Sentences with phrase «plain sense of»

What is more realistic — photography, illusion, or the plain sense of things?

They understand, among other things, what they call and take from the Reformers to be the «plain sense of scripture.»

At other times, what the Church teaches is either puzzling or undeveloped, but the plain sense of Scripture seems perspicuous and compelling.

And yet, the objection is frequently made, isn't it the case, once we have a firm and binding document — a genuine letter of St. Paul or a decree of an ecumenical council — that we can simply rely on the plain sense of the text to give us the teaching we need?

This intuition is widely held, but the history of the Church shows us that there is no such thing as the plain sense of the text that is universally acknowledged — at least over time.

«When the plain sense of scripture makes common sense, seek no other sense; therefore, take every word at its primary, ordinary, usual, literal meaning unless the facts of the immediate context, studied in the light of related passages and axiomatic and fundamental truths indicate clearly otherwise» (Dr. David L. Cooper)

Again, you sometimes hear people say, «If the plain sense of the Bible makes sense, seek no other sense.»

It is, say many, quite contrary to the plain sense of Scripture.

The cultural and linguistic barrier between you and the original writer likely means that much of time, their original intent will will not be what seems to you to be the «plain sense of Scripture» or the «primary, ordinary, usual, literal meaning».

Not exact matches

It's not rocket science or some kind of magic sales secret, just plain common courtesy and common sense.

might be compared with the hermeneutic of Reformation theologians, who appealed to the «plain sense» of Scripture.

There are unquestionably parts of the Bible where the real meaning intended by the author is not the plain literal sense of the words, and where an unintelligent insistence upon the literal sense stands in the way of a true understanding.

The fact is, most of the defenses of American slavery were written by clergy who quoted Scripture generously and appealed to a «clear, plain, and common - sense reading» of biblical passages like Genesis 17:2, Deuteronomy 20:10 - 11, 1 Corinthians 7:21, Ephesians 6:1 - 5, Colossians 3:18 - 25; 4:1, and I Timothy 6:1 - 2.

The root meaning of allegory is that there is another sense, another meaning, besides the plain sense.

They want to make it plain (they are demonstrably often hard put to do so because of the intensity of their own feelings and emotions) that it is judgment in the full sense — justice, the setting right of the woefully wrong.

I have protested against confining the significance of Jesus Christ to a divine rescue expedition, but the plain testimony of two thousand years of Christianity is that Jesus Christ does rescue us in the supreme sense that through his deed, culminating on Calvary, he opens up the right road to fulfillment and provides grace — which, as Kenneth Kirk once said, is God's love in action — to enable us to walk that road, even in times of stress and even though we are quite likely to stumble and fall again and again.

The emotional and imaginative constriction of the American personality in a world of common sense and plain fact became ever more evident and ever more painful to that minority of Americans who sought a larger human ideal.

But again, there is no such thing as the «plain sense» of the Bible, for what may seem to me to be the «plain sense» completely contradicts what someone else thinks is the «plain sense.»

I mean, the bible was used to justify slavery, because people thought that was the «plain sense» of the bible.

What I mean is that, if you take 1 Timothy 2:12 in it's most plain sense, at face value, then women are not allowed to teach period; somehow you have inferred that men can learn from women when done «PRIVATELY» but not «IN THE CONTEXT OF THE LOCAL CHURCH.»

It is my opinion that one should be leery of using «the plain sense» rule when dealing with documents that were originally written in a different language, culture and time.

And then you justify it by saying it is the «plain sense» of the passage.

Furthermore, we need to recognize the plain fact that a good deal of physical and, even more obviously, of psychological suffering is made possible through exactly the same human (and other) conditioning that makes it possible to enjoy the sense of well - being, even of joy.

Positively speaking, in the Theology of Liberation becomes manifest «the very tense transition from a culturally more or less homogeneous, and in this sense monocentric, church of the West, towards a world church which has many cultural roots and is, thus, polycentric», as formulated by Johann Baptist Metz.11 It is fairly plain that Boff has become, internationally, the most published and read theologian from Latin America.

He is, in the bare, plain, nonphilosophical sense of the term, an existentialist.

The mandate is to go with every sense of having been fully commanded by God, allowing no place or persons to be excluded, and making plain the whole of Christ's teachings.

Let's look at this from a scientific and archaelogical standpoint, and one of plain old common sense.

There was a sense timelessness further enhanced on Sundays when the Psalms were sung in one or other of the eight plain chant modes.

When we have deduced what we deduce by our reason and from study of visible nature, and then read what we read in His inspired word, and find the two apparently discordant, this is the feeling I think we ought to have on our minds» not an impatience to do what is beyond our powers, to weigh evidence, sum up, balance, decide, and reconcile, to arbitrate between the two voices of God» but a sense of the utter nothingness of worms such as we are; of our plain and absolute incapacity to contemplate things as they really are; a perception of our emptiness, before the great Vision of God....

«With this in mind, my family and I launched Meat Free Monday in the UK, an idea which has been gaining support from people like Tom Parker - Bowles who, after a lifetime of denigrating vegetarians, recently wrote in his Daily Mail column, «I wince at the memory of my boorish antics» and who pronounced himself «intrigued» by MFM: «There's no doubting the plain common sense of the message... Meat Free Monday is something to really savour».

Humiliation is such an emotive word suggesting a sense of entitlement amongst Gooners that is just plain embarrassing.

A professional, determined and driven sense of direction coming from the very top — with a clear ambition for Liverpool to be one of the best clubs, in terms of competing, in the world, again, plain to see.

But, most importantly, they are good, plain fun and do not require much money — just imagination and a sense of whimsy.

Avoid offending foods, staying upright after meals and just a plain old sense of humor are about all you can do here.

Offering them lots of brightly coloured toys by placing them in plain sight will also stimulate their senses and promote their curiosity.

I would like to direct you to this list of guidelines and tips for safe co - sleeping / bed - sharing from Dr. Sears, and remind you that most of bed - sharing is half new - motherly instinct and half plain old regular common sense.

Socialism for superior brains proved no match for plain - spoken common sense, at least when it came to the fundamental judgment call of the century.

The Guardian, normally quite sympathetic to the kind of anti-austerity plain - speaking for which Corbyn is renowned, is full of appeals to its readership (many of them natural Labour sympathisers) to return to their senses.

«Plain and simple, this law would allow us to get help to those who need it and keep many New Yorkers from knowing the pain a trauma that comes with gun violence,» said Tricia Pleu of Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, one of more than a half - dozen groups that called for passage of the law.

One Tory insider said: «The vast majority of voters will think this idea is plain common sense.

«I think when you're talking about a super concentrated snowstorm, which, you know, let's say five, six hours of unusually intense snow, it is just plain common sense to not go out in that if you don't have to,» said the mayor.

The decision not to adopt the commitment «made no sense to me», as it was «plain wrong» in principle and denied Labour a potentially game - changing line of attack against David Cameron's Conservatives, he said.

In a study of how taste buds determine an animal's diet, Xia Li at Monell Chemical Senses Center in Philadelphia and colleagues let six mammals choose between plain water and water flavoured with natural and artificial sweeteners.

Here today at the annual meeting of the AAAS (which publishes Science), two researchers explained how remote sensing technology, including satellite imaging and drone flights, is revealing the traces of past civilizations that have been hiding in plain sight.

Smokers no longer derive a sense of identity from cigarette brands after plain packaging rule was introduced in Australia, helping them to kick the habit

«In a sense, this forgotten fish has been hiding in plain sight in this old monograph but that monograph is so rare that it now resides only in rare book collections of a few large museums,» Stewart said.

In September it sensed whirlwinds spinning across the plains and snow falling from the Martian clouds, and in October its camera captured images of hoarfrost.

A computer might be able to win at Jeopardy, but it doesn't have the basic common sense to understand that something is just plain wrong with the off - kilter juxtaposition of an iMac paired with a geranium.

So what a relief to rediscover Volumetrics, a way of eating that just plain makes sense.

And while it makes sense not to chug a glass of fruit juice in two gulps, Diamond's advice about «chewing juice» so it doesn't disrupt the digestive system is just plain strange.