Sentences with phrase «said as authoritative»

Wherever we find the whole church has expressed its shared understanding, we treat what is said as authoritative.

That he was aware of the historical life of Jesus, and cited His sayings as authoritative, need not be shown over again.

But evangelicals are included in the «others»; no less than liberals they seek to understand Scripture according to the particular historical contexts in which biblical texts were written ¯ with the one difference being that they consider themselves bound to receive what they conclude the text to say as authoritative rather than open to improvement.

Not exact matches

«In the first place we must remember,» says Bromiley, «that the Bible is not to be abstracted from Christ and made the center of unity in its own right... Unity is grounded in Christ himself and... it is served by the Bible when the Bible is understood in clear relationship to Christ as the authoritative prophetic and apostolic testimony... We may go to the Bible with very different views of what it is and how it is to be understood or applied.

The source and present location of the saying, as part of the Little Apocalypse, and the probability that the section once circulated without reference to the belief that Jesus was the Son of Man both point toward the probable origin of this type of Christology: it originated among those for whom the vision of Daniel was the authoritative statement of eschatological doctrine.

This is not to deny for one moment what Mr. Gregory has recently written with such authoritative perception; rather it is to say that the Cross only reveals the secret of the divine ways because it is dealing with men and women as they are.

I say that tongue - in - cheek, but I do suggest that Paul contradicts himself and it's hard to point to one of the conflicting teachings as being authoritative for Christians.

Though never said in such a way, the basic view of «Bible study methods» is that the Bible can not be taken as authoritative «as it is.»

As Geoffrey Bromiley says, «The Bible is infallible and authoritative.

But it is evident that these did not satisfy the demands of the Christian community, for the four writings which were selected as authoritative have the character of narratives into which sayings are inserted at suitable or significant points.

Rather than accepting as authoritative Scripture's total witness, the interpreter uses either his subjective experience with the Christ, or his contemporary sensibility, or the church's traditional understanding of the gospel, or perhaps some combination of these to judge what reasonably the «whole Bible» might be saying.

So it seems all the more difficult to accept the Bible as authoritative just because somebody — tradition or the early Church — says so, when in fact these somebodies did not know as much about the Bible's history and background and diverse elements as we do today.

To generalize this point, we should say that a properly constituted interreligious polemic should deploy as methods of argument and proof only tools that are recognized as authoritative and demonstrative by both sides.

All the other sacred literatures include the writings or reputed sayings of many people, usually produced over a comparatively long period of time, but finally collected and regarded as sacred or authoritative.

As early as 1949, Viktor Schurr took a position against Karl Barth saying that Barth's view of preaching was too authoritative and did not invite the hearer to participate in the sermoAs early as 1949, Viktor Schurr took a position against Karl Barth saying that Barth's view of preaching was too authoritative and did not invite the hearer to participate in the sermoas 1949, Viktor Schurr took a position against Karl Barth saying that Barth's view of preaching was too authoritative and did not invite the hearer to participate in the sermon.

As a theologian friend of mine likes to say, the medium helped replace one authoritative Catholic pope with many popular Protestant popes.

In his magisterial account of the history of Christianity, Diarmaid MacCulloch balks at the concept of magisterium which he says «had since the nineteenth century stealthily acquired a technical theological meaning as «authoritative teaching», peculiarly thanks to Pius Xll's propensity to deploy it.»

Thinking of Jesus as the fulfillment of scripture helps resolve potential tensions that may arise when speaking of how Jesus saw scripture as authoritative, Wright says.

It is probably not necessary to get into the whole debate about the Bible being the infallible, inspired, authoritative Word of God, but you may have to if the person challenges the Word of God as being inaccurate or on the same level as other writings and sayings.

The criticism of much present - day Christian preaching as being too much concerned with these two things instead of having something to say on corporate or global issues must, if it is to be both honest and helpful, face the fact that in the foundation (and still authoritative) documents of the church precisely these were the overwhelming dominant concerns.

I must say that I do not even disagree with the ideas you have, but am appalled and bewildered as to why you would write as though you are some authoritative figure with the «right» answer and that other are wrong and hurting their children.

Authoritative: Say «no» directly and firmly (then prepare to stand your ground as there will likely be a protest).

The scientist - authored book Authoritative Parenting, which Sax references in his book, points out that authoritative parents should be willing to negotiate and change their demands when their children reasonably object and that it is authoritarian parents who, «if challenged, threaten punishment and give «because I say so» as a reason for complAuthoritative Parenting, which Sax references in his book, points out that authoritative parents should be willing to negotiate and change their demands when their children reasonably object and that it is authoritarian parents who, «if challenged, threaten punishment and give «because I say so» as a reason for complauthoritative parents should be willing to negotiate and change their demands when their children reasonably object and that it is authoritarian parents who, «if challenged, threaten punishment and give «because I say so» as a reason for compliance.»

Outlook: «Few other LibDem spokesmen sound as authoritative» (Peter Riddell, The Times), «is said to impress Tony Blair» (Steve Richards, New Statesman), the active, mainstream Scots QC, who recaptured Asquith's old seat for the Liberals on his third try, a former athletic star, he admits to being «obsessed» by anabolic steroids

While Śrī K Pattabhi Jois, or Guruji, was often quoted as saying, «Yoga is 99 percent practice and 1 percent theory,» he did not mean that we should practice blindly and ignore the underlying philosophy of yoga explained in the śastras, the ancient texts that contain the authoritative teachings of yoga.

But, speaking on behalf of all of those who didn't get a ballot, I can say we're not jealous, but instead thrilled that the same critical profile that once placed Trash, Showgirls, The Texas Chainsaw Massacre, and The Lickerish Quartet alongside Jean Renoir, Orson Welles, John Ford, and Carl Theodor Dreyer will be making its mark in what nearly any card - carrying cinephile recognizes as the most authoritative word on the canon.

But the group is convinced it's building a reputation as an authoritative voice on school issues at the Statehouse, said Mike Carpenter, the director of StudentsFirst's Tennessee chapter.

In an email exchange on the general issue of scientists and policy debate last weekend (just before she flew to Antarctica), she said: «If we as scientists go beyond what we know into our personal opinions and values, we begin to engage in the same sort of personal speculation masquerading as authoritative that we dislike when it is done by the skeptics.»

Moreover, the former employees and the documents echoed what Garvey had said: that Exxon wanted to do rigorous science not just to understand a phenomenon that posed a threat to its business, but because the company saw it as the best way to earn an authoritative voice in future policymaking.

The report quoted David Viner, senior research scientist at the Climatic Research Unit of the University of East Anglia, long considered an authoritative resource for global warming research, as saying snow would soon be «a very rare and exciting event» in Britain.

My Magic 8 ball says there will be another bait and switch, this is a pre-publication PR release, there will be changes made to the actual publication papers and the warmistas will be claiming the peer - reviewed published paper as authoritative, yet taking their talking points from the PR version.

They are doing this, Lewis said, as a call to action for the states to put their case law online in an authoritative format.

The Court of Appeal also did not consider it to be helpful to add to the guidance contained in the House of Lords» judgments in Miller and Charman which they said «provide authoritative and clear guidance as to the circumstances and manner in which special contribution is to be applied».

I regret that I have not been able to obtain authoritative figures on the numbers which are circulating in Canada; but, as I have said, if any hon. member wants to see for himself the threat which they are he has only to go to any newsstand in any otherwise reputable magazine shop in this or in any other city.

If, as a result of a final and binding judicial determination or because of a subsequent change in the governing law or its authoritative interpretation, it is established that any or all of said payments are not deductibe by xx, the parties agree to renegotiate the amount of the alimony payments so that this amount is consistent with the intention of the parties.

Judge Yu described the posting as to «coordinate» (配合) with this campaign, but is the author's way of saying that the law on these issues is confusing and all involved, whether they are judges, prosecutors, public security or defense lawyers need an authoritative steer through the forest of law, judicial interpretations, and other guidance.

As part of its efforts in tightening its content policies, the company says it's planning to work with news partners to roll out more solutions to highlight authoritative news sources on its site in 2018.

(As it may be understood in my parenting styles model) Most people might say that the authoritative parenting style should be in the middle of social vs. individual continuum.

The authors do a nice job in providing an overview of the different parenting styles and they are in line with what I suggest in my article regarding the most effective ways to say no (as an authoritative versus authoritarian parent):