Sentences with phrase «though church tradition»

Dr. Robert W. Funk, New Testament scholar and organizer of the Jesus Seminar, points out that all four New Testament gospels were written forty years or more after Jesus» crucifixion, and though church tradition says that the disciples Matthew and John both wrote gospels, Bible scholars for more than a century have believed that none of the gospel writers actually knew Jesus during his lifetime.

Not exact matches

What I meant by cognitive dissonance, though, is that whole thing about the «institutional» church, throwing a whole tradition, a whole world - wide confession, millions of individual believers into some sort of barrel.

But the Wesleyan vision includes a high respect for the tradition of the church as a source for theological formulation and a willingness to be judged by it, though flexibly, with Scripture as the final judge of the value of tradition.

Carl Braaten is still a member of the ELCA, though he thinks it a church in which the actual Lutheran tradition «is now marginalized to the point of near extinction.»

He explained that though it is the tradition of the church, that the Eucharist be served every Sunday, the congregation no more had the right to decide how often the Eucharist would be celebrated than to decide whether it would say the Lord's Prayer.

In my experience the reformed traditions (baptists, presbyterian, and many independent churches; the puritans and anabaptists also came from this branch) can tend toward legalism; the pentecostal traditions (Church of Christ, Assembly of God, vineyard, many independent churches etc.) can tend toward biblical literalism and a bit of a herd mentality; the lutheran tradition can tend toward antinomianism, while the anglican and wesleyan traditions do the best at shooting down the middle (though I am admittedly biased).

It was Mark who began this process of transvaluation, as far as we can make out at this distance, by insisting that Jesus became Messiah at his baptism — though perhaps the evangelic tradition had already received this interpretation in the Roman community, or even, earlier still, in Palestine or in the early Gentile church.

Turning to Christian tradition, we may note that the Fathers and Doctors of the Church are virtually unanimous in their support for capital punishment, even though some of them such as St. Ambrose exhort members of the clergy not to pronounce capital sentences or serve as executioners.

Though early Christian exegesis may on first reading appear idiosyncratic and arbitrary, it arose within the life of the Church and was practiced within a tradition of shared beliefs and practices, guided by the Church's faith as expressed in the creed.

It was at the behest of the Catholic church that Christmas became an accepted tradition, though it is the combination of the Roman festival Saturnalia (observed from Dec 17 - 24) and the celebration of Mithra, Persian god of light (observed on Dec 25) The Catholic church continues to observe this pagan celebration, rather than following God's words to «touch nothing unclean».

The Church is most faithful to its tradition, and realises its unity with the Church of every age, when, linked but not tied by its past, it today searches the Scriptures and orientates its life by them as though this had to happen to - day for the first time.

The fact is that, though the churches share what I will call a common tradition about authority, that tradition is in the midst of a severe crisis.

The heavy reliance on its own internal historical memory may seem to imply that Christianity is just another esoteric religion, accessible only to a group of insiders There is, of course, a certain insider's perspective in any faith tradition, but it would be contrary to the inclusive character of Christianity to interpret our belonging to a Church community as though it were a position of privilege that separates us from those not so gifted.

St. Augustine defines a sacrament as the outward and visible sign of an inward and invisible grace; but he does not lose sight of the community of believers as the mediator of grace, nor should we, even though our doctrine of the relation of grace to the visible Church may declare considerably more freedom for the Holy Spirit than is the case in some traditions.

Evangelical Protestant, Orthodox, Roman Catholic and mainline Protestant churches appear to confront unique situations, though perhaps the greatest crisis is being experienced among the mainline bodies (my own tradition).

I have met here the church not only in its geographical outreach but also in its historical roots — seeing, for example, the rich traditions of the Orthodox Church, the universality of the Roman Catholic Church (even though it is based in the Vatican), the reconciling positioning of the Anglican Communion, the dynamic vitality of African independent churches, and church not only in its geographical outreach but also in its historical roots — seeing, for example, the rich traditions of the Orthodox Church, the universality of the Roman Catholic Church (even though it is based in the Vatican), the reconciling positioning of the Anglican Communion, the dynamic vitality of African independent churches, and Church, the universality of the Roman Catholic Church (even though it is based in the Vatican), the reconciling positioning of the Anglican Communion, the dynamic vitality of African independent churches, and Church (even though it is based in the Vatican), the reconciling positioning of the Anglican Communion, the dynamic vitality of African independent churches, and so on.

Tim i found it liberating to just do what the Lord wants you to do i work within his boundarys and yes i attend church and enjoy it.I love the people and i love hearing the word and worshipping the Lord even if others are still bound up with traditions thats not my walk thats theres.My focus is to do what the Lord wants me to do.There have been times i have said no to the pastor he does nt understand why i choose not to lead the worship.i query him as well regarding the idea that its not just performing a function because there is a need our hearts have to be in the right place so that the Lord can use us but he did nt understand where i was coming from and thats okay because of that i just said no until my heart is right i am better not being involved in leading.But i am happy to be an encouragement to others in the worship team i havent wanted to be the leader i have done that in the past.So my focus has been just the singing and being part of different worship teams i think the Lord has other plans as the groups i am in seem to be changing at the same time i am aware that i do nt to worry about change as the Lord knows whats best.I used to be quite comfortable leading the music but that was before when i was operating in my own self confidence and pride.The Lord did such a huge change in my life that i lost my self confidence and that is not a bad thing at all as my spiritual growth has been incredible.The big change was my identity moved from me and what i could do to knowing who i was in Christ and that he is my strength and confidence.Now i know that without him i can do nothing in fact i am dependent on his empowerment through his holy spirit all the time in everything.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music at another church i attend multiple churchs although i attend two regularly one has services in the morning and one has services in the evening so the two do nt really clash.In the weekend i was asked to lead the music its been two years since i did that and i was worried on how i would go.All i can say is that it went really well and because i stepped out in Faith the Lord really blessed the morning to the congregation.The difference is knowing that i serve the Lord with the gifts he has given me but my heart has to be right and when i do it in his way it builds up the body and it brings glory to him.May the Lord continue to show you what he wants you to do even though others may not understand your reasons i just want you to know that you do nt have to pull away completely just work within the boundarys that the Lord gives you and do nt feel pressured by others expectations to do anything that feel uncomfortable.Be involved just as you feel lead by the holy spirit even if it is in a very minor way take small steps.regards brentnz

Thus the Gospel of Mark, though deriving its tradition from Palestine, was the sacred book of tradition of the early Gentile church.

In the lives of women there exists a unique opportunity to develop a sense of God, and there exists something of the essence of God which, though made known to us in Christ, we missed because women were excluded from the ranks of church hierarchy and demeaned in religious tradition.

The two prevailing types of cultus in Christian churches are liturgical and sermon - centered, corresponding roughly to the Catholic and Protestant traditions though with no clear demarcation between them.

Though criticized for departing from Church tradition (not doctrine), Francis did so because he wanted to bring hope to sinners scorned by society, and his actions accomplished just that.

Her worship tradition certainly did not collapse as a result of these changes, though the structures of her «church life» were modified.

Now one might expect that this pattern of interpretation would have been retained by Paul, if historical — that is, if set forth by Jesus himself or found in the earliest tradition of his sayings or expounded in the early church — or one might even think it possible that Mark derived from Paul some hint of this system of exegesis of the Old Testament and of interpretation of the career of Jesus as a heavenly being appearing upon earth prior to his exaltation and his dying (as a heavenly being) upon the cross, though unrecognized in his true nature until the Resurrection.

Though it is not explicitly stated in the New Testament that Mary's ancestry is Davidic, this has been the tradition of the church since its inception; and this is the only way satisfactorily to explain the genealogies in Matthew and Luke who both report the virgin birth of Jesus.

From Ella: My Pastoral Theology professor brought to the table a statistic that only 2 % of senior pastors in Pentecostal churches are women, even though the tradition has long allowed women to serve in high positions of ministry.

It is well known that celibacy is a Western tradition, and was not always demanded from the beginning of the Church (St. Peter was married, though, of course, when and for how long we don't know for certain).

I'm sorry to say, I don't agree with your solution though... of being «drawn to high church traditions».

Far more promising is the approach of Professor Branscomb in «The Moffatt New Testament Commentary» (1937), who views the Gospel as based upon «the common tradition of the Gentile churches,» though the use of sources, even of written sources, is not only not denied but even presupposed in the discussion of more than one section of the Gospel.

We came up against a ponderous apparatus (even though we were part of the governing organization), against tradition, against the indifference and apathy of the church's members.

Unlike the other converts, Gerald Schlabach does not come from a magisterial Protestant tradition of state churches — though some other Anabaptists, like Yoder, have argued that the Mennonites also pursue a catholic (small «c») vision of the church.

I have too many favorite memories to remember - I think one of my favorite is our Christmas eve dinner with my family - even though we all have family's now, it is still one of the traditions that has remained from when we were little kids - We go to church, come home and eat a dinner where a Ham & mozzarella stuffed meatloaf is the centerpiece of the meal.