Sentences with phrase «prelates who»

A compromise, it followed the principle of cujus regio, ejus religio, permitting each lay prince, Lutheran or Roman Catholic, to determine which of the two forms was to prevail in his territory, but required Roman Catholic prelates who turned Lutheran to surrender their properties and incomes belonging to their offices.

The second work which helps balance the deficiencies of Ericksen's otherwise valuable volume is The Catholic Bishops of Europe and the Nazi Persecutions of Catholics and Jews by Vincent Lapomarda, S.J., which recounts the courage and compassion of prominent Catholic prelates who resisted Nazism.

Not exact matches

«I believe in an America where the separation of church and state is absolute — where no Catholic prelate would tell the President (should he be Catholic) how to act, and no Protestant minister would tell his parishoners for whom to vote — where no church or church school is granted any public funds or political preference — and where no man is denied public office merely because his religion differs from the President who might appoint him or the people who might elect him.

What can hardly be denied is that Archbishop Nichols is a good deal more inclined to support the authority of Rome than once he was; and it is not only The Tablet which has observed the shift with some scepticism: he was until very recently (and perhaps still is) regarded by many in Rome as one who in Birmingham behaved as an orthodox pope - supporting prelate should in order to get to Westminster.

Nevertheless, at this moment in the life of the Church — indeed, at the instigation of the Supreme Pontiff, who has called for parrhesia on numerous occasions — there is much to say, and many prelates are speaking out.

As I once said to a prelate of the Roman curia who was complaining about theological dissent in the United States: «American theologians are not very original.

It has to be acknowledged that Francis has made some controversial prudential appointments, and empowered prelates like Bruno Forte and Walter Kasper, who, at the very least, have caused confusion about where the Church stands on certain «hot button» issues.

We have, all, that is the ecclesiastical prelates, failed, every one of us, and there was not one who did anything good for long.»

Well, if Mannix set the twentieth - century pattern for Catholic prelates Down Under, George Pell will be regarded by historians as the man who set the pattern for the twenty - first century.

Catholic prelates, driven by fundamental belief, have threatened to excommunicate Catholic politicians who do not toe the line on this great debate.

[85] Conservative MP Margot James, who was considered one of the most influential gay women in 2009, [86] called these comments «scaremongering» and said: «I think it is a completely unacceptable way for a prelate to talk.

In his own remark, the Benue State deputy governor, who is a member of the church, eulogised the incumbent Prelate for his commitment to his pastoral job.