Sentences with phrase «such pious persons»

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Such persons must be of good moral character, pious, honest, of sound discretion, and blessed with a good memory; and the series of such transmitters must be continuous from generation to generatSuch persons must be of good moral character, pious, honest, of sound discretion, and blessed with a good memory; and the series of such transmitters must be continuous from generation to generatsuch transmitters must be continuous from generation to generation.

For instance, when these characteristics are perceived as exhibited in an individual enduringly and in a sense in which these are understood to affect the world around in a favorable fashion — either in an objective sense of effecting something concrete outside such a person [like effecting healing, foretelling, acting as medium in a non-rational manner or simply doing good or saying good to help the people selflessly], exhibiting personal traits, conditions and states which are known to be «abnormal» [like going into trances, hearing voices, seeing visions, or just the simple unconventional behavior, which proceed from such an individual's horizon to affect, influence, impact others» horizons]-- or is subjectively perceived to be extra-ordinary — such an individual is said to be godly, god - bearing, pious or saintly.

Only then can the relationship between God and God's people be of such direct intimacy as to make the pious attempt of others to serve as intermediaries seem like a meddling intrusion upon married love: «No longer shall each man teach his neighbor and each his brother saying «Know the Lord,» for they shall all know me, from the least of them to the greatest.»

Attacking theocentrically oriented theologians like Stanley J. Samartha, Ashish Chrispal says that such thinking «moves away from the centrality of Christ and the triune God,» and that Samartha «fails to recognise that the kind of pluralism he and other pluralists propose can make the religions a matter of indifference or can take a form of pious scepticism or people may renounce all religious choices, since they can live equally without them» and goes on to emphasise that

Whatever my religious beliefs are now, a lot of it really freaked me out because I could one hundred percent understand why incredibly pious people would feel such guilt, shame and isolation in that situation because of how I was brought up.

Naturally, such sweet indulgence doesn't amuse the uptight mayor (Alfred Molina), who will stop at nothing to close down la chocolaterie and put people back on the pious path.