Sentences with phrase «of centuries»

For many Protestants, as well as Roman Catholics, much of Thomas» position appears to be viable despite the lapse of centuries since its formulation.

Until the rise of the creationist movement amongst southern baptists over the last couple of centuries, belief in a 6000 year old earth was never doctrine in any christian church.

Simon said in the course of their centuries - old tradition on the mountain, the monks viewed it as just a speed bump.

About as far from «arbitrary» as an event could be since they were noticed and measured by ordinary, untaught humans for dozens of centuries and led us to further scientific discoveries.

During the social and political turmoil of the centuries following Alexander's death — in which his empire was dismembered, the «members» seemed continuously to war with one another, and then were largely absorbed into Rome's growing empire — the practice of paideia continued to be the dominant force shaping the educated classes.

Ezekiel is part of a centuries - long tradition, one that spans the globe.

Tradition rests safely on the consensus of centuries, while new ideas wobble unsteadily.

In fact the opposite is true, for they are willing to trust God only if these millions of words written over a period of centuries from two to three thousand years ago are all literally true, whereas my faith in God does not depend on this.

The Jewish scholar Joseph Klausner, for example, holds that the Pharisees and Sadducees were justified in their attacks on Jesus because he imperiled Jewish culture at its foundations, and that by ignoring everything that belongs to wholesome social life he undercut the work of centuries.2 Others within the Christian tradition have felt considerable uneasiness lest the words of Jesus about nonresistance imperil the civil power of the State, or his words about having no anxiety for food or drink or other material possessions curtail an economic motivation essential to society.

A sea of Catholic devotees jostle for position as they try to touch the life - size statue of the Black Nazarene as it arrive at the Quiapo Church during the annual procession in honor of the centuries - old icon of Jesus Christ in Manila on January 9, 2013.

When I was a boy, I was given a book that I resurrected and reread a few years ago: The Thirteenth, Greatest of Centuries, by the now long - forgotten James J. Walsh.

According to Vatican Radio, only once before have images of the centuries - old linen cloth been broadcast.

Call upon the various religious groups bound by the same national fabric to address their mutual state of selective amnesia that blocks memories of centuries of joint and shared living on the same land; we call upon them to rebuild the past by reviving this tradition of conviviality, and restoring our shared trust that has been eroded by extremists using acts of terror and aggression;

Just a couple of centuries earlier, rifles had to be reloaded after each shot.

For a couple of centuries, seminaries have specialized in undermining confidence in the Bible.

Obviously, they forgot that government decided to separate church and state a couple of centuries ago.

It's the result of centuries of science and engineering.

But thank God we are here 2000 years later, on the other side of centuries of horrific manifestations of our own delusions and unrepentant quest for power.

In Hawthorne's tale vice and providence together render judgment, but it is a slow, steady hand that rights evils over the course of centuries.

BTW — it is two thousand years and not «a couple of centuries».

I have a hunch that, as history looks back on the twentieth century, the most chaotic of all centuries, certain Christian artists will be remembered simply because they hammered in a few firmly embedded nails.

His long life is the product of centuries of medical science pushing back the darkness of religious conviction.

And while Bruce Ratner, the scion who founded local division Forest City Ratner in the 1980s and ran it up until three years ago, didn't quite put it in terms of centuries, he did say becoming a REIT had been on his wishlist.

To say that government - issued currencies have «provided a basis for trust,» and to imply private currencies have not, is a curious summary of centuries of monetary history.

In the past couple of centuries, the world has seen revolutionary innovations like the steam engine, the combine, the jet engine and the assembly - line robot.

«This inspired us to start building Tanda, a mobile world version of a centuries old community savings tool that we hope provides a solution to many,» Khalaf added.

Interestingly enough, it's actually so simple, and so straightforward, that it would have helped almost any investor make quite a bit of money over the past couple of centuries regardless of market conditions provided he or she had a long enough time horizon.

They are complaining about countries working with China which are not even the EU members — some of them merely looking for an associate status because a full membership is a drawn - out obstacles race at the mercy of centuries - old regional hatreds and rivalries.

Why has Santa been able to remain relevant after all of these centuries?

Every can of Coca - Cola is the product of centuries of accumulated human ingenuity.

«It's one of the things that makes me optimistic about America because when I look at what we have accomplished using half our talent for a couple of centuries, and now I think of doubling the talent that is effectively employed — or at least has the chance to be — it makes me very optimistic about this country,» Buffett says.

After a downturn in violence in the early years after the turn of the century, deaths related to Mexican drug wars totaled 121,669 between 2006 and 2012, according to a recent report from the Justice in Mexico project at the University of California - San Diego's Department of Politic Science and International Relations.

And so it is no surprise that a four - year - old gene - editing tool called CRISPR - Cas - 9 has been hailed as the biotech breakthrough of the century.

Musicians may wish there had been blockchain when Napster undermined music sales around the turn of the century through file - sharing.

E.F. Schumacher, whose European roots give him extremely adept, objective insight into the precepts of an American free - market, argues that «most of the conspicuous developments of economics in the last quarter of a century are in the direction of quantification; at the expense of the understanding of qualitative differences.»

In the first decade of the century, the large integrated oil companies traded at an average discount of between 11 % and 12 % compared to their pure - play competitors, according to a study conducted at the time by Citi Investment Research and Analysis.

That may seem surprising for a company that dutifully delivered its flyers to Canadian doorsteps for the better part of a century.

Around the turn of the century, the telecommunications industry underwent a round of consolidation that included some layoffs.

We're sitting in his 10th - floor office in the Phelan Building, a San Francisco landmark built at the turn of the century by James D. Phelan, an American industrialist and senator, who also happened to be the son of an Irish immigrant.

The importance of B2B collaboration is hard to ignore by an organization of this century as it is pervading into every aspect of how we transact business.

Supporters see the Telegram ICO as the blockchain investment of the century and an opportunity to back a product that poses an existential threat to Facebook.

Around the recent turn of the century, things started to take a turn for the better in Downtown Los Angeles.

If the present birth rate of 1.37 births for women of childbearing age continues, Japan could lose one - third of its population by the middle of this century.

Some of these destinations have stood for the better part of a century, while others are just getting started.

When he co-founded Impinj at the turn of the century, Diorio thought its new technology would improve the performance of radio frequency used by cell phones.

She the author of the book «Market Magic: Riding the Great Bull Market of the Century.»

I already think that would be the deal of the century, if it happens, for numerous reasons.

«We are going through the biggest wealth generation opportunity of the century, and people want to participate,» says Meltem Demirors, director of development at Digital Currency Group.

«If, then, I were asked for the most important advice I could give, that which I considered to be the most useful to the men of our century, I should simply say: in the name of God, stop a moment, cease your work, look around you.»

By the time the game finally started, on a steamy Texas Saturday this September, there were 87,500 people in the stadium and thousands more in the streets, all eager for the rematch between Alabama and Texas A&M — the «game of the century,» at least for that week.