Sentences with phrase «is following the traditions»

(Ironically, he seems to be following the tradition of Martin Luther, who saw Judaism as a hate - mongering religion, and Rabbi Meir Kahane, who saw hate as the basis for his theological and political outlook towards Palestinians.)

In the introduction to No More Strangers Thomas Merton wrote that you were following a tradition of Rahner, Mounier and Teilhard.

The author admits that the book is following the traditions of the controversial American academic Richard Hofstadter whose Ages of Reform, published in 1955, was a critique of the populist and progressive movements in the US.

Corey Johnson, the City Council's speaker, is following tradition by decorating his office with art from a city museum — in this case the Whitney, which is seeking city financing.

Meanwhile, the proliferating jellies — breathing, multiplying, going below, moving in — seem to be following the tradition of pigeons, rats, and a handful of other adaptable creatures that prosper in our wake.

However, neither are the Rabbis willing to condemn or criticize — they are following traditions and beliefs thousands of years old dictated by the Torah and the Talmud, which they believe to be immutable.

If Meghan Markle wears white, she's following tradition started by her great - great - great - grandmother - in - law.

It will allow you to look at a book design and immediately see the common errors and to see that a book is following the traditions of good book design that gives credibility to your message.

On Monday, industry sources told DigiTimes that Apple won't be following its tradition of giving most of its MacBook orders to computer manufacturing company Quanta Computer.

Not exact matches

The following year, FIFA abandoned its years - long tradition of holding executive meetings at Baur au Lac, where suites cost $ 4,000 a night, and moved to another five - star hotel that was expected to save the organization tens of thousands of dollars.

Now, following pushback from broadcasters and event sponsors, that tradition is starting to fade, and progressive activists are delighted that women are no longer being treated as objects.

There are many rules and traditions that they have to follow as they grow up and grow into royal adults.

Follow Friday is a tradition in which Twitter users on Fridays list interesting Twitter accounts that they recommend following.

Prince Harry and Markle have yet to announce the location of their wedding, but it's possible that the pair will follow tradition.

Yet nothing about Spiegel's history suggests he's willing to follow tradition for tradition's sake.

Another Thessaloniki Fair tradition, protest against government policies, was followed Saturday, but on a relatively modest scale.

But in fairness, Harper has only been following a long tradition of administering what one wag has called the «taskless thanks.»

Today was May Day, a historic celebration of workers and immigrant workers, and labor unions, immigrant rights groups, and allies came together to celebrate years and follow years of tradition.

Here Garff is following Freud, of course, whereas Kierkegaard and his father belonged to the classic Christian tradition of moral reflection.

How can there be so many del usi onal people out there that ignore that he follows some sort of Christian faith tradition or label is brand of Christianity «non-Christian»?

No one is saying that the other religions / philosopies are not as bad, although I have never heard of a politician who follows Buddhist tradition trying to stop legalization of abortions, or an adherent of Jainism trying to stop same sex marriage.

CNN is only following the tradition of peraecution Christians.

We are still following the tradition of German Christmas markets.

True, there are themes that will be familiar to anyone who has followed the work of Ratzinger - Benedict over the years, and, as one would expect from a pope, the document draws deeply from Scripture and the Church's tradition.

You miss the mystics of all traditions who are far closer to the teachings and path of Christ than anyone who simply follows a book written by man centuries after he lived.

FYI: I don't really follow one denomination so - to - speak, but I am probably more in the Baptist tradition.

On a side note, I'm more interested in following Jesus, reading the bible and praying, than I am in traditions with trees, bunnies and eggs.

Because of the force of Ramanuja's claim to having systematized the real truths of the Hindu religion, and because of the obvious gains to be realized through the comparison of two culturally different theistic traditions, Ramanuja's approach will be followed.

We are able, following a long tradition in Western civilization, to divide the spiritual from the material realms of existence.

Alexander III, following the ancient tradition of the Church declared that «After a lawfully accorded consent affecting the present, it is allowed to one of the parties, even against the will of the other, to choose a monastery (just as certain saints have been called from marriage), provided that carnal intercourse shall not have taken place between them; and it is allowed to the one who is left to proceed to a second marriage» (III Decretal., xxxii, 2).

It was founded in response to a call from St John Paul II to tackle two specific issues: the crisis in marriage and the family, and the need to bring the traditions of Western and Eastern Christianity in Europe together following the collapse of Communism.

In the ordination service of my tradition, candidates for the ministry are asked, «Will you in your own life seek to follow the Lord Jesus Christ, love your neighbors and work for the reconciliation of the world?

His predominant theme is the rise of a liberal model of civilisation which he traces from Protestantism, with its «rejection of the normative significance of tradition in the field of Christian dogma» (p. 6), followed by the Enlightenment, which placed an absolute value on the individual.

They said (this is the New York Times» summary) «in some cases they [the Roma] were simply following age - old Roma traditions and generally operate outside the norms of society in «the style of the Middle Ages.

You come from a gentile tradition that did not want to be obligated to follow the Jewish law.

It must be made quite clear that he who, not on the fringe of the christian mystical tradition but at its point of fullest development, was able without imprudence to engage in this formidable battle with matter had prepared himself for it by the most rigorous asceticism: first, in childhood and youth, the asceticism of an unwavering fidelity to the christian ideal; later, that of a careful and constant obedience to the exigencies of a vocation which would lead him on without respite up the steeply climbing road to perfection till he came to that solitude which he himself described: «he would henceforth be for ever a stranger..., he would inevitably speak henceforth in an incomprehensible tongue, he whom the Lord had drawn to follow the road of fire.»

The point I'm trying to make is that no one wants to follow TRADITION anymore.

From one NT scholar: Professor Gerd Ludemann - Mark 16: 1 - 8,» It follows from the tradition that the historical value is nil.»

The following traditions are taken from The History of al - Tabari, Volume 1 — General Introduction and from the Creation to the Flood (translated by Franz Rosenthal, State University of New York Press (SUNY), Albany 1989), pp. 187 - 193.

I have a theory that SBNRs are so because one or more or a combination of the following: (1) they can't justify their spiritual texts - and so they try to remove themselves from gory genocidal tales, misogyny and anecdotal professions of a man / god, (2) can't defend and are turned off by organized religious history (which encompasses the overwhelming majority of spiritual experiences)- which is simply rife with cruelty, criminal behavior and even modern day cruel - ignorant ostracization, (3) are unable to separate ethics from their respective religious moral code - they, like many theists on this board, wouldn't know how to think ethically because they think the genesis of morality resides in their respective spiritual guides / traditions and (4) are unable to separate from the communal (social) benefits of their respective religion (many atheists aren't either).

Writing about a quarter of a century after the death of Jesus, he says that the tradition passed on to him, presumably when he became a Christian some twenty years earlier, contained the following statements: «that Christ died; that he was buried; that he was raised to life on the third day; and that he appeared to Cephas and afterwards to the Twelve.

Following Orthodox tradition, the icon exists because the archetype exists, be it Christ or Mary or one of the saints.

The orthodox are stuck in the 19th century believing that they are following the religion of 3000 years earlier, when, in fact, most of their traditions are based on experiences in the diaspora of the last 1900 years, but mostly limited to the past 200.

It was at the behest of the Catholic church that Christmas became an accepted tradition, though it is the combination of the Roman festival Saturnalia (observed from Dec 17 - 24) and the celebration of Mithra, Persian god of light (observed on Dec 25) The Catholic church continues to observe this pagan celebration, rather than following God's words to «touch nothing unclean».

Such are the Wahhabi teachings concerning the fundamentals of the faith, but concerning the consequences, the particular requirements of religion, they follow the orthodox teachings of the school of Hanbali, which follows the Qur» an and the Hadith (Tradition), and refuses deduction — although they do not forbid the code of practices of any of the other Imams.

That a congregation's defining practice of worship is a response «in Jesus» name» implies study of that to which it is a response: Just how is God understood to be «present» is Jesus» ministry, crucifixion, and resurrection appearances; what understanding of God follows from this; who is Jesus; what are the sources and the warrants of these characterizations of Jesus and of God (scripture, tradition, history of doctrine); what understanding of these sources makes them not only sources but also authoritative for these understandings of God and Jesus?

Personally the following are things that I can't personally really get to off the Solas and without Tradition and specifically councils.

There is much evidence that He even followed many of the teachings and traditions of the Pharisees.

Still, such theorists also continue, as did Kant himself, the modern natural law tradition, at least in the following way: The duties prescribed by nonteleological liberalism are defined in terms of rights that are prior to any inclusive good; that is, these rights are separated from, and respect for them overrides, any inclusive telos humans might pursue.

Might it be time to find your place among followers of Jesus who concentrate on following Jesus, loving others, and helping those who need help rather than among those who spend their time worrying about «marital cultural traditions» and similar things?