Sentences with phrase «reflection upon the church»

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To look upon those prayer wheels not (as some of us were taught) as instruments of «vain repetition,» but as outward and visible signs of the intention to pray without ceasing, can perhaps lead iconoclasts to more compassionate reflection on the sacramental impulse and on the place of objects — statues and stained glass and candles and altar cloths, beads, bouquets, and kneeling cushions in needlepoint stitched by some faithful woman as her own act of participation in the prayers of the church.

Tolerance is in fact coherent with, and has flowed from reflection upon, the teaching of the Catholic Church, which inherently calls for charity in all things.

It is noteworthy that while Paul's reflection upon the saving facts of the death and resurrection of Christ leads him to the love of God as the supreme principle exhibited in these facts, it is his reflection upon the Spirit and the charismata or gifts of the Spirit in the Church that leads him to love or charity as at once the greatest of all charismata --» the love of God shed abroad in our hearts by the Holy Spirit given to us» (Rom.

The final outcome of reflection upon faith in the service of the church is dogmatics.

«The society exists,» explains its website, «to promote and sustain fellowship and truth — seeking (fides quaerens intellectum) in theological reflection upon the Christian faith, within the mainstream of the Christian Church and tradition in light of the theological legacy of Thomas F. Torrance.»

However, the CDF Note is a broadly conceived document that offers little to guide a specific parish or church group setting out its own Year ofFaith programme beyond recommending such general categories as prayer, catechetical events, opportunities for reflection on the Catechism and Vatican II documents, relevant homilies, focus upon the liturgy, especially the Eucharist, and evangelising activities.

Although it would be a mistake to suppose that Paul speaks at every point for all the early church — that he surely does not do, as he himself lets us know in no uncertain terms — still he represents more clearly than any other early Christian leader the direction which Christian reflection upon Jesus actually took.

In accordance with the eternal plan of Providence, Mary's divine motherhood is to be poured out upon the Church, as indicated by statements of Tradition, according to which Mary's «motherhood» of the Church is the reflection and extension of themotherhood of the Son of God.