Sentences with phrase «other bishops»

One wonders how many other bishops of the day could have thought or done the same.
I wonder how many other bishops followed his example?
«Once unchained from the need for consensus with other bishops the Western Church continued freely developing Christian doctrine... As Western Christian theology grew more elaborately defined, it offered more fodder for protest, and eventually for Protestantism.
He will join 25 other Bishops in the Church of England as the newest member of the «Lords Spiritual» who vote on bills passed by MPs in the House of Commons.
Another major factor is the claim of Orthodoxy to be the Church founded by Christ, led by bishops who were appointed by other bishops who were appointed by others back to the apostles themselves, a concept known as Apostolic Succession.
Also, several other bishops who were themselves pedophiles were removed, but the other offending bishops who covered up, shuffled offending priests around, tried to intimate or silence victims, and failed to inform authorities, are unfortunately still in office.
In truth, the bishops of Malta, and other bishops around the world who go about exclaiming that it's impossible to obey God regarding sex, are setting in motion two very destructive ideas.
This saddened the presidents of most Catholic colleges and universities and surprised many bishops, though other bishops had seen that they had left out at least one essential ingredient from the 1996 draft: a requirement of canon 812 of canon law mentioned in ECE.
Out of the Depths is the story of a charismatic leader of the «Koinote» network of ministry in Czechoslovakia, Felix Davidek, who was consecrated a bishop under doubtful circumstances and who consecrated seventeen other bishops on his own between 1967 and 1987.
But, she said, they are «encouraging and welcome, and we hope that they would translate into the same kind of openness from other bishops here in this country and across the world.»
Regrettably, other bishops continue to focus on legal liabilities and the need for a procedural «fix» to get out of an embarrassing institutional scrape.
They have now urged Most Rev Justin Welby, Archbishop of Canterbury, as well as other bishops to recognise why George Bell has been held in high regard.
If I remember right, there were two other Bishops besides Fisher who didn't go along with Henry's lust - driven heresy — all the rest were just happy to keep their jobs and palaces.
These are questions that Cardinal Law and too many other bishops apparently have not asked, or at least have not answered with clarity and firm resolve.
However, as I write this review in mid May, thismost important document is being neglected by other bishops.
I want to insist, however, that when we are dealing with a valid sacramental marriage, in no way is it possible to dissolve that matrimonial bond: neither the pope nor any other bishop has the authority to do so, because this reality is not their concern but, rather, belongs to God.
The responsibility of bishops is and always has been, as Archbishop Raymond Burke of St. Louis and other bishops have explained in great detail, to protect the integrity of the sacrament, to prevent public scandal that creates confusion about the Church's teaching, and to avoid the danger of people receiving the sacrament, as St. Paul puts it, to their damnation.
Wales nearly got its first gay bishop when Canon Jeffrey John seemed the most popular choice in the Diocese of Llandaff - the other Bishops in Wales weren't so sure.
My thanks to Richard John Neuhaus for a generally balanced assessment of past, present, and future («Boston and Other Bishops,» Public Square, February).
He picked up hundreds of followers within hours including politicians, media and other bishops.
The Pope is a human being, along with all the other bishops, etc..
Thanks to the intervention of Pope John XXIII and other bishops, the first draft was rejected.
We met at St John's seminary, Wonersh, where, along with other bishops and a large gathering of students past and present, he was taking part in the celebrations for its 125th anniversary.
Other bishops might be mentioned, but suffice it to say that every diocese is different, and no other diocese is Boston.
Research by Premier earlier this year revealed that Bishop Sarah tweets more often than any other bishop with an average 165 tweets sent every month.
I would not be able to return to the Roman Catholic church as I will never believe the Bishop of Rome is superior to any other bishop.
That they were guided by conscience and not mere politics was shown a year later when five of the seven, along with one other bishop, surrendered place and power rather than take the oath to William and Mary.
Bishop Imesch also told journalists he did not expect the content of the pastoral to be affected materially by the «consultation» with the «other bishops» conferences» recommended in a letter to the pastoral committee from Cardinal Casaroli, nor by criticism of the pastoral contained in a letter «several pages long» from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith» criticism which he said would not be disclosed.
The Bishop of Rome was regarded by all other bishops of the Church as «first among equals,» not on account of any alleged jurisdictional supremacy accruing to the See of Peter, but in respect to the antiquity and greatness of the city of Rome, the first capital of the empire...
The organisation's chairman Richard Llewellin, formerly Bishop of Dover, joined with the other bishops to confirm that he would be reducing the amount of meat he ate when Lent comes to an end on 7 April.
The contributions of the Archbishop of Westminster, 27 other bishops and 16 further faith leaders, compelled the prime minister to set out his record on what he agreed was a «moral» issue.
Malone, and the other bishops, favor increasing the statute of limitations for civil and criminal prospective filings of sexual abuse allegations, but oppose the temporary look - back period idea.
Even though Cuomo had assured Timothy Cardinal Dolan and other bishops it was a done deal.
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