Sentences with phrase «symbolic meaning for»

Gregory does not take this passage literally, but he is fascinated with its symbolic meaning for those who provide counsel.

Living entails doing injustice: the fact that we can not breathe and eat without destroying organic life has symbolic meaning for our human existence.

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The colors of the various robes each have a symbolic meaning, e.g red for the cardinals, signifies that as a leader of the Church they are willing to die for the faith.

Because the relation between symbols and the things they stand for is arbitrary, symbolic etiquette is a powerful means of communication.

It is a good rule that in trying to understand the Bible one should not have recourse to a figurative or allegorical explanation of any passage (outside those poetical and prophetical compositions which obviously have a symbolic intention) without first settling conclusions with the straightforward meaning, even if it seems offensive; for the offence may set up that tension in the mind through which we often reach the truth.

It should not be described as a «myth,» for despite a proper use of the word which might be permissible, there is a serious danger of a misunderstanding of it since generally its meaning is taken to be a «fairy - tale» — a symbolic account of what may be most dreadfully «un-fact.»

When God commanded Abraham to sacrifice his son Isaac, it was not just to see if Abraham was faithful enough to follow his commandment, it was also symbolic of the sacrifice God himself would make in sacrifice his beloved and begotten son, but unlike Abraham who was spared at the last moment from carrying through with the sacrifice of his son, God the father actually carried through with the sacrifice and although it wasn't permanent it still did not mean that there was no anguish, it doesn't matter how brief it was, if it was enough for divine and eternal beings to have to go through such heartache, all of which for our lowly sakes, in my view that is quite significant and I believe that such suffering is actually beyond mine or anyone else's comprehension.

Whitehead's statement that propositions are «lures for feeling» (PR 395) means that the commonsense world which we perceive is symbolic of the throbbing world of physical activities (PW 141/153).

Since three is not a rounding - off number, as Carl Jung has reminded us, three is the proper symbolic number for this group; for they and their task are by no means rounded off.

The mythic narratives and genealogical accounts of Genesis, the symbolic geography of the Gospel narratives, and even the theological vocabulary of Paul offered opportunities for analyzing the patterns of binary opposition that structuralists argued were the key to the meaning of the texts.

This means that a Prolog program interpreted at its most abstract level as a logical or mathematical structure is a symbolic expression for an eternal object.

Moreover, for the ministers of the Reformed churches «preaching» was a symbolic word; it meant not only public discourse but every action through which the gospel was brought home and men were moved to repent before God and to trust in him.

Later Christian thought found symbolic meanings in the three gifts: gold for Christ's royalty; incense for his priesthood; and myrrh for his burial; but here the gifts are simply appropriate to his status as the new king.

We are looking for the symbolic meanings and the underlying myths that are far more important than the surface story line, message, or «content».

I long for a society in which modernity would have its full place but without implying the denial of elementary principles of human and familial ecology; for a society in which the diversity of ways of being, of living, and of desiring is accepted as fortunate, without allowing this diversity to be diluted in the reduction to the lowest common denominator, which effaces all differentiation; for a society in which, despite the technological deployment of virtual realities and the free play of critical intelligence, the simplest words — father, mother, spouse, parents — retain their meaning, at once symbolic and embodied; for a society in which children are welcomed and find their place, their whole place, without becoming objects that must be possessed at all costs, or pawns in a power struggle.

In the end this symbolic expression can have just so much meaning for us as we can give it through specifying that in our experience which bears it out.

Eventually what is diminished and thereby trivialized by the downplaying of this mode is the experience of meaning, for that is usually contributed by the mode of causal efficacy to the mixed mode of symbolic reference.

He knows my attempts to give clear meanings to these three words, and that I term «symbolic» concepts that are applied eminently to God but not at all to some sorts of creatures, for instance, «shepherd» or «light.»

For in the sense in which he uses the term «literal» in the other passages in which he affirms the same categorial terms to have a literal rather than either a symbolic or an analogical meaning, it means nothing other than «univocal» (although, as we shall see presently, this is not the only sense in which he uses the term «literal»).

These symbolic terms all cohere and relate together, depending upon one another for their full meaning and often being defined in terms of one another.

Each community has its own symbolic language in terms of which it interprets experience, and these symbols have little meaning for the outsider in either case.

Rigorous use of biblical criticism prevents psychologizing and allegorizing, insofar as the attempt is made to recover what Jesus actually taught and how the church in fact interpreted his teaching, and only then to inquire into its psycho - social and symbolic meaning, both for Jesus and the church, and for us today.

To uncover the media's worldview, we have to look for the symbolic meanings behind the news stories, the situation comedies, the movies and commercials.

Instead, an increasing number of people are occupied in the production and distribution of symbolic knowledge; these are the people enumerated above, and, if a class is defined by a particular relation to the means of production (as Marx, for one, proposed); then indeed there is here a new class.

These words are symbolic of the Yehudi's life and are the most fitting for its close; for of all of the characters in this novel, deeply religious though they are, it is only he who has declared God's oneness, only he who has refused to work for redemption with external means and who has refused to accept a division of the world between God and the devil or a redemption that is anything less than the redemption of all evil and the recognition of God as the only power in the universe.

I long for a society in which modernity would have its full place, without implying the denial of elementary principles of human and familial ecology; for a society in which the diversity of ways of being, of living and of desiring is accepted as fortunate, without allowing this diversity to be diluted in the reduction to the lowest common denominator, which effaces all differentiation; for a society in which, despite the technological deployment of virtual realities and the free play of critical intelligence, the simplest words» father, mother, spouse, parents» retain their meaning, at once symbolic and embodied; for a society in which children are welcomed and find their place, their whole place, without becoming objects that must be possessed at all costs or a pawns in a power struggle.

They often use, sometimes heatedly, phrases and symbols, words like «resurrection» and «life eternal,» but all too often they have changed the meaning so that these symbolic phrases do not stand for life after death.

This does not mean, however, that they are permitted to isolate themselves from the ongoing human quest for mystery or from the many and various symbolic traditions that speak of mystery in other ways.

The intersubjective networks of meaning, which consist of intricate relations of symbolic form, give a sufficient ground for us to understand these phenomena.

Many people are able to work through their unconscious impulses through sharing in those symbolic religious practices which are filled with profound meaning for their group.

There are three categories of symbolic foods for Rosh Hashanah and each has its own meaning.

Haft means seven in Persian and Seen stands for the letter S, so it would be a table spread of seven symbolic that begin with the letter S in the Persian alphabet.

The context, artifacts, and symbolic actions associated with prenatal care function to stack or layer meanings for participants by providing a text and subtext that are simultaneously both literal and metaphorical.

The Astra baby video monitor, is being touted as Levana's Big Star (literal as well as symbolic meaning), and is aimed at parents looking for a reliable baby monitor sans the need for recharging every few hours.

Ignoring their sacrifice would have a powerful symbolic meaning not only for Ukraine, but also for the EU.

Blair's presentation was based on «Newness», created by symbolic acts in his early days, notably the abandonment of Clause IV, which had little meaning for the public except for the impression of modernity.

He adds that the discovery also implies that the foundation for language was already in place that long ago, because assigning specific meanings to arbitrary words and sounds is «symbolic thinking by definition.»

Another idea is that the accumulation of stones might have a symbolic or cultural meaning, for example marking territory in the way that humans do with stone cairns.

It could have purely symbolic meaning, as a passage for the pharaoh's soul, Tayoubi says.

Start or end your sadhana off on a symbolic day that holds meaning for you..

And for some of us, this means a symbolic fresh start.

But I believe these moments are meant to be more symbolic of the good versus evil struggle for the soul of Gotham city, rather than lapses in judgment from the creative team.

An indictment of tribalist maxims, a simple and heartfelt portrayal of how we cling to the things that we love most in the dark even after they've long gone, a warning about how the absence of those things can metastasize into hostility at what (or whom) we assume is responsible for their loss - even by association, and of course a thrilling sci - fi blockbuster with kick - ass action scenes enriched by thematic and symbolic meaning.

Whether or not you catch every reference or understand every choice in the video, however, it has a greater symbolic meaning than even the messages it's packed into that short running time: black artists are gaining - creating for themselves - increasing freedom to explore and articulate controversial (read: threatening to white America) themes in their work.

For example, in the «Bridges» capstone (PDF), students learn about the mathematical and engineering concepts necessary to construct bridges, as well as the symbolic meaning of bridges in literature, history, and social studies.

McLuhan understood that the consumption and manipulation of symbolic, abstract information is not an adequate substitute for concrete, firsthand involvement with objects, people, nature, and community, for it ignores the child's primary educational need — to make meaning out of experience.

For instance, online training content that features images they can relate to, or colors which have symbolic meanings.

Appropriate work for young learners includes: materials and manipulation, verbal interaction with other students and teachers (including the support of vocabulary), opportunities for students to exercise choice and self - initiation and opportunities to represent experiences through symbolic means (kid - writing / drawing, scribing of students» language, class graph, photos / pictures, and graphic organizers).

Where it could go wrong The LC 500 and its platform are tuned for luxury - car duties, meaning an LC F might be more of a symbolic gesture than an actual foray into competitive performance.

• A tutorial on figurative language and how different descriptive techniques can bring settings alive for readers while conveying a symbolic message or deeper meaning