Of course, I do
not teach church history here as I would a university course, but with a view to helping a student make some sense out of the whole Christian heritage and to apply insights to actual pastoral issues.
Not exact matches
Barrett did make clear in the paper that «judges can
not — nor should they try to — align our legal system with the
Church's moral
teaching whenever the two diverge.»
I was
taught as a child to pray to God and nothing / no one else and that I need
not be in a
Church or any building and that God hears all of our prayers, to have faith in following The Ten Commandments, to incorporate The Golden Rule, to be honest and true to myself and most importantly, to
not judge others.
One really can't fault churchers for their beliefs, that have been
taught not to think or question
church dogma since childhood.
The Bible
teaches us our
churches are the last place Jesus would be... he would be with the homeless and ill of our society...
not at these modern so called houses of worship... hypocrites are every where!
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 i
Church, and
not just any
church, but the full - on, countercultural Catholic Church with its magisterial teachings i
church, but the full - on, countercultural Catholic
Church with its magisterial teachings i
Church with its magisterial
teachings intact.
The
churches don't
teach that today.
Will they uphold the
Church's
teaching that the divorced and remarried can
not be admitted to communion, or will they reject it?
YOU: As to who can or can
not hold a leadership position or who can or can
not teach in a
church, I think it comes down to morals
not legality.
Ok, I won't let a gay
teach in the
church I pastor because of it being a degradation to something beautiful.
With increasing frequency, administrative interpretations of federal laws, namely, Title IX, are being used to complicate, if
not contravene the
teaching of the
church on sexuality and marriage.
I don't like it when atheists want to secularize our culture and shut out any public mention of religion... But I also don't like it when modern evangelical fundamentalists are so ignorant of the Christian
Church's
teachings and traditions of two thousand years.
You can't
teach understanding and compassion and love for thy neighbor and then
not allow LGBT individuals into your fold, or in the case of the Catholic
church,
not allow divorcees (or those that marry a divorcee) to participate in all your sacraments.
Furthermore, they are
not holding
church services during school hours, so the religious
teaching and school
teaching are
not mixing in any way.
He will be saying that to al those false
churches where you can't find all their
teaching in the bible nor can you find «their»
churches.
People who shun their loved ones because they choose a different path, are
not following the
teachings of this
church.
I wouldn't want a working prostitute, a man who spent all his leisure watching porn, or a gay guy who spent his time at the baths to
teach in
church... those things are a matter of morals
not orientation.
There are individuals, yes, who do hold beliefs
not in line with
Church teachings — I was stunned, for example, when I was 18 to hear the leadership chastising members for
not allowing their children to play with «nonmember» children, because «they don't have our standards.»
And the
Church teaches that the freedom of religion may
not be infringed by government mandates that persons act contrary to what their consciences tell them about the truth of such things as the sanctity of life, the dignity of marriage, and the reality of sex as the basis of «gender.»
Well, if «take very seriously» means conforming his politics to
Church teaching, rather than his understanding of
Church teaching to his politics, then this is patently false, and we do
not need to peer into the soul of John Podesta to reach this conclusion.
People leave their
church when they are
not fulfilled by the
teaching and fellowship there, and they are pulled instead toward the distractions and concerns of the world and self.
Tiggy — «They certainly don't
teach that in
churches here and I've been to quite a variety.»
Cardinal Müller:
Not even an ecumenical council can change the doctrine of the
Church, because her Founder, Jesus Christ, entrusted the faithful preservation of his
teachings and doctrine to the apostles and their successors.
I will answer that — no problems... after I hear you tell me if you would or wouldn't allow a gay person to
teach in your
church?
We're talking about love relationships
not the titillation of nerve endings As to who can or can
not hold a leadership position or who can or can
not teach in a
church, I think it comes down to morals
not legality.
The Eastern Orthodox
Church, for example and certainly
not exclusively, endorses the
teachings of pioneering Christian monastics known as the Desert Fathers, who placed great emphasis on living in continual «remembrance of death.»
Since young adults perceive evangelical Christianity to be... «unconcerned with social justice», it's a shame that more evangelical
churches don't know about the Just Faith program, which provides «opportunities for individuals to study and be formed by the justice tradition articulated by the Scriptures, the
Church's historical witness, theological inquiry and
Church social
teaching» (from jusfaith.org/programs).
«Ok, I won't let a gay
teach in the
church I pastor because of it being a degradation to something beautiful» (Fishon)
I'll spend about two minutes looking up what the Lutheran (and often Catholic)
church teaches and discover that it's just
not so.
No less important, he said, the Catholic
Church also claims an «authoritative
teaching authority
not made by other Christian communities, and certainly
not by the NAE.»
You must also
not believe the Bible when it tells us that Jesus Christ promises to guide and guard His
Church until the end of time [so that evil will
not prevail] and that the Bible says that Jesus Christ will bring His Apostles [which would include their successors] into remembrance of all that He
taught them and He would bring them into the fullness of Truth as we can bear it.
So no, based on the fact prostitution is
not (a) accepted globally or (b) seems ethically horrible for the person doing it — I would say «no» to them
teaching in the
church.
As denominationalism has
taught us, if you don't love the bible and its
teaching, just go out and start your own
church and write your own «bible!»
And all those who believe in separation of
church and state... Atheism is a belief and therefore, should
not be
taught, recognized or given a special preference over other beliefs.
since this woman entered a Catholic
Church to be a part of their service of worship, she shouldn't be surprised that they follow the doctrine they believe in — namely, that someone openly unrepentant of what the Catholic
Church teaches is sin should
not partake of communion.
I left the
church around 18 and then in my 30s through much reading a circumstances came to a belief that was mine and
not something I was
taught and brought up in.
Now why don't you go talk to the thousands of ex-Mormons who have been shunned by their family and friends for the rest of their lives just because they disagreed with certain
church teachings.
As many disagreements as I have with the Catholic
church, I applaud them for
teaching both religion and science and
not trying to reconcile them.
Such an affirmation, though it might well elicit and sustain «saving faith» in any individual, might
not be adequate for the
church's public
teaching of «the faith.»
I wonder what would happen if our
churches were to recognize our role in showing people the future,
not just in our
teaching and in our going but in our being?
The ordained leaders of the
Church, and the laity who are Christ's principal witnesses in the public square, do
not enter public life proclaiming, «The
Church teaches...» When the question at issue is an immoral practice, they enter the debate saying, «This is wicked; it can
not be sanctioned by the law and here is why, as any reasonable person will grasp.»
I suggest that you should look for another
church and what that one has
teaching you don't agree with try yet again.
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.
I don't think that its feasible to expect everyone to follow NFP, though I'm personally a huge proponent and believe women need more education on their bodies and menstrual cycles, and condoms while
not «moral» persay or in line with the
church's
teaching are a much better option than hormonal birth control or Plan B as they are simply a barrier method
not an abortificant.
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 cou
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 cou
church councils.
The Second Vatican Council wasn't about us, but about Christ's call, lovingly offered, to fulfill our potential on his terms, in and through the moral and spiritual
teaching of his
Church.
The
teaching of the
Church does
not condone h0m0s3xual acts with pubescent boys by g @y priests.
El Flaco, technically this was
not the
teaching of the
Church scholars but gnostic writings from first centuries of Christianity.
We invite you to read the articles «Ye Need
Not That Any Man
Teach You» and «
Church and what it means» listed on our website http://www.aworlddeceived.ca
Not about the integrity of any individual's faith in God, but about the integrity of the
church's public
teaching.