Sentences with phrase «magisterial teaching of the church»

Note also that the bishops «argue» this position, as though it is their rather peculiar opinion and not the magisterial teaching of the Church consistently maintained for two millennia.

He has been split between loyalty to the pope, and loyalty to the magisterial teaching of the Church on marriage and the Eucharist.

Many of the challenges to the instruction, however, reflect a continuing decline in the quality of dissimulation practiced by those who reject the magisterial teaching of the Church.

Not exact matches

In the ongoing discussion of Catholic literature today, the basic question is whether Catholic writers actually need the Church, and not just any church, but the full - on, countercultural Catholic Church with its magisterial teachings iChurch, and not just any church, but the full - on, countercultural Catholic Church with its magisterial teachings ichurch, but the full - on, countercultural Catholic Church with its magisterial teachings iChurch with its magisterial teachings intact.

In our time and place the media will almost always be on the side of those who claim conscientious freedom; they will seldom be able to understand sympathetically a church's need for a magisterial voice to articulate and sustain its public teaching.

While Evangelicals greatly respect the way in which the Catholic Church has defended many historic Christian teachings against relativizing and secularizing trends, and recognize the role of the present pontiff in that important task today, they believe that some aspects of Catholic doctrine are not biblically warranted, and they do not accept any claims of infallibility made for the magisterial teachings of popes or church couChurch has defended many historic Christian teachings against relativizing and secularizing trends, and recognize the role of the present pontiff in that important task today, they believe that some aspects of Catholic doctrine are not biblically warranted, and they do not accept any claims of infallibility made for the magisterial teachings of popes or church couchurch councils.

Iniatially, the Magisterial (Teaching) Authority of the Catholic Church was collegial, the Pope in union with the Bishops.

In reality, there is a growing number of clergy who accept this teaching and are seeking to show it in its positive and life - giving fullness in their pastoral work: many of them have had the opportunity to be involved in movements which embrace the Church's teaching and / or have come into contact with Humanae Vitae for themselves and subsequent Magisterial teaching.

Papal statements and magisterial documents are unanimous in affirming that Catholic teaching is not pacifist and that just - war doctrine is the doctrine of the Church.

We needed someone who could answer off the cuff the detailed attacks made on Church history and policy: opposition to the use of condoms to combat AIDS, magisterial teaching about homosexuality; the Church's historical attitude to slavery, involvement in the crusades, relations with the Jewish people; someone who could properly confront and contextualise the evil actions of some members of the Church - in Ireland or Rwanda, for example.

At one level this might seem strange, since St Thomas's Eucharistic teaching has long enjoyed a high standing in the Church, and has clearly influenced magisterial teaching, for instance at the Council of Trent.