Sentences with phrase «role of the church for»

suppositions which have been implicit throughout and to develop a conception of the role of the church for this crucial period of transition.

It is this cultural role of the Church for its non-members, for all the Queen's subjects, which gives it such stature in the life of the nation — «woven into the fabric of our nation» as she put it — and which makes her so committed to it.

Not exact matches

I don't minimize the importance of his insights on the role of religion in the public square, but I suspect his greatest and most enduring legacy will lie in his contribution to the unity of the Church, for which he fervently prayed.

An Australian Primate rebuked Archbishop Glenn Davies and Bishop Richard Condie for attending the ceremony, saying the new role doesn't align with his National Constitution and the Church doesn't approve of the move.

In addition to pastoring my own church community, I've recently taken on the role of brand director for Neue.

While Evangelicals greatly respect the way in which the Catholic Church has defended many historic Christian teachings against relativizing and secularizing trends, and recognize the role of the present pontiff in that important task today, they believe that some aspects of Catholic doctrine are not biblically warranted, and they do not accept any claims of infallibility made for the magisterial teachings of popes or church couChurch has defended many historic Christian teachings against relativizing and secularizing trends, and recognize the role of the present pontiff in that important task today, they believe that some aspects of Catholic doctrine are not biblically warranted, and they do not accept any claims of infallibility made for the magisterial teachings of popes or church couchurch councils.

They still have to comply with federal and state laws, which means gays are out, but everyone else has to be considered for employment by the company (the only exceptions to the law are where your religion or other protected status are essential for the job... for example, a Muslim couldn't sue an Episcopalian church who wouldn't hire them in an administrative role because their faith clashes with that of the church — things like that don't apply to a fast food chain).

The pope insists, as part of his demand for truth, that the Church «has a public role over and above her charitable and educational activities: all the energy she brings to the advancement of humanity and of universal fraternity is manifested when she is able to operate in a climate of freedom.

This failure, he suggests, then paved the way for a modern, hierarchical reconfiguration of ecclesial authority, in which Church authorities took a more decisive role in the determination of doctrine.

Drucker may be too generous in his estimate of the role that the churches and synagogues of America are playing in this «management revolution,» but religious leaders have reason to pay attention to his call for the upgrading of voluntarism.

In between, we are given snapshots of a vanished America where religion and culture still played a vital role in public life, as well as odd and unexpected little tidbits: a craze for church bell towers in the 1920s; Cram's home life with his beloved wife, Bess, and their children; the messy business breakup with Goodhue; Cram's mildly embarrassing foray into the horror genre, Black Spirits and White; his strange proposal for an island to be raised ex nihilo in Boston's Charles River; the problems inherent when working with rich Swedenborgians; and a Japanese Christian university he designed on a mix of Oriental and Dutch Modernist themes.

The twenty - first - century Church owes a lot to twentieth - century German Catholicism: for its generosity to Catholics in the Third World; for the witness of martyrs like Alfred Delp, Bernhard Lichtenberg, and Edith Stein; for its contributions to Biblical studies, systematic and moral theology, liturgical renewal, and Catholic social doctrine, through which German Catholicism played a leading role in Vatican II's efforts to renew Catholic witness for the third millennium.

«The main attraction is to be able to contribute to the Church's role in helping people find meaning in the love and life of Jesus Christ, generating and maintaining funding for the Church and guiding its leadership role in the ethical and responsible investment of its assets..»

For good or ill, pastors will have a major role in determining the future of the church and our country, but not primarily as pastor - Congressmen.

Do you believe Baptism for th dead / baptism by proxy as prophesied by Joseph Smith for the purpose of allowing non-Mormons into heaven (and that it takes a «gentile» 3 years to get their named removed from the Mormon church roles after having being baptized into the LDS church) 8.

As the head of Americans United for the Separation of Church and State, he now talks as if the churches do not have any conceivable role in American public life.

When it becomes so easy for us to literally tune in and tune out of our weekly church service — like we would our favorite TV show — we run the risk of forgetting that we have a role to play in the life of the Cchurch service — like we would our favorite TV show — we run the risk of forgetting that we have a role to play in the life of the ChurchChurch.

NO, the only book that is that for me is the Bible, but I did take some of the insights to heart and am applying them to my life, my relationship with Christ and my role in my church.

For years, Fouad had told me of his respect for John Paul II and Benedict XVI; he had also invited me to address his seminar at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies on the role of the Catholic Church in shaping world politiFor years, Fouad had told me of his respect for John Paul II and Benedict XVI; he had also invited me to address his seminar at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies on the role of the Catholic Church in shaping world politifor John Paul II and Benedict XVI; he had also invited me to address his seminar at the Johns Hopkins School of Advanced International Studies on the role of the Catholic Church in shaping world politics.

Here, I thought, is a continent where the church exercises the prophetic role of monitoring justice and courageously calling for change.

The World Council of Churches has had a particularly significant role in defining overseas mission for the mainline liberal establishment.

Building on Ford's plan for strengthening the role of the Director of Central Intelligence, the Church committee would have the DCI prepare the budget and allocate resources for the entire clandestine community.

For Christians, sexual difference and union is a type of Christ and the church... Only as allegory can the Song play its central role in healing our sexual imaginations.»

For centuries, the role of women in the church has been a subdued one, with many limitations.

I thank Archbishop Chaput for his incisive analysis in his essay on «St. Paul in the Public Square,» regarding the Church's role in the American public square given the election of a stridently pro-abortion administration.

BIRTH OF A MOVEMENT: For nearly two decades, DeWitt has been pressing church leaders to affirm the church's role in caring for the environmeFor nearly two decades, DeWitt has been pressing church leaders to affirm the church's role in caring for the environmefor the environment.

It is my proud privilege to represent the Indian Church, the CHURCH OF NORTH INDIA at this historic International Consultation on WORLD MISSION AND THE ROLE OF KOREAN CHURCHES, and I am very grateful to the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Korea and all functionaries and members of the extraordinary committee responsible for the preparation, for extending an invitation to me to participate in the ConsultChurch, the CHURCH OF NORTH INDIA at this historic International Consultation on WORLD MISSION AND THE ROLE OF KOREAN CHURCHES, and I am very grateful to the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Korea and all functionaries and members of the extraordinary committee responsible for the preparation, for extending an invitation to me to participate in the ConsultCHURCH OF NORTH INDIA at this historic International Consultation on WORLD MISSION AND THE ROLE OF KOREAN CHURCHES, and I am very grateful to the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Korea and all functionaries and members of the extraordinary committee responsible for the preparation, for extending an invitation to me to participate in the ConsultatioOF NORTH INDIA at this historic International Consultation on WORLD MISSION AND THE ROLE OF KOREAN CHURCHES, and I am very grateful to the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Korea and all functionaries and members of the extraordinary committee responsible for the preparation, for extending an invitation to me to participate in the ConsultatioOF KOREAN CHURCHES, and I am very grateful to the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church of Korea and all functionaries and members of the extraordinary committee responsible for the preparation, for extending an invitation to me to participate in the Consultatioof the Presbyterian Church of Korea and all functionaries and members of the extraordinary committee responsible for the preparation, for extending an invitation to me to participate in the ConsultChurch of Korea and all functionaries and members of the extraordinary committee responsible for the preparation, for extending an invitation to me to participate in the Consultatioof Korea and all functionaries and members of the extraordinary committee responsible for the preparation, for extending an invitation to me to participate in the Consultatioof the extraordinary committee responsible for the preparation, for extending an invitation to me to participate in the Consultation.

Our church needs to see itself in the role of Erik's mother, as a relentless advocate for the faith formation of its people.

If this is seen simply as a struggle between a somewhat venal monarch and aggrieved barons, the Church's role in promoting basic liberties is completely obscured, as is the significance of Magna Carta for religious freedom in this country.

Beyond the considerable body of research that has emerged in the past three decades which demonstrates that women played a far more generous role in the early Church than perhaps Neuhaus has imagined, my own Wesleyan holiness tradition has apparently escaped his ecumenical vision as well for it was already ordaining women in the nineteenth century.

Although it is a byproduct of worship, which exists for its own sake, constant exposure to words, actions and roles within the worshiping community does more to reinforce a Christian's attitudes about justice than anything else the church does (see my articles «The Words of Worship: Beyond Liturgical Sexism,» Dec. 13, 1978, and «The Actions of Worship: Beyond Liturgical Sexism,» May 7, 1980).

Questions also are raised about the identity of the church that plays such a major role in the Radical Orthodox account of history, about whether there is a doctrine of providence implicit in it, about the dismissal or ignoring of Protestantism, about the role of Jesus in its Christianity, about the role of Socrates in its Platonism, about its failure to engage with the challenge of modern scientific and technological developments, about how other faith traditions are related to this version of faith, and about whether this is a habitable orthodoxy for ordinary life.

But the point to remember is that these millions are voicing a conviction which it has been the role of the church to foster for centuries.

Then, too, Christians are convinced that the church can no longer play its traditional role in regard to the poor — the role of assistance, partial response, individual aid, palliative measures — because, as they see it, the problem is no longer that of the poor individual but of the system; and to ameliorate the situation of some poor people is in fact to reinforce the system, and to end injustice for one individual is to refrain from combating social injustice.

Francis's love of the Bible as a way to receive the medicine of salvation was another anticipation of Vatican II and its restoration of the Scriptures to a central role in Catholic life; and here, too, is a Franciscan lesson for the Church of the twenty - first century.

And at Connecticut's Fairfield University, scholars, clergy, and lay Catholics recently discussed the implications for the church of having many gay and lesbian people, both in and out of the closet, in roles as priests and ministers.

I have always understood the Gospel as being Good News for everyone, and that our role as believers and members of the Church is to welcome strangers, newcomers, and outsiders.

Even though Dr. Spencer laid a strong biblical foundation for the role of women in ministry based on the New Testament, I still lived with the fear of once again being silenced by the church.

[4] When theological schooling is defined as preparation for filling the functions that make up the role of professional church leadership, graduates turn out to be incapable of nurturing and guiding congregations as worshiping communities, the health of whose common life depends on the quality of the theology that is done there.

Word of Benedict's resignation — the first for a sitting pope in nearly 600 years — reportedly stunned the world's Catholic faithful, many of whom believed the German - born pontiff still had years of stymieing female advancement in Church roles, opposing stem cell research, and inflaming tensions with Jews, Muslims, and Anglicans left in him.

By his own public statements and also through his role of helping to develop an alcoholism education emphasis for the youth and adults in his church school, the minister helps to plant the seeds of understanding of the nature and treatment of alcoholism.

The Holocaust is simply the biggest club available for liberal Catholics to use against traditional Catholic teaching — especially on issues relating to sexuality, including abortion, contraception, celibacy, and the role of women in the Church».

When roughly 90 percent of evangelical pastors and 80 percent of evangelical seminarians are men, it can be hard for gifted women to find role models in the church.

And Bonhoeffer's insights into a nation's need to deal with its past through confessing its guilt are appropriate for the role of the church in relation to the work of South Africa's Truth and Reconciliation Commission.

Jane Coll is surely right: one major topic for the Church today concerns the role of women.

It has not taken long for Dolan's role as spokesman for the Catholic Church on the national stage to draw him into a prominent debate that was occasioned by a controversial action of President Obama regardingthe definition of marriage.

Yet Sister Florence insists that there are «inconsistencies» in the Church's explication on the role of women, especially women religious, and such inconsistencies are what ultimately drive Sister Florence and the LCWR in their search for «equality» in the Church.

Clifford Longley in The Tablet argues that «the encyclical's theological keynote» is that it «emphatically unites the Church's roles of spreading the Gospel with working for social justice -LSB-...] under the banner of integral human development»

I sang loudly and more or less on key, and because my father was organist and choir director of the various Lutheran churches we attended during my boyhood, I was always drafted for the children's choir and occasionally even given a semi-prominent role, but I was never as good as my family heritage or personal eagerness might have predicted.

Schuller's Institute for Successful Church Leadership did (and does) fill the role for an older generation of church leaders that the Willow Creek Association now fills for the yoChurch Leadership did (and does) fill the role for an older generation of church leaders that the Willow Creek Association now fills for the yochurch leaders that the Willow Creek Association now fills for the younger.