Sentences with phrase «obscure passage in»

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In another essay he casts a distrustful eye to learned commentaries — in his view, they often obscure the plain meaning of the text as they explore the linguistic and historical context of a passagIn another essay he casts a distrustful eye to learned commentaries — in his view, they often obscure the plain meaning of the text as they explore the linguistic and historical context of a passagin his view, they often obscure the plain meaning of the text as they explore the linguistic and historical context of a passage.

Oddly enough, Augustine was writing about the mysteries found within the book of Genesis, when he said, «in matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received.

«In matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have receiveIn matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have receivein Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have receivein very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received.

Otherwise, the Bible becomes the prisoner of what was once believed to be scientifically true: «In matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have receiveIn matters that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have receivein Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have receivein very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received.

Though this activity remained obscure for Merleau - Ponty he at least found it valuable that Whitehead had not conceived it in terms of an idealistic passage from Nature to Spirit (N 155).

«In mattes that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have receiveIn mattes that are so obscure and far beyond our vision, we find in Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have receivein Holy Scripture passages which can be interpreted in very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have receivein very different ways without prejudice to the faith we have received.

GOP Senators invoke obscure rule in retribution for health care reform passage.

Glose (n.): from the latin glosa or glossa, designates a handwritten annotation made in the margins or between the lines of a book, intended to clarify for the reader an obscure word or passage.

«A few chapters in, it becomes clear that we are in bestseller territory, as lurid melodrama is piled on lurid melodrama, improbable coincidence on improbable coincidence, while important plot shifts are obscured by passages of excited purple prose.»

«In Hyper Light Drifter, part of the core promise of the game was discovering secrets, so we could afford to do really obscure things - passages through walls or invisible platforms with no hints or tells in the level design - because we knew our audience would be actively exploring and hunting for theIn Hyper Light Drifter, part of the core promise of the game was discovering secrets, so we could afford to do really obscure things - passages through walls or invisible platforms with no hints or tells in the level design - because we knew our audience would be actively exploring and hunting for thein the level design - because we knew our audience would be actively exploring and hunting for them.

Sentence diagramming may assist us in deciphering the often obscure passages we come across in our profession, or at the very least, give us alternative explanations as to what they might mean.