church.

It helped to step away from the institutions of Church for a while, from the programs, from the self - perpetuating machine, from the politics, the religion, the expectations, the behaviour modification focused easy spirituality, I packed up all of my baggage in steamer trunks and headed out.

Learning to Live in the Father's Affection by Wayne Jacobsen — During my years of self - imposed exile from the Church, particularly the institutions of church, I leaned heavily on Lifestream Ministries, in particular The God Journey podcasts.

These are the people who have loved me back into intentional Christian community after my long period of disassociation with the institutions of the Church.

This is why it is is just as problematic for some people to remain within, say, the institution of the church.

This way we leave the institution of church behind and follow Jesus to where he wants us.

Think of the institution of the church as a horse.

After Vatican II and especially after Humanae Vitae, dissent became the norm in the institutions of the Church (a story wonderfully told in Ralph McInerny's What Went Wrong with Vatican II?).

I agree the institution of the church needs help to be relevant today so how do we fix it?

The Bishop of Chelmsford, Rt Revd Stephen Cottrell, said: «Of course it's always troubling for the institution of the church to see numbers declining and to hear how younger people are less and less engaged with the life of the church.

The authors of the books reviewed give a good analysis of the Megachurch impact on the institution of the church.

Many an institution of the Church lost its endowment in the financial crash and had to close or had to drastically cut back its activities.

(I do not say the institutions of church and state, but those of faith and state, since the latter is an even more profound temptation than the former.)

People want a place to plug in, but the institution of church doesn't provide a positive space for all.

I still love and appreciate the institution of the church and intend to continue being in relationship to it.

In their struggle to become indigenous a natural tendency to develop organizations resulted in a focus upon the institution of the church and not upon its mission.

You seem to love your flock wholeheartedly, but seem quite discontent with the institution of the church.

It is entirely out of order for a woman to head the institution of the church.

We talked about our frustration with the institution of the church, how we could work together, what he does, and what Shema does — it was a very transparent and mutually beneficial conversation — all sparked by a small email.

[7] So the love of the Sacred Heart is of one economy with the wisdom enshrined within the fabric of our ancient universe, but most especially in Scripture, the institution of the Church and sacraments, and above all the Holy Eucharist.

The institution of the Church - hierarchy, sacraments and all - has become a rather irrelevant relic to be rationalised by ever more anodyne humanist models.