Sentences with phrase «pious practice»
"Pious practice" refers to the act of engaging in religious or spiritual rituals, traditions, or beliefs with deep devotion, faith, and reverence. It involves following prescribed customs, prayers, or acts of worship to express one's devotion to a higher power or religious beliefs. Full definition
The religious leaders (the Pharisees) have largely ceased to give an effective lead, and have become more and more absorbed in pious practices at the cost of the «weightier matters of the Law.»
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The ideas that we inherit associated with the Sabbath are those of a required gathering for worship, a day of pious practices or a strict mandate to stay indoors where we are relegated to watch TV or take a nap.
The theological idea is that by doing good works on earth, or by engaging in pious practices like a pilgrimage, you can help «work off» some of the temporal punishments that may await you after death.
Schools belonging to conservative churches, on the other hand, are often very conscious of their Christian grounds, but they typically express this in terms of conservative mores, an emphasis on pious practices, and the teaching of Christian doctrine in the curriculum.
She soon decides to drop out due to the pressure being unfairly exerted by the school's president, Mary Lyon (Sara Vertongen), to conform to the outwardly pious practices dictated by the Christian revival movement.
We are all familiar with stories of the removal of statues and ending of pious practices, as though inappropriate for the truly modern Christian.
The frequent reception of Our Lord in the Eucharist is a pious practice which should be widely recommended.
Pious practice should therefore be done in such a way that this relationship is expressed adequately, reflecting both the compassionate loving character of God on the one hand, and the transformative effect of knowing such a God on the other.
While infinite graces have flowed from this pious practice, Tim Finigan now assesses the dangers that can arise when the Eucharist is viewed as a human prize rather than a divine privilege.