Sentences with phrase «means acts of faith»

«Auto Da Fé» means acts of faith in Portuguese.

Not exact matches

Contrary to the plati - tudes abhorred by Lamott and put forth often by people who claim to be Christian, putting faith in God does not mean letting go, it means grabbing on to the truth of God, trusting fully in Him, and acting responsively to His love which endures for us despite our undeserving nature.

By this I mean it was an act required by my profession of faith.

This means on the one hand that in spite of the tension between his faith and his public acts, peace is made with God.

Instead, his act of love is his doing that which was required to make known to us the true meaning of faith and of victory, of love and of life.

For the historical event of the rise of the Easter faith means for us what it meant for the first disciples — namely, the self - attestation of the risen Lord, the act of God in which the redemptive event of the cross is completed.

Then we would know that we must truly act out our faith when we are asked: Do you accept the cross of your life, do you know that it means sharing in the Passion of the Lord?

But we need to remember also that the faith we personally appropriate is the faith of the community, and this means that even the most internalized, existential act of personal commitment will bind us into a communal relationship of shared belief with others.

This does not mean that I am made confident of this claim through some suprarational act of faith.

By his faith he determines the meaning he will give to life as a whole, thus creating a framework of value and expectation (that is, of love and hope) in the spirit and power of which all particular acts of freedom are performed.

This response was continuous, although the resurrection marked the crisis in its development — the moment when loyalty to the person reached its climax and when faith in the meaning of the event as an act of God became for the first time clear and sure — but at every stage this response was a constituent and creative element in the event itself, and the event had not fully happened until this response of faith had been fully made.

Furthermore, since the act of judgement - love transcends objective concepts and involves the knowing subject's active synthesis to perceive the meaning of objects — there is no objectivity apart from subjectivity — external facts need an interpretation under grace's elevating influence to produce the act of faith.

A Year of Faith is a time set aside by the Church to focus on the meaning of our baptism» in other words, who we are, what we believe, and how we're called to act as a Christian community.

In Protestant thought, faith does not mean acceptance of certain infallible propositions on the authority of the church, but refers to an attitude of personal trust, self - giving, and willingness to act.

Living by faith means stepping out in courageous acts of compassion.

Thus it seems that the notions «act of God,» «word of God,» and «future of God» are statements of pure faith and derive their entire meaning from the surrender of our will when it renounces self - determination.

In sum, the Muslim community surely does not respect and be sensitive to other groups» belief / faith, yet they demand other to respect them by the mean of threatening in an evil act of violate, when they do not get their way.

For spiritual communion is by no means merely an act of longing for the reception of the Lord under the sacramental signs; much deeper, and more properly, it is the act of prayer of a living and understanding faith, by which it enters into living communication and communion with Christ, the eternal and living Truth.

And the auto - da - fé, the act of faith, was meant for the salvation of the condemned.

When a bishop acts in persona Christi, fulfilling his duty to teach on matters of faith and morals by identifying propositions to which he calls upon the faithful to assent, he presumably means to state truths that belong to one and the same body of truths: primarily, those entrusted by Jesus to his Church and, secondarily, those necessary to preserve the primary truths as inviolable and / or to expound them with fidelity.

What this means is that we can put forward credible preambula fidei (in other words, rational considerations which show that the act of faith is fully reasonable to the non-prejudiced human mind).

When we say that faith alone, the faith which is aware of the divine encounter, can speak of God, and that therefore when the believer speaks of an act of God he is ipso facto speaking of himself as well, it by no means follows that God has no real existence apart from the believer or the act of believing.

If pantheism can say that any event it likes is the work of the Godhead, quite apart from its meaning in personal encounter, Christian faith can only say that in such - and - such an event God is acting in a hidden way.

Many others would agree on the second point, arguing that confession of the apostolic faith means much more than confessing the creed — whether that «more» involves sacramental unity or acting on behalf of justice.

If they mutually agree to take the risk, the act must be orientated to its true purpose: unitive through procreative (see Faith March 2006, Editorial, Confusion over the Meanings of Marriage).

Israel knows her own repeated, irrepressible acts of unfaith, her own unceasing disposition to deny the response of faith in which she was created, by which she is sustained, and through which alone her existence has order and meaning.

a)-- now requires «faith» Free Schools to conform to schedule 19 paragraph 4 of the Schools Standards and Framework Act, which means that parents of pupils at these schools can request to that their children be taught the locally agreed RE syllabus, instead of a confessional syllabus, as is the case for parents of pupils at VA schools — another welcome change.

Akinlade, who is the Baba Adinni of Yewa, urged Muslim faithful to see the significance of the season as an act of devotion meant to inculcate the Islamic virtues of obedience, peace, devotion, and faith in the will of Allah.

Some critics may choose to portray the contemporary school reform movement as a nefarious conspiracy on the part of evil plutocrats hoping to destroy America's schools, but in fact, the vast majority of reformers (ourselves included) are well - meaning people who are acting in good faith and trying to do right by kids.

A veterinarian acts in good faith within the meaning of this section when he or she reasonably believes that his or her actions are necessary to protect the health and welfare of the companion animal or the public.

In Montreal Light, Heat & Power Co. v. Quebec (Attorney - General)(1908), 41 S.C.R. 116 at 132, Idington J. said «I refuse to accept unless absolutely necessary the mere ipse dixit of any expert when presented for my acceptance merely as an act of faith, and without the aid of such reasons as his reasoning power, or means of, and result of the use of means of, observations may have developed».

In Federal Court, they sought the following declarations: (a) that Métis and non-status Indians are «Indians» within the meaning of the expression «Indians and lands reserved for Indians» in s 91 (24) of the Constitution Act, 1867; (b) the Queen (in right of Canada) owes a fiduciary duty to Métis and non-status Indians as Aboriginal people; and (c) the Métis and non-status Indian peoples of Canada have the right to be consulted and negotiated with, in good faith, by the federal government on a collective basis through representatives of their choice, respecting all their rights, interests and needs as Aboriginal peoples.

Daniels et al. v. Canada (Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development) et al. 2016 SCC 12 Administrative Law — Constitutional Law — Courts — Indians, Inuit and Métis Summary: The plaintiffs sought declarations (a) that Métis and Non-status Indians were «Indians» within the meaning of the expression «Indians and lands reserved for Indians» in s. 91 (24) of the Constitution Act, 1867; (b) that the Queen (in right of Canada) owed a fiduciary duty to Métis and Non-status Indians; and © that the Métis and Non-status Indian peoples of Canada had the right to be consulted and negotiated with, in good faith, by the federal government on a collective basis through representatives of their choice, respecting all their rights, interests and needs as Aboriginal peoples.

This means that while the insurance company and its attorneys are generally free to settle a lawsuit or go to trial at their own discretion without the input of the actual defendant named in the lawsuit, they also must act in good faith and consider their insured's interests when making any decision.

But for those bedroom - based musicians, contributing their music to Choon will initially be an act of faith rather than a means to get rich quick.

The absence of good faith negotiation meant that the NNTT had «no jurisdiction'to determine whether the future act could be done or not.

Towards the end of the Reporting Period, the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs (Minister for Indigenous Affairs) and the Attorney - General announced that the Australian Government would «progress work to clarify the meaning of «in good faith» under the right to negotiate provisions» of the Native Title Act.

Good faith simply means acting with an improper motive, usually with the intent to deprive the other parent of frequent and meaningful contact with the child.

There are still other contract issues that fall under the operation of law, time is of the essence, care and due diligence, good faith, etc, doesn't mean you can act unethically or illegally and get away with some trickery or whatever...:)