Sentences with phrase «strong established church»

This was done in a nation with a strong established church, so that the freedom enabled by religious toleration at its origins was a freedom of private worship and belief for dissenters, but not quite a freedom of common action in the public square.

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Yet the Church went on, the most nearly stable and inclusive institution in an age when war was chronic and only a few of the strongest princes could establish, and then only temporarily and over a limited area, some semblance of order.

Its leadership adopted a «Statement of Fundamental Truths,» established a strong central executive and abandoned the restorationist understanding of church history.

As Anderson shows, all the best and true Catholic reformers — whatever their political views or prudential decisions — were always strong proponents of established Church doctrine, and fierce disciplinarians when it came to upholding Church teaching, particularly in the area of sexual morality (a main target of today's «reformers»).

Perusing the index of Origins, the weekly publication of representative documents and speeches compiled by Catholic News Service, our imaginary historian will note, for example, the following initiatives undertaken at the national, diocesan and parish levels in 1994 - 95: providing alternatives to abortion; staffing adoption agencies; conducting adult education courses; addressing African American Catholics» pastoral needs; funding programs to prevent alcohol abuse; implementing a new policy on altar servers and guidelines for the Anointing of the Sick; lobbying for arms control; eliminating asbestos in public housing; supporting the activities of the Association of Catholic Colleges and Universities (227 strong); challenging atheism in American society; establishing base communities (also known as small faith communities); providing aid to war victims in Bosnia; conducting Catholic research in bioethics; publicizing the new Catechism of the Catholic Church; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan cChurch; battling child abuse; strengthening the relationship between church and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan cchurch and labor unions; and deepening the structures and expressions of collegiality in the local and diocesan churchchurch.

Leo XIII endeavored, without compromising his church's basic convictions, to establish friendly relations with governments in which anti-clericalism was strong.

The one thing needful was to establish in the west strong colleges and seminaries, good Protestant churches, and plenty of well - trained ministers.

Headquarters: Monongahela PA About Blog The Church as established by Jesus has ordained officers consistent with the scriptures that the believers possess the signs promised to them & that Church will remain upon the earth until the end of time.With strong foundation for a faith - centered life to enjoy fellowship through God's love, witness & celebrate the manifestations of God's spirit.Bringing salvation through Christ to all people.

Headquarters: Monongahela PA About Blog The Church as established by Jesus has ordained officers consistent with the scriptures that the believers possess the signs promised to them & that Church will remain upon the earth until the end of time.With strong foundation for a faith - centered life to enjoy fellowship through God's love, witness & celebrate the manifestations of God's spirit.Bringing salvation through Christ to all people.

Hippies definition, a person, especially of the late 1960s, who rejected established institutions and values and sought spontaneity, direct personal Church with a strong commitment to gays and lesbians.

An impressive shot establishing Pumpkinhead as he strides into the skeleton of an old, broken - down church in blue half - light suggests more than the triumph of practical effects on a low budget and tight shooting schedule: it suggests that the film's simplicity could — should — be read as pagan folktale, complete with cautionary spiel, brutal exposition, and a surprisingly strong moral grounding.

Headquarters: Monongahela PA About Blog The Church as established by Jesus has ordained officers consistent with the scriptures that the believers possess the signs promised to them & that Church will remain upon the earth until the end of time.With strong foundation for a faith - centered life to enjoy fellowship through God's love, witness & celebrate the manifestations of God's spirit.Bringing salvation through Christ to all people.

Headquarters: Monongahela PA About Blog The Church as established by Jesus has ordained officers consistent with the scriptures that the believers possess the signs promised to them & that Church will remain upon the earth until the end of time.With strong foundation for a faith - centered life to enjoy fellowship through God's love, witness & celebrate the manifestations of God's spirit.Bringing salvation through Christ to all people.