Sentences with phrase «roles as a priest»

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.

The former nurse acknowledged the division in the diocese of London over the ordination of female priests, and said she is «very respectful of those who can not accept my role as a priest or bishop».

He also occasionally accepted such contemporary minor roles as a priest in Angels With Dirty Faces (1938) and a gangster in Accidents Will Happen (1939).

Perhaps in habits, robes, or clerics, thinking of them in their roles as priests and religious women?

How might Father Tim's marriage to Cynthia enhance his role as a priest?

In a tweet from Gamertag Radio's Danny Pena, the first episode is available now and highlights Pastor Jerome Jeffries, both in his current role as a priest in Hope County and his role within the town's Resistance movement trying to fight back against the cult leader, Joseph Seed.

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She had not intended to marry a priest and initially refused to countenance the idea, so Geoff returned to his role as an administrator in the Malayan Civil Service.

The priest is to stand in Christ's role as Bridegroom in relation to the rest of the Church.

Martin, who also advised Hoffman on the intricacies of life as a Catholic priest for his role in «Doubt,» will officiate the late actor's funeral on Friday.

Sean Bean has said his role as a Catholic priest in an upcoming television drama series opened his eyes to the UK's religious communities.

Ministers begin to see their role as the CEO of an organsiation rather than priest / preacher / pastor etc of God's flock.

«The religious services rendered to these are intended to deprecate anger rather than to seek benefits: but in no case is lust to be gratified, or wickedness practised, as pleasing to these deities,» observed Baker, Jr. 13 Each village or hill had «devil - priests» and their role was significant in controlling or containing the impact of spirits.

Second, one of the primary purposes of the citation of this psalm in the Letter to the Hebrews is to defend Yeshua's priestly role against the charge that he could not function as a priest because he was descended from Judah rather than Levi (Hebrews 7:11 — 17).

When contacted by RELEVANT, the Institute said they do not refer priests to the media, but Msgr. John Esseff, president of the institute's board of directors, told the Catholic Register that he was «hopeful bishops are becoming more aware of their role as the «chief exorcist» for the diocese.»

He is described as «a prominent and politically astute priest with a reputation as a modernizer» and «a politically savvy figure who may seek a more muscular role for the church.»

Nephi in the Book of Mormon would be taking a similar role as a Mayan priest, or daykeeper and giving advice to his brothers about what God has in store for their souls.

[13] The inversion from the usual «flesh and blood» is probably designed to emphasise the role of blood in the expiation of Jesus as high priest in 2,17.

Drawing on biblical and church tradition, he spoke of the roles of pastor, priest, prophet and king as historically normative for the Christian ministry.

I think a lot of people expected him to be more liberal than he has been, but he sees his role as keeping the church together when it divides on controversial issues like women priests and gay clergy.

And this played a key role in Richard's life and career as a priest and a public intellectual, for his constant contact with Jews went hand in....

The most obvious way to ensure fewer instances of clerical abuse in the Catholic Church would be to see that those in charge of seminaries and rectories have a clear understanding of the role of the priest as father.

The priest or pastor is sometimes confused today as to what constitutes his real role, for it seems so much more limited than it was in an earlier day when he was a «father - in - god» to his flock in every possible way.

In essence, the first part sets out the place of the priest in relation to his Diocese and his Bishop as well as the obligations rising from his role as pastor.

Moses is subsequently called upon to be not only premier - commander, but prophet - minister - priest as well, and so here another role is foreshadowed.

Moses is subsequently to be called upon to play the role not only of premier - president - commander, but of prophet - minister - priest as well.

It is the role of the prophet to receive the Word and convey it to the priest: «You (Moses the prophet] shall be to him as God» is the Word to Moses.

There are a number of places where Christ or His actions are described in sacrificial terms, [4] but the title «Priest» is never given, and generally these passages emphasise Christ's role as victim more than priest.

Significantly, the bishop retained his unique baptismal role in the regenerative act of baptism somewhat longer than his eucharistic pre-eminence; and even after finally giving up the baptizing of all catechumens outside his own parish, he preserved, at least in the West, the confirmation thereof as a distinct and essential ceremony, while in the East it was he alone who could bless the oils used by priests in baptism and confirmation.

Labour stalwart and South Yorkshire Police and Crime Commissioner Alan Billings led the service, in his role as an Anglican priest, explaining that the Cathedral had been chosen because it was big enough for the hundreds of mourners.

In 1944, Fitzgerald (a lifelong Protestant) was cast as feisty Roman Catholic priest Father Fitzgibbon in Leo McCarey's Going My Way, a role which won him an Academy Award.

There is something humorous and knowing in the casting of Hawke as a self - centered priest, the role beautifully echoing the obnoxious narcissist he played in Richard Linklater's Before Trilogy.

The Nun, New Line's spinoff of «The Conjuring 2,» stars Demian Bichir as a priest, Taissa Farmiga as a nun, and Bonnie Arrons, who is reprising her role from the second Conjuring movie.

Humour throughout is used as an antidote to unbearable pain and trauma - which is very Irish - and during a confrontation with a priest there is a verbal demolition of the role of the Catholic Church which is totally unforgettable.

Flood (Jim Broadbent), the priest who arranged Eilis» situation in America, arrives to offer some kindly advice and as much consoling as he can when times become difficult (Broadbent, of course, is perhaps the logical choice for the role).

A tongue - in - cheek horror film from director Glenn McQuaid, I Sell the Dead stars Dominic Monaghan (perhaps best known for his role in Hetty Wainthrop Investigates) as a grave - robber who recounts his various adventures to a priest in the hours before he is due to be executed.

After the success of The Guard, this eagerly awaited new McDonagh film again stars Brendan Gleeson, this time as a priest in a role described as theflipside to The Guard's Sergeant Gerry Boyle.

In the last couple of years, he's gone from the romantic lead in About Time to Konstantin Levin in Tom Stoppard's adaptation of Anna Karenina; there's his leading role in the forthcoming Star Wars Episode VII; and there was the recent Calvary, in which he had a cameo as a creepy serial killer enduring a prison visit from a priest played by his father, Brendan, an experience he found «really cool».

Of the films we have already seen, Chadwick Boseman buffed his stardom in the lead role in Marvel blockbuster «Black Panther,» while Joaquin Phoenix took home Best Actor at Cannes as a brutal killer trying to save a young girl from the sex trade in «You Were Never Really Here,» and Ethan Hawke earned raves as a melancholy priest out of the fall festivals for Paul Schrader's recently released «First Reformed.»

The veteran Irish actor was universally praised by film critics for his convincing role as a doomed Catholic priest in the low - budget movie directed by John Michael McDonagh.

Director Don Siegel and actor Kevin McCarthy from the 1956 film both appear in great cameos, and Robert Duvall appears in a non-speaking role as a creepy priest on a swing set.

And, to his credit, Hanks just might know this: He was terrific in a supporting turn as a priest with ambiguous motivations on the most recent season of Mad Men, and his role as a serial killer in Lucky allows him to tap the implied aggression that's inappropriately unnerving in nice - guy parts.