Sentences with phrase «look upon the church»

If the temptation is to look upon the church as a haven of togetherness in a hostile or indifferent society, the church need not succumb.

Although the strategy taxed its resources, the immigrants came to look upon the church as a legally protected repository of national or ethnic identity, and upon the faith as a taken - for - granted — even a necessary — part of life.

Not exact matches

Evangelical Catholicism also encourages regular Eucharistic adoration, in which the friends of the Lord look upon him and he looks upon them, as this Eucharistic fellowship of believers prays for the Church and its needs.

We have high ranking officials in the Church who are extremely corrupt and were just suppose to trust because you say so then you're looked down upon once you question the word.

Your holiest look down upon the sinners, your prayers are scripted, your music is pre-planned out, you adhere to a schedule and you meet at specific times on a specific day as if to say... «if we arrive at church at 9:30 Sunday morning, God will meet us in this place.»

To look upon those prayer wheels not (as some of us were taught) as instruments of «vain repetition,» but as outward and visible signs of the intention to pray without ceasing, can perhaps lead iconoclasts to more compassionate reflection on the sacramental impulse and on the place of objects — statues and stained glass and candles and altar cloths, beads, bouquets, and kneeling cushions in needlepoint stitched by some faithful woman as her own act of participation in the prayers of the church.

«Whatever good or truth is found amongst them is looked upon by the Church as a preparation for the Gospel.

Yet Bultmann still remains reluctant to interpret Jesus» present as based upon historical encounter: «This judgement of his about his present comes from his own consciousness of vocation; thus he creates it out of himself; and it is not, as was later the case in his Church, based upon looking back upon an event decisive for him.

There is an old saying that history is but a series attacks upon the Word of God, like a blacksmith hammering away with great force against the anvil, there are times when it looks as though the church will not survive another strike.

There probably were times in the history of the Christian Church in this country when some church - going Christians would look upon themselves as «superior» to those outside the CChurch in this country when some church - going Christians would look upon themselves as «superior» to those outside the Cchurch - going Christians would look upon themselves as «superior» to those outside the ChurchChurch.

What about the triumph of holiness that is proud to say: «Look not upon our sins, but on the faith of your Church»?

This is the superbia, or pride, which the medieval church looked upon as the worst of the seven deadly sins, and which exponents of the neo-orthodox school, notably Reinhold Niebuhr in America, continually remind us is the root of sin.

At this present time the Church is taken very seriously in atheist - Communist countries, and hardly ever looked upon as a mere hangover from a superstitious past.

These fears assumed a fever pitch in 1832 when Pope Gregory XVI de?nounced separation of church and state, prompting Tocqueville to remark that across America «the Catholic religion has erroneously been looked upon as the natural enemy of democracy.»

What man is amid the brute creation, such is the Church among the schools of the world; and as Adam gave names to the animals about him, so has the Church from the first looked round upon the earth, noting and visiting the doctrines she found there.

The church is given a «spiritual» mission; any excursion into the social sphere that goes beyond charitable action is looked upon as interference.

I wonder if those of us inside the church can truly cultivate an attitude that does not look down upon those who are outside of it, and who (perhaps for very good reasons) decline the invitation to enter in?

Although this move was opposed strenuously by Karl Barth, who looked upon Bonhoeffer's role in the church struggle as vital, the period served to strengthen his ties with the ecumenical movement, particularly with George Bell, Bishop of Chichester.

Though critics usually look upon the UUA as a union of unbelief and uncertainty, the church body's Web site upholds a belief that «personal experience, conscience and reason should be the final authorities in religion.»

Living in Salt Lake City, I know exactly how women are looked upon by the LDS church.

This is not to look down upon the other disciplines of the Church but rather to put the facts in clear perspective.

We must conclude this chapter with a look at what changes came upon the early Church, through its conviction of salvation through the Cross of Christ, in relation to the social environment.

They were looked upon as an expression of the power of papal universalism; the popes and churchmen who sponsored these enterprises hoped that they would demonstrate to the whole world the strength of the church's control over the lives of the believers.

It is these little nuances with life that points to something that science and atheist can not fully explain no more than the Pastor of the local church, after a storm, looks upon his town and has to field questions of «why my house» while at the same time having to field «Thank the Lord my house was spared.»

The self - acknowledged sacerdotal sinner prayed that the Lord Jesus in granting peace and unity to the Church look not upon his sins but rather upon the Church's faith which Christ himself assures.

Francis Bernadone wanders into a church in Assisi, stands under the crucifix over the high altar, looks upon that body impaled, cadaver - like, before him — stark, simple, demanding — thinks he hears it speak, and feels his very soul pierced by the force of it all.

The Church has pledged to support employees who are veterans and «look favourably» upon staff requests for leave and flexible working by spouses with partners on deployment and compassionate leave.

There can be only one reason and that is because many of us have been conditioned by years of misguided church teaching to look upon gay and lesbian individuals as morally inferior, unworthy and therefore undeserving of that which we uphold as good and sanctified in our lives.

Nevertheless, «the office of Peter, in the Church, under Jesus Christ, should then... be looked upon as the final power of actualisation of the priestly character at its final apex of adhesion into Christ of the power of Order in the Church» [16].

But Toynbee's reproach remains correct, that the majority of the representatives of the Christian church and theology are exclusivists and that many indeed look upon intolerance as a necessity and glory of Christian doctrine.

And those attening temples and churchs will be looked upon and ignorant and having a mental illness.

In addition to jealousy, fear, and distrust, some of the opposition to missions came from the fact that many looked upon them as an excuse to get money out of the Churches.

Parish ministers, missionaries, secretaries of societies, teachers and professors, and in some cases, evangelists or revivalists as well as other functionaries, were all looked upon as equally engaged in the legitimate ministry of the one church.

His church, however, is not looked upon negatively and pre-marital, nudity, or extra-martial sex never enters the picture.

All Soul's Unitarian Church, in which his [108] body was deposited, early in the morning was thronged with a mighty multitude, passing in procession to look upon the beloved face.