Sentences with phrase «special is the tradition»

Like in most Southern families, part of what makes the holidays so special is the tradition surrounding the food that is served.

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On Christmas morning, they eagerly open their presents from their grandmother in what is now a very special family tradition.

Beyond the special visit of Senator Collins, highlights included: • Intense and probing pre and post-dinner conversations about the economy and the world on the deck (along with wonderful wine and hors d'oeuvres — part of the tradition is that each participant ships several bottles of excellent wine to share with others) • Participation in a financial forecast survey of key factors for the upcoming 12 months as well as a review of the prior year's financial forecast survey — including distribution of funds that the prior year's attendees «bet» on the accuracy of the forecasts.

But it takes a special kind of nerve to caution conservatives about «the high costs of tying a church with a rich tradition of social teaching to the right end of politics,» when you are on board with efforts at the left end of politics to alter and thereby betray that tradition.

While, however, this disentangling of the Hebrew - Christian tradition from its incorporation in a special race and state provided the indispensable setting for a religion of free, personal choice, the influence of Jesus himself is needed to explain what happened.

In fact, the beauty of Indian weddings comes forth in the numerous traditions that are associated with the special celebration.

The saying itself is part of the tradition about John the Baptist and, as such, it is part of a tradition with a very special history, a history of a continuous «playing down» of the role of the Baptist («This was convincingly demonstrated by M. Dibelius,, Die urchristliche Ûberlieferung von Johannes dem Taufer; Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht, 1915.

Based on the Catholic tradition, these nine days of special prayer mirror the prayers of the first disciples, who were commanded by Jesus to wait and pray for the Holy Spirit to come (Luke 24:49; Acts 2).

Funny and sad how some people think that cultural tradition, an old book and special feelings are proof of a supernatural super-being.

It means that the church must, among other things, be backward - looking; it has a special mission to preserve the past, to carry on a tradition.

«A Foundation for Theological Education» (AFTE) is a small private fund, based largely in Texas, with a predominantly United Methodist constituency and a special interest in the renewal and transvaluation of the Wesleyan tradition — not «for Methodists only» but for the Christian community at large.

So far, the only «evidence» provided is cultural tradition, hearsay, spin and special feelings.

the truth of God can be or has been captured in the ex-cathedra utterances of the bishop of Rome — the idolatry of many who like to pretend that ultimate truth has been captured in the ecumenical councils of the early church, in the historic creeds, or in the «unbroken tradition of the catholic faith,» which usually is the same thing as the speaker's special prejudice.

According to Christian tradition, celibacy is a special gift of God given to a certain few for the sake of the kingdom.

What seems to be argued for implicitly in this tradition is the positive assertion, «I am a scholar; a scholar is one who pursues a specialized field; and since I am a theological scholar, what I am pursuing is a special field of theology.»

But those tasks can be classified broadly into two groups: those in which theologians want to regard themselves as doing something special and unique and those in which they wish to affirm community with other religious traditions.

The tradition of using a tiny bit of bread and wine (or juice) has continued to be practiced, even though it does not even come close to what was practiced by Jesus and His apostles on the night He was betrayed, and reflects instead some sort of magical ceremony where some people believe that God is giving them special grace and power through the ritual elements of bread and wine.

A special problem has been the faithful presentation of the dialogue that has existed throughout Buber's creative life between Buber as original thinker and Buber as interpreter of tradition.

Its features are a consequence of the special history and conditions of the American Experiment, and hence can not be taken uncritically as the ideal for nations with quite different traditions and circumstances.

Special revelations — the only sort recognized by this kind of theology — have always needed to be checked by some more general frame of reference: the written Scriptures coolly and historically studied, the tradition and common experience of the church, and the still more general experiences and tested beliefs of mankind.

Here there is a very special responsibility laid on those who do share the tradition, above all on those whose task it is to prepare the forms of worship which are used regularly in the churches.

State the editors, «Those who know and practice... truth must ever stand as guardians of what is essentially the Christian tradition, and call before the bar of human justice and public opinion those who traduce these truths of natural and special revelation.

Reference was made to Tradition, especially to the Decree of the Biblical Commission in 1909 which laid down that a special creation (peculiaris creatio) of the first man was to be held to be the literal historical sense intended by the second chapter of Genesis.

Whatever special ministry he or she is engaged in, the minister always works at the intersection of tradition and situation, of historic faith and contemporary world.

The constant presence of this mystery to the world and to human existence is equivalent to what the Christian theological tradition has variously called original, universal, natural or general revelation, which it distinguishes from the special or decisive revelation given in Christ.

Nor is this requirement altered by the observation, which Cobb seems to me to make rather more of than he should, that the philosopher, too, always stands in a special tradition which shapes his vision.

But as the encounter of Jesus with a prostitute comes from the Lucan special tradition, this may be historical.

My students are mostly Jewish and Christian, since the relationship between these two traditions is the center of my work, but we have given much thought to the relation of our traditions to the others, especially to Islam, which stands in a special relationship to ours for both historical and theological reasons.

I too am drawn to the Anabaptist tradition and believe it has something really special to offer Christians who are tired of the culture wars, as well as something important to say about how a post-Christian culture in the U.S. might actually be good for the Church.

The Christian tradition has generally seen humans as beings created for a special relationship with God.

The Romans (who even made gods of emperors) added the whole «son of God» and special birth angle as this was their cultural tradition.

The notion that morality applies to individuals and not to governments is completely contrary to a central doctrine of Reformed theology which is endorsed, in varying forms, by other Christian traditions as well: that Jesus Christ is the Lord not just of the church, nor of a special sphere of religious activity, but of all of the natural and human world.

This point is particularly important when we are placing our own religion's sense of life's meaning, allegedly given to us by a special historical revelation, into an encounter with other traditions» sense of life's meaning, given to them by their own symbolic traditions.

Finally, Whitehead's methodology of descriptive generalization would, on the micrological view, be seen as belonging within a particular tradition, i.e., as involving what might be called a «metaphysical reduction» of the empirical world to some foundational and actual element, on the same methodological lines as Leibniz's monads, Bradley's substrative feeling, Alexander's space - time matrix, or Heidegger's Being.12 In other words, Whitehead's actual entities are conceived as having a special kind of actuality of their own as the ground or foundation from which the empirical world derives.

Let that Letter be a fitting epitaph for the apostle to the Gentiles, in whose tradition we stand and who has inspired Pope Benedict to declare this special Pauline Year for the upbuilding and good of all the faithful:

Here the Catholic intellectual tradition, in particular, is able to offer special light.

They could recognize that everything in this gospel, no matter how close it might seem to be to authoritative tradition, had been given a special Gnostic twist.

Christmas Eve in New Mexico is a very special night steeped in tradition and probably no other image symbolizes the season more than the flickering lights from the brown paper bags called luminarias or farolitos, that line the walkways and outline buildings and houses throughout the state.

A stunning lineup of sponsors will be on the road, including a live butchering demonstration with Williams - Sonoma and a local butcher, delicious Wines from Rioja, and a very special BBQ Tradition featuring Creekstone Farms.

Traditions are such an important part of the holidays, and I always love hearing about how different individuals and families make this time of year special.

And for birthday, s our tradition is for someone other than the birthday «girl» or «boy» cook a special meal of their choice.

, they are really beginning to catch on to the all the fun traditions, and to look forward to enjoying this special time year after year.

And because this is such a special tradition, I pulled out all the stops to share with you these Strawberry Chocolate Dessert Bars.

Breakfast on Christmas morning was never a huge, special tradition in my family.

I really wanted to buy that $ 4 box of pre-made Minion cards, staple a bag of mini pretzels to it and call it done but my parents always made Valentines really special for my sister and I, so I'm going to do crafts for a minute in the spirit of family tradition.

«Overall, we're seeing individuals willing to spend a little more for the reward of knowing they're experiencing something special and that's been made with passion and a commitment to quality and tradition,» he adds.

As a little girl, my mom created the most memorable themed meals and special traditions for us that had been passed down from her own mother.

They also tell me it's a hit with flour - loving friends who don't follow a special diet, and that it has quickly become part of their family traditions.

A special family tradition is baking holiday cookies with my two daugthers.

This tradition first began years ago after watching a Bobby Flay special on France where the dish was featured.