Sentences with phrase «interpreted in such a way»

Bonhoeffer believed the «historicity» of the Resurrection was in «the realm of ambiguity,» and that it was one of the «mythological» elements of Christianity that «must be interpreted in such a way as not to make religion a pre-condition of faith.»

Arius agreed to all of the biblical titles and expressions used of Christ's divinity because each one could be interpreted in such a way as to ascribe to him a diminished divinity (which, in biblical terms, could not be a divinity at all).

To illustrate, he takes six scribal interpretations of the Old Testament and interprets each in such a way as to show what it really means for the disciple, the citizen of the kingdom, the Christian.

The non-religious interpretation of Biblical concepts means that the concepts must be interpreted in such a way as not to make religion a precondition of faith.

If his declaration precluded the enthusiastic patriotism of the old Prussian «union of throne and altar» or the mindless nationalism of the pro-Nazi «German Christians,» it was nonetheless susceptible to interpretation along classical Lutheran lines, in which the secular ruler is entitled to obedience in everything except matters of faith, which may be interpreted in such a way that they take up very little space indeed.

When the historical experience of the whole people is interpreted in such a way as to affirm the illimitable by virtue of an open frontier existing for a long period of their history, then it surely follows that that declaration of the eschatological character of all existence will not easily address them with quick and intelligible meaning.

Abraham looked up and saw three men standing nearby (Gen 18:2 NIV)»... Furthermore, there is a good reason to study the old Orient, the rituals and cultures of the Middel East, especially at that time,,, i myself being Half Egyptian and having been raised there, am blessed with this foreknowledge for certain things that are still the same way now as they were at th etime of Jesus and earlier,,, where Men kiss to greet one another for example,,, so when King David talks about the love of Jonathan being greater than that of a woman,,, and at the same time knowing that the Hebrew litreature (as the Arabian culture to quite an extent still is) was very poetic and used éndless symbols and parabels to express an idea,,, one might do himself a favor not jumping to conclusions which satisfy only his very own ideas and thoughts,,, the biggest problem with Bible interpretations lately is Verses ripped out of the context and interpreted in such a way that has nothing to do with its original context... «To the law and to the testimony!

Why or how was the British vote interpreted in such a way that it made obvious that border control was the highest priority?

14) The Court of European Justice should be reformed to ensure that it actually applies the law instead of interpreting it in such a way as to favour Euro federalism.

He says there was growing consensus among the legal community in Ontario that the test was being interpreted in such a way that «nobody could ever get to first base.»

These clauses can and have been interpreted in such a way as to still permit judicial review on certain grounds.

The Court considered that, whilst the fundamental principle underlying art 5 is the need to protect the individual from arbitrary detention, with an essential part being timely judicial control, art 5 must not be interpreted in such a way as would make it impracticable for the police to perform their duty to maintain public order and protect the lives and property of others.

Nevertheless, the secretary of state said that ss 6 and 7 were to be interpreted in such a way that in the instant, exceptional cases, a victim was left remediless in the British courts.

Not exact matches

Although we believe that the expectations reflected in such forward - looking statements are reasonable, such statements involve risks and uncertainties, and undue reliance should not be placed on such statements and they should not be interpreted as confirming market or analysts» expectations in any way.

Eisegesis (from Greek εἰς «into» as opposed to exegesis from ἐξηγεῖσθαι «to lead out») is the process of interpreting a text or portion of text in such a way that it introduces one's own presuppositions, agendas, and / or biases into and onto the text

Following Lewis Ford, there is an apparently simple solution: interpret the earlier passage in such a way that it does not (or at least not only?)

We may assume that at least some forms of black theology and Minjung theology are thus affirmed, for they both interpret Scripture in just such ways as these.

Such a question is often, even usually, interpreted in a way that is very far from my intention.

Once again: The Bible is such a gargantuan collection of ancient metaphors, allegories, and contradictions that it can be interpreted in any number of ways to support any number of positions — hence there are over 30,000 denominations of Christianity.

The deeper, original social dimensions of the biblical view are eclipsed when the last things are interpreted in such a highly individualistic way.

This often means that our contentment with the status quo (especially if we benefit from it) takes over and interprets the future in such a way that it will confirm the present.

No true historian can avoid interpreting the past: he reconstructs and tells the story of the past because it is relevant and instructive to the present, and he must tell it in such a way that it is intelligible to the present.

And indeed, it is possible to experience and interpret change in such a way.

Yet when God is interpreted in this fashion, the consequence is that such a negative attitude towards novelty and change is given augmented power and those who think in this way consider their own established interests divinely approved and heavenly sanction given to their own rejection of developments which would call these interests in question.

Of course the true sign that is given all Christians is Christ's death and resurrection, and so we must say that Matthew has in a sense rightly interpreted the full meaning of Jesus» words, but in such a way as to make it harder to get at the original sense of the passage.

There are, however, two serious problems to such an approach: First, it is difficult to see how some of these passages could possibly be interpreted in a way that is in keeping with Jesus of Nazareth; and second, even if this could be done, the process would necessarily do damage to the original intent and to the established scriptural meaning of these passages.

The United States is the country where, more than any other, the ideal of a religiously tolerant political order has been enshrined in a constitution, and interpreted by the judiciary, in such a way as to attempt a consistent separation between church and state.

But this means that we are not to think that a word such as «persons,» applied to Father, Word, and Spirit, can be interpreted in the way in which we today would use that term.

When we deal, later in these lectures, with the way Jesus was interpreted in the early church, we shall have occasion to discuss at some length several examples of such modifications in the tradition.

An Emergent definition of relevance, modulated by resistance, might run something like this; relevance means listening before speaking; relevance means interpreting the culture to itself by noting the ways in which certain cultural productions gesture toward a transcendent grace and beauty; relevance means being ready to give an account for the hope that we have and being in places where someone might actually ask; relevance means believing that we might learn something from those who are most unlike us; relevance means not so much translating the churches language to the culture as translating the culture's language back to the church; relevance means making theological sense of the depth that people discover in the oddest places of ordinary living and then using that experience to draw them to the source of that depth (Augustine seems to imply such a move in his reflections on beauty and transience in his Confessions).

The media play an ever more important role in such events as political campaigns, the overthrow and creation of governments, and in the way wars are planned, fought and interpreted.

Nevertheless, it seems to me as a Protestant outsider that, when one sets Newman in the context of his brothers, the conservative interpretation is surely strengthened: John, Charles, and Frank were all responding to the same challenges to authority; in juxtaposing them, it is clear that it was the paths of the other two brothers which represented that of private conscience and there seems no reasonable way to interpret Newman's move to Rome as anything other than a decisive rejection of such a move in all of its forms, even the moderately Christian.

We interpret the word of God in such a way because we are insular and self obsessed.

Or can we interpret religious homelessness in such a way as actually to foster a sense of being at home with the natural world?

Religion and the factation of «god» is different to all cause what one see's or think «god» is or isn't is different to all... We all interpret this differently cause we are all on different paths in life at different times... The perception is always going to be different to all... I «am not religious in any way myself... Their may or may not be a «god» as so you may interpret to your own perception such as I do... I may see their is not a god or I may see it be of such... Either way however - we are all free to decide this...

A logical way to interpret such findings is to conclude that the universe started off in an ordered state and is still highly organized.

Christ can be and has been falsely interpreted so as to block communication, but he can and should be understood in such a way that an open, concerned community is created.

Third, we should be suspicious of any social - scientific account that interprets ethos, identity and institutional structure in such a way that it ignores the ability of many if not most faculty members to transcend their fields in a variety of ways.

Such a procedure is speculative throughout and in no way proves the truth of the hypotheses, but I find Ogden's final conclusion much too strong when he calls what I have offered «at best a wholly speculative interpretation in no way grounded in the Jesus of history it professes to interpret» (p. 122; italics mine).

(Here, he calls to mind the way in which Jesus interacted with the poor, weak, and disenfranchised, interpreting the law to allow for such things as healing on the Sabbath.)

@Joanne The Bible is such a gargantuan collection of ancient metaphors, allegories, and contradictions that it can be interpreted in any number of ways to support any number of positions — hence there are over 30,000 denominations of Christianity.

Television presents and interprets factual and fictional stories in such a way that challenges to the integrity of the status quo are effectively managed.

One thing that I do notice with Calvinist preachers is that they interpret the Word of God in such a way that perfectly suits their own theology.

He would know that normal people will be reading the Bible and interpreting it in normal ways, so he would speak in such a way as to avoid mis - interpretation (he would speak clearly).

But, however important and interesting such discussions may prove to be — and after all, black Christian life can be interpreted in a variety of ways of which none excludes the others — they amount to little more than whistling in the dark apart from a vibrant community of participants.

,,, I truly pitty church members, who end up with such Pastors interpreting whatever they want and yet, i find comfort in the words of Paul,,, «we have renounced secret and shameful ways; we do not use deception, nor do we distort the word of God.

Whitehead has succeeded in interpreting God in such a way that, with very minor exceptions, he exemplifies the categories necessary to all actual occasions.1 However there are other features characteristic of all actual occasions but not included among the strictly necessary categories.

Orthodox Catholics interpret such Marian titles in a way that they believe leaves intact the unique role of Jesus Christ as the mediator between God and man.

One suddenly finds himself in a position of power, and all too often interprets his religion in such a way as to give him more power or to expand his power over others.

As such, it can be interpreted in any number of ways to support any number of positions.