RG: To me, at stake was our fidelity to the principle
of the sanctity of human life.
The findings suggest that more compassionate people have more of a sense
of the sanctity of human life.
... [T] he sense
of the sanctity of human life can be damaged just as much by longevity as by a permissive approach to abortion and euthanasia.
It is cheaper, but it breaks down the very thing that the community wants to build up, the sense
of sanctity of human life.»
One of the central tasks of this revolution is the rejection of both the prohibition on killing the innocent and of the Christian idea
of the sanctity of human life on which it is based.
They note that he has been a powerful voice in defense
of the sanctity of human life in all stages and conditions and marriage as the conjugal union of husband and wife, though they do not praise him for that as I would.
Not exact matches
Heavenly Father, thank you for your complete disregard for the
sanctity of human life.
Gianna: The Catholic Healthcare Center for Women» named after Saint Gianna Beretta Molla, an Italian doctor, wife, and mother, who, when faced with complications while pregnant, refused to have an abortion at great risk to her own
life» provides women gynecological and obstetric care that is fully committed to the USCCB's Directives for Catholic Healthcare Services and fully respects both the dignity
of women and the
sanctity of human life.
Can a regime, no matter how powerful, become the world's lodestar if it is morally corrupted by an utter disregard for the dignity and
sanctity of human life?
A Christian charity has said the
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The archbishop also asserted that laws are based upon certain principles: «the pursuit
of the common good through respect for the natural law, the dignity
of the
human person, the inviolability
of innocent
life from conception to natural death, the
sanctity of marriage, justice for the poor, protection
of minors, and so on.»
We deeply admire your profound commitment and bold witness to the
sanctity of human life in all stages and conditions and to the protection
of the poor, the weak, and the vulnerable from womb to tomb.
Fourth, this concern with the
sanctity of human life per se was at the heart
of the White Rose protest against the murder
of the Jews.
Third, it was the tradition
of Christian humanism which led the White Rose to see the essence
of the anti-humanism
of the Nazis in their disregard for the
sanctity of individual
human life.
But I would like to highlight one crucial aspect
of Nat's body
of work that obituary writers in the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, the Associated Press, and other mainstream media outlets (though not First Things) woefully downplayed: Nat stood steadfastly — sometimes at great professional and personal cost — for the
sanctity and equality
of human life from conception to natural death.
I believe he is providing a prominent professional service to humanity free
of charge, where he doesn't have to, out
of belief in the «
Sanctity of Human Life» and as a Christian with a directive from the Lord Jesus Christ to do so.
For Catholic schools to be a worthwhile enterprise for the Church, they must survive and flourish as institutions where pupils grow in a «personal relationship with Jesus» which includes following the teaching
of Jesus, through His Church, that we should attend Mass every Sunday, go to confession regularly, say our prayers and be loyal to the magisterium - especially in its moral teaching regarding the
sanctity of human life, and the meaning and purpose
of sex and marriage, in accord with Humanae Vitae and Evangelium Vitae.
So, we asked pastors to write something on the Bible's teaching on
human sexuality and the
sanctity of life.
Until this point, virtually no one within the evangelical community was even discussing the
sanctity of human life, let alone defending it.
«What HHS claims to be protecting is religious beliefs, when it actually is protecting a moral philosophy about the
sanctity of human life.»
Many
of its adherents refuse to acknowledge the
sanctity and equality
of human life, instead taking the so - called «quality
of life» approach, which determines the moral value
of each organism — whether
human, animal, or plant — by measuring its individual cognitive capacities.
We called it «
Sanctity of Human Life Sunday.»
They wanted to ditch the old Judaeo - Christian belief in the
sanctity of all
human life and replace it with what they regarded as a more advanced and rational philosophy.
They were criminalized for good reason, as things repugnant to respect for the God - given
sanctity of human life, and they ought to remain criminal.
President Clinton and voted to include the text
of her speech on the
sanctity of human life in its annual record.
His recommendation as to the best way to accomplish this is to acknowledge some murderers do «deserve» to lose their
lives, but that society is better served by a commitment to the
sanctity of human life by abstaining from taking it.
It is true that at one point it speaks
of the
sanctity of life pertaining to «
human beings in any and every state
of consciousness or self - awareness.»
Andrea Fraile is a Sister
of the Gospel
of Life, a Glasgow - based religious community who describe their main apostolate as «the promotion
of the dignity
of the
human being, particularly as regards the role
of the family, the
sanctity of motherhood, a renewed understanding
of the complementarity
of the sexes and catechesis».
Respecting the
sanctity of human life at every stage
of development and decline, securing the integrity
of marriage and family
life, protecting the disabled and vulnerable, caring for the marginalized and imprisoned» these are among the mandates that are bringing, and must increasingly bring, Evangelicals and Catholics together.
However, inasmuch as my personal opposition to this practice is rooted in a sectarian (Catholic) religious belief in the
sanctity of human life, I am unwilling to impose it on others who may, as a matter
of conscience, take a different view.
To reject materialism, greed, sensualism, militarism, power, status and the American way
of life, and to affirm peace, justice, the unity
of all peoples, the
sanctity of human life,
human rights and equal economic opportunity, is to be radically different in world view and action from the world around us.
The Christian
Life Commission
of the Southern Baptist Convention is doing a very nice series
of pamphlets under the title «
Sanctity of Human Life.»
Not every modern assault on the
sanctity of human life is traceable to Hitler.
Perhaps there are those who believe that it is a great medical step forward that we can indefinitely sustain the
lives of those who have lost their
human potential, or who believe that the
sanctity of life is enhanced by large numbers
of permanently unresponsive bodies being sustained through a network
of feeding tubes at one end
of those bodies and excretory tubes at the other.
Andrea Fraile is a Sister
of the Gospel
of Life, a UK - based religious community who describe their main apostolate as «the promotion
of the dignity
of the
human being, particularly as regards the role
of the family, the
sanctity of motherhood, a renewed understanding
of the complementarity
of the sexes and catechesis».
We also hear and read «the
sanctity of life,» «concern for
human life,» «we must protect
life,» etc..
I've always found it curious that Christians so passionately defend the
sanctity of life, when so many seem to think that
human beings are, by their very nature, an affront to God.
Protecting the
sanctity of innocent
human life and defending the traditional definition
of marriage are clearly essentials.
The people who speak most often about the
sanctity of human life should have been the very first to champion the right
of people with AIDS to adequate healthcare rather than lobbying against government expenditure for AIDS research, as did the Moral Majority.
«The
sanctity of human life overrides the
sanctity of religious laws,» it says.
a rather pointed open letter implicitly, but very clearly, characterizing Catholic teaching on sexual morality and marriage (and, perhaps, on abortion as well, though that is a little less clear) as «repression,» and implicitly characterizing the Archbishop himself, who is a strong defender
of marriage, chastity, and the
sanctity of human life, as an oppressor.
In voting for someone who I think will help reduce the number
of abortions, I vote for someone who does not share my conviction about the
sanctity of human life.
Underlying all these, Lepard contends, is a kind
of «religious humanism» based upon a fundamental religious belief in the
sanctity of human life.
Many believers have already abandoned the
sanctity of human life ethic in the name
of preventing suffering.
All
of us must give witness to the
sanctity of human life, not merely by personally refraining from abortion and euthanasia, but by working in various spheres — including the political sphere — to overcome these «crimes against
life» and create a new «culture
of life.»
Such a catchall approach may be sufficient for those who take a more diffuse approach to natural law but for those who uphold theabsolute
sanctity of human life against the worst elements
of modern technology it is not good enough.
The natural law arguments related to homosexual marriage, the
sanctity of human life, and other issues can easily be subsumed under this formula.
Criswell's ecumenical openness, however tentative, presaged and in some measure precipitated the major realignment that has brought Southern Baptists and Catholics together on a host
of moral issues, the most important
of which is the
sanctity of human life.
In the twenty - five years since, Southern Baptists have belatedly joined with many other persons
of faith, especially Catholics, to protest the pagan disregard for the
sanctity of human life.
The center can provide information on childbirth and delivery options, fetal development, prenatal care, abortion alternatives, and the
sanctity of human life.