Sentences with phrase «qua church»

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It may be that in the course of history certain dimensions of saving truth become obscured and must be recovered but it is impossible for a theologian to stand apart from tradition and begin his work ab initio; to do so would be to cut himself off from the Church, which is the source sine qua non of theology, and to deny the historical givenness of Revelation.

Jacobs also points to what he calls TEC's elevation of tolerance as the sine qua non of the church.

So a religious individual or household might well ask: if my church, qua employer, can get an exemption from anti-discrimination laws, why not me as an individual or as a family as an employer or service provider?