Sentences with word «pontificate»

It animated the vibrant pontificate of Pope St. John Paul II, from his anticommunist writings on human freedom in its relationship to truth, to assertions of universal human dignity in the face of the culture of death, as well as in his approaches to ecumenism and interreligious dialogue.

There's been lots of pontificating about this, but Kieran Snyder, who's held senior leadership positions at Microsoft and Amazon, and is CEO and co-founder at text analysis startup Textio, decided that getting the answer to this question shouldn't really be that hard.

I know that authors John Scalzi, Anne Rice, and Chuck Wendig are big on pontificating on the liberal side and there's Vox Day with his sycophants on the other, so the field is already over-saturated with such lunacy anyway.

Randy is a serial pest who delights in pontificating about simplistic notions that are taken for granted in any sophisticated discourse.

At least you're honest enough to admit that you couldn't be bothered to look at the study before pontificating on something you have no knowledge of.

Maybe you ought to investigate actually how these models work before pontificating with such certainty.

He becomes more domineering and resorts to more pontificating which increases the rejection and isolation.

Now... you people who pontificate about what Jesus Christ said or taught or believed about any issue... first read the Bible - cover to cover, study it, read a portion of it every day for say 10 - 15 years... and then maybe, just maybe you might have something to say about Jesus.

Research and development is the key — not pontificating from the sidelines.

by Angelo Muredda Grief becomes an occasion for pontificating about the nature of memory and archives in 306 Hollywood, Elan and Jonathan Bogarín's surprisingly aloof portrait of their charming grandmother's trash palace of a home in the months and years after her death.

I never belittled another faith and could spend quite a bit of time pontificating on the charitable teachings of Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism, and many others.

But thanks for pontificating more Sharia - atheism.

Recounting the day - to - day activities of his adult life, especially his demanding nineteen year pontificate, she describes Pius as faithful, hard working, compassionate, and above all conscientious.

Moreover, interviews and surveys will eliminate or minimize wasteful pontificating at the Retreat or Strategic Planning meeting, and will focus the firm on the key issues for discussion and action.

I'm not the type of person to sit around pontificating so, as soon as I had my idea, I just did it.

Both men are German, in their seventies, a product of the Vatican (having held high office in the curia), elected quickly after a long pontificate as a transitional pope, who face monumental issues of great importance to the Church.

But in the two - thousand - year history of the Church, there have been few pontificates so energetic in the exercise of the teaching ministry.

Well, the Pope's visit to Israel in May provided the final proof, if proof were still required (which it wasn't) that something has urgently to be done about the sheer, utter, mind - numbing incompetence (one struggles for words) of those responsible for the PR of the present pontificate.

With slogans like «In Rock We Trust,» «Pimp of the Nation» and «I'll Rock the Party,» it's hard to imagine Kid Rock as a stuffy politician pontificating on tax policy or defense spending, but he says he's running for the U.S. Senate.

At the root of these stark differences is a central question: Does John Paul's pontificate represent renewal or restoration?

The author of Goodbye, Good Men, a scathing and much discussed account of homosexuality in American seminaries, provides a frequently astute evaluation of what might be expected from the new pontificate.

In fact our present Pope, whose pontificate hasbeen wholly focussed on the new millennium, has expressed his approval and encouragement to «all who in any way continue to foster, study and promote devotion to the Heart of Christ in the Church with language and forms adapted to our times».

YouTube is a great platform as we can get free information of educated individuals like you however we also have to put up with wannabes who pontificate without credentials.

Furthermore, the voice localization can't keep pace with the mouths and movements of the characters on screen, often leading to characters pontificating actions that don't seem to make conversational sense.

I've never understood the need to have foreign lawyers in China and many of pontificate absurdly on th

Like most people involved with politics, I could fill my days pontificating by invitation on panels and at conferences.

[1] The Pope sees his proposal in the context of his whole pontificate as a commitment by the Church to «lead people out of the desert» [2] of «a profound crisis of faith» (Porta Fidei, 2), but there is also a sceptical challenge from those who perceive an intent to impose a backward - looking theology, a «hermeneutic of retrenchment».

What's more, the bishops adopt the circumlocutions of the Canadian government, which instituted the new suicide regime, along with the antinomian clichés of the current pontificate.

Now, when the documents are of the same authoritative rank, the second principle comes into play: One must privilege the harmony of the many pontificates in union with each other, and their unanimity with the Fathers and Doctors of the Church, over the one seemingly dissonant voice.

Travel Stories: Tired of hearing pundits pontificating about Cuba, Chris Ryan wanted to see the island for himself — before the coming of Best Western and American Express

It turns us from peaceful ambassadors for Christ into pontificating warriors for Christianity.

It was written by Stephen Bates, the Guardian's religious Affairs correspondent, who is himself a Catholic, and its tone of gratified amazement reflected the general reaction among Catholics hostile tothe overall direction of the last pontificate, and particularly to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith and its supposedly cold - hearted former prefect.

The revelation of the Francis pontificate, from my vantage point, is that too many of the Church's leading lights are not merely liberal in the sense of doubting Humanae Vitae or feeling that the Church might treat gay Catholics with more Christian charity.

I would much rather pontificate on the issues facing Christendom across the continent than listen to the still small voice addressing the secrets of my heart.

It means nothing when preachers pontificate about greed — when greed is one of the cornerstones of most churches.

He tempered his views on the automatic damnation of non-Christians, spoke less of satanic forces in human affairs, avoided the technicalities of premillennialist theology, talked positively of the charismatic movement and urged more compassion and less pontificating on the subjects of divorce and wayward adolescents.

While Republican politicians made claims sometimes over 1 million jobs and industry advocates regularly pontificated about 100,000, TransCanada came down to -LSB-...]