Sentences with phrase «many symbolic meanings»

Even if she would be uncomfortable with such symbolic meaning, she is entitled to the respect of the countless others who have faced similar problems of migration and wandering and those who might once again be faced with similar macroscopic challenges.

The colors of the various robes each have a symbolic meaning, e.g red for the cardinals, signifies that as a leader of the Church they are willing to die for the faith.

2) Always give preference to a passage's natural meaning when possible; only accept a symbolic meaning when the natural meaning is impossible.

I find the raising of Lazarus from the dead (John 12) more difficult to accept as historical, although its symbolic meaning as brought out by John is powerful.

Not only does this have practical value at a time when family members may not have the time or energy to fix meals but it also has a profound symbolic meaning on the level of feeding and nurturing.

Living entails doing injustice: the fact that we can not breathe and eat without destroying organic life has symbolic meaning for our human existence.

Not only does the completion of creation in six days correlate with and support the religious calendar and Sabbath observance (if the Hebrews had had a five - day work week, the account would have read differently), but also the seventh day of rest employs to the full the symbolic meaning of the number seven as wholeness, plenitude, completion.

The deep taboos and symbolic meanings surrounding birth and death linger even in our technically demythologized modern culture.

Burke recommends that the analysis of any written work should begin with the «principle of the concordance».21 The critic builds an index of significant terms: terms that recur in changing contexts, terms that occur at significant points in the narrative, terms that seem heavy with symbolic meaning.

the bible = fiction, not history yahweh, jesus, judas, simon, miriam = allegorical characters (names have symbolic meaning, coincidence?)

These sometimes strange and always dramatic actions of the prophets charged with dire symbolic meaning are never merely symbols.

The details of the crucifixion are more carefully related to fulfillment of scripture here than in the synoptics, and the symbolic meaning of these details is brought to the fore.

Matthew may have discerned a symbolic meaning to the two events: the first is on Jewish soil, and twelve baskets of food are left over (symbolic number?).

Later Christian thought found symbolic meanings in the three gifts: gold for Christ's royalty; incense for his priesthood; and myrrh for his burial; but here the gifts are simply appropriate to his status as the new king.

Here Luke sets aside any symbolic meaning, and uses the story as his version of the call of the disciples.

The departments are all the same but have taken on symbolic meaning.

We are looking for the symbolic meanings and the underlying myths that are far more important than the surface story line, message, or «content».

The symbolic meaning of the story is important to Luke: Jesus is both the bearer and the giver of new life.

Rigorous use of biblical criticism prevents psychologizing and allegorizing, insofar as the attempt is made to recover what Jesus actually taught and how the church in fact interpreted his teaching, and only then to inquire into its psycho - social and symbolic meaning, both for Jesus and the church, and for us today.

Sheer resemblance can be prescinded from comparison and both from symbolic meaning.

The reason why symbolic modes of discourse are important is because creation is a divine language whose symbolic meaning must be unlocked.

Many theologians still hold to theistic evolution and seek to try and read symbolic meaning into the first 11 chapters of Genesis to reconcile scripture with their understanding of how creation did actually occur.

Gregory does not take this passage literally, but he is fascinated with its symbolic meaning for those who provide counsel.

So whether to give communion to non-Catholics or not dependson which symbolic meaning of the Mass you are using, and you get a different answer depending on the symbol you choose.

It is difficult to see how Whitehead's own understanding of God is in any positive way in continuity with any metaphysical tradition, and as to its symbolic meaning, Christian theologians, other than the Whiteheadian faithful, have either been unable to understand it or have judged it to be atheistic.

To uncover the media's worldview, we have to look for the symbolic meanings behind the news stories, the situation comedies, the movies and commercials.

As a symbolic means of enhancing the other forms of prayer through the imaginative consideration of other persons, it will continue to have considerable value.

This crisis should be obvious to anyone who contemplates the real symbolic meaning of suicide bombers.

I also believe that meeting on the first day of the week has a very important symbolic meaning when compared with the Sabbath of the law.

In the passover everything has symbolic meaning, as I'm sure you know, even the stripes on the bread.

This occurrence has symbolic meaning; it proves the validity of the statement of the renowned traveler - explorer Marco Polo: «If Buddha had been a Christian, he would have been a great saint of our Lord Jesus Christ, so good and pure was the life that he led.»

One should strive to grasp the symbolic meaning of the religious facts in their heterogeneous, yet structurally interlocking appearances; such facts can be rites or ritual behavior as well as myths or legends or supernatural beings.

The indirect or symbolic meaning, however, is never quite clear.

[11] But he appears uncomfortable with this teaching, probably because he wishes to distance St Thomas from the Protestant view of the Eucharist as just a memorial, a symbolic means of calling Calvary to mind.

Many congregations commit mass perjury Sunday after Sunday by repeating, parrot - like, and without awareness of the possible symbolic meanings, creeds and hymns containing ideas which many adults can not accept literally with intellectual honesty.

There is a level of ignorance that some people who don't know the symbolic meaning of certain things exhibit and pretend that they know it all.

Moving the presentation onto the field of play also has a symbolic meaning according to UEFA President Aleksander Čeferin.

The Astra baby video monitor, is being touted as Levana's Big Star (literal as well as symbolic meaning), and is aimed at parents looking for a reliable baby monitor sans the need for recharging every few hours.

But the traditions surrounding baby wearing go far beyond just carrying the baby close to a parent or caregiver; often, the actual carrier has a cultural and symbolic meaning.

Ignoring their sacrifice would have a powerful symbolic meaning not only for Ukraine, but also for the EU.

My prediction is coming true (the prediction Chip linked to in his blog post above)... and the fact that FaceBook JUST announced they were buying another company has as much symbolic meaning as it does anything else.

While the action would have no binding power, its symbolic meaning would be considerable.

In our species, such capacities were probably extended to support parochialism, group cohesion, and our tendency to attach symbolic meanings to social values and religion.»

«Horses have potent symbolic meanings in all the cultures where they are found, including ours.»

Jean Clottes, France's premier cave art expert, agrees that cave artists may have painted horses as they saw them, although he argues that such realistic depictions of horses do not rule out possible symbolic meanings.

It could have purely symbolic meaning, as a passage for the pharaoh's soul, Tayoubi says.

Scientists call this phenomenon «enclothed cognition», and Adam Hajo and Adam D. Galinsky, both professors at the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, write in the Journal of Experimental Social Psychology, write that enclothed cognition «involves the co-occurrence of two independent factors — the symbolic meaning of the clothes and the physical experience of wearing them.»

In traditional Chinese culture, the rooster has many symbolic meanings.

48 % of men and 36 % of women agree that it's important to pay attention to the symbolic meanings of your flowers.

EliteSingles is here to help on that front: the company has delved into the Victorian love language of flowers and discovered the secret symbolic meanings of Canada's top 10 blooms: