Sentences with phrase «persecution under»

they are very quick to charge someone with what he was doing whcih was correct by exposing the evil of the catholic clergy and yet they avoid persecution under the very same legal syetm isn't this the hypocrisy of the catholic clergy and religion.

Given a combination of these factors, we should assume that gospel - writing would begin no later than the time of the persecution under Nero.

According to K.S. Latourette the invaders who emerged from Central Asia in successive waves became Moslems rather than Christians, the break up of the Mongol Empire which showed religious tolerance, the religious persecution under Timur or Tamerlane (1336 - 1405), the rise of Ottoman Turks, and the condition in western Europe were some of them.

The violent persecution under Sapor II lasted for forty years.

p. 51), Bene - Israel, the Jewish community in India claim that their ancestors left Galilee because of the persecution under Antiochus IV Epiphanes in the second century BC.

He also said that America stands with the millions of people in Iran, Cuba, Venezuela, North Korea, and other countries that are suffering religious persecution under repressive and brutal regimes.

Many of the people returned a half century later, and the nation remained in unstable equilibrium until the conquest of Palestine by Alexander the Great in 332 B.C. Persecution under the overlord Antiochus Epiphanes, which forms the framework of the Book of Daniel with its lions» den and fiery furnace, led to the outbreak of the Maccabean rebellion.

According to International Christian Concern (ICC), a charity that helps persecuted Christians, Christians in the state of Jharkhand now fear intense division and persecution under the new law.

The experience of persecution under communism has taught the Moscow Patriarchate to value visible unity at almost any price.

In his day, the church of Persia suffered severe persecution under Shapur II and Varuhara IV.

Last year, Francis apologized to Pentecostals for their persecution under Italy's fascist regime, which did not allow them to practice their faith.

It seems clear that this work was produced during the persecution under Antiochus Epiphanes, to which I have already referred.

St. Alban, the first English martyr, may have died under Emperor Septimius Severus (c. 209), although some scholars date his death to the persecutions under the Emperor Diocletian (c305).

Apparently he was imprisoned at Rome during the persecutions under Nero and there gave up his life for his faith.

Peter as well as Paul is believed to have lost his life at Rome in the persecutions under Nero, and it is likely that John Mark, who is mentioned both in the Book of Acts and in Paul's letters as traveling with Paul, Barnabas, and Peter, is the author of this record.

Yet indirectly, the stand they took in placing the authority of God above all human powers was to bring upon them the persecutions under Nero and Domitian, and precipitate the mood of spiritual confidence in defiance of earthly «principalities and powers» that is reflected in the book of Revelation and elsewhere.

Stewart further points out that if the Persian refugees during the persecutions under Sapor II in the 4th century and Yezdegard and Bharan V in the 5th century and bands of earnest missionaries from the monastery of Beth - Abhe and other centres carried the Gospel to other provinces of the Persian Empire, it is inconceivable that the province of India would be left untouched.

Not exact matches

Shamgar, is your claim that, if the church was under greater persecution, we would all agree about these things because the people holding to one side of each of these debates aren't true believers, and so they would leave under persecution?

The same applies to the persecutions of Christians under the Roman Empire during the first three Christian centuries.

People under persecution don't have intramural debates because there isn't time, but because there isn't need.

much of the New Testament includes statements to christians to endure under persecution and statements to comfort those being persecuted.

Act off generosity are not enough to prove a religion is true do you know what persecution even means they are persecuted to stip being generous they are being persecuted cause Satan said no man would be faithful under persecution.

if you get a chance to check out our official website http://www.jw.org under News you can see alot of the things we are enduring as far as persecution is concerned.

one only need look at the Church ih China today and it's growth under Communist persecution to get a mirror image of what it was like for first through third century Christian's as well as Revelation 6:9 - 11 then 14 - 17 nine through elven are the martyrs and 14 through 17 is a glimpse of judgment for men of war!

Yet surely the Church's role in any possibly humane Chinese future will be built around its steadfastness under persecution and its forthright defense of the human rights of all (including Uighurs, Tibetans, and Falun Gong devotees), not by reaching agreements with those who may well have harvested organs from Catholic dissidents, pioneering a new form of martyrdom.

Daniel Philpott is professor of political science at the University of Notre Dame and co-director of the project «Under Caesar's Sword: Christian Response to Persecution,» funded by the Templeton Religion Trust.

It doesn't take much historical research to find out persecution was starting as early as 60 AD under Nero.

«Fundamental rights are under great threat today and persecution of a religion - it's a breach of fundamental rights.

But millions remain under conditions of severe persecution.

Even in modern times new religions that might compete with established order are typically under threat of persecution.

The LDS church did not grant the priesthood to blacks in the early days of the church, mainly because they were already under so much persecution, having to flee from state to state and finally into Utah territory that the additional trouble granting this authority to blacks would have caused might have sunk the early church.

The suit alleges that the law gives the Ugandans standing to sue Lively for his activities, which had a crucial nexus in the U.S. and therefore come under federal courts» jurisdiction; it also charges that Lively not only advocated bad ideas in an abstract context but helped various Ugandans conceive and manage a campaign of persecution, thus involving himself in a joint criminal enterprise.

At another church, a prayer of the faithful called for strength for Christian victims to hold up under persecution, without any details.

Tracing the historical story of underground Christians in Japan in the mid-17th century, Endo offers a stark look at the realities of following Christ under persecution, and the intense psychological struggle of a particular priest to know whether it would be better for him to be martyred for his faith or to recant.

Persecution followed, and this provoked a rebellion, which was partly religious and partly nationalist, under the leadership of a family of whom the heroic Judas Maccabaeus was the chief.

The earliest fathers were often somewhat naive, somewhat childlike in some ways, but those qualities enabled them to hold on to the truth they had learned from the Apostles and apostolic men with a ferocity that I doubt would be much reflected in our day under similar persecutions.

To its credit, the movie does an excellent job at humanizing Jews under persecution, rather than lumping them together as a persecuted rabble.

In addition to that, however, Catholics in the West today must understand that we are very likely heading into a season of persecution ourselves, a season of the cross less dire than that lived by those Christians presently under direct mortal threat, but quite real nevertheless.

Persecution and Forgotten, a report of oppression in specific countries, warns that Christians in these countries will not survive if this violence continues and highlights «unspeakable atrocities» such as Christians in North Korea being starved, hanged on crosses over a fire and others being crushed under steam rollers.

It detailed Christians as «being hung on a cross over a fire, crushed under a steamroller, herded off bridges and trampled underfoot... extra-judicial killing, extermination, enslavement / forced labour, forcible transfer of population, arbitrary imprisonment, torture, persecution, enforced disappearance, rape and sexual violence, and other inhumane acts.»

The homosexual lobby has been very effective in aligning itself with minority groups, is prominently represented at the Holocaust memorial service [12] each year and has created an image of itself as a group of people under persecution.

On Sunday, let us remember that true liberation is found in sacrifice, that the Church usually thrives under persecution, and that our extra resources and freedoms only make us more responsible to care for our neighbors.

The most severe general persecution took place in the middle of the third century under Emperor Decius (249 - 251).

In 251 Decius was killed in battle and for the time being Christians were spared, but under Valerian (253 - 260) persecution was redoubled.

Even if the blessing does not come in this earth, we know that there are great rewards stored up in heaven for those who stand firm under persecution and worldly trials.

Under BJP rule, persecution of religious minorities, especially Muslims and Christians, has markedly increased, as the party often turns a blind eye to the actions of its more militant supporters.

The last great persecution was under Diocletian (304 - 11).

It wasn't until recently when I was reading about the persecution of Romanian Christians under Communist rule that something changed for me.

Without self - knowledge you have no root in yourselves personally; you may endure for a time, but under affliction or persecution your faith will not last.

They paid for a book, Christians under Fire, written by Humberto Belli, which summarized the supposed persecution of the church in Nicaragua but had nothing to do with what was really going on inside the country.