Sentences with phrase «to accept authority»

Our Roman Catholic friends accept the authority of the pope.

Whatever happens, one thing is clear: Even as scientists and policy experts suggest changes, they are clear that existence of the internationally accepted authority on climate science is vital.

Although they may voluntarily accept the authority, it is external to themselves.

A summary of recent biblical critical scholarship attempts to provide a similarly credible ground for accepting its authority.

Children who have grown up with this parenting style generally have a lack of understanding on responsibility and have a hard time accepting authority - figures later in life.

But the judge and jury are not ready to accept the authority of Scripture.

Hawaiiguest does not accept the authority of the Bible and claims it is a fictional compilation of myths.

He wants to use a scientist's «bottom - up» approach to New Testament evidence to vindicate Jesus not only to his colleagues, but also to any agnostic reader who accepts the authority of science.

They believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God, and accept His authority over their lives.

«Ordination» means accepting the authority of the traditional Christian framework and being licensed to carry on that tradition.

How can you claim to be a Christian without accepting the authority of the Bible?

Both groups accepted the authority of the «written Torah» — the books of the Hebrew Bible.

If Christian thinkers accept the authority of a natural theology, they are accepting something alien and necessarily opposed to their own truth, which is given them in the Christian community.

Its imperative comprehends all the sciences and on - campus movements, and it demands that all other agendas accept its authority.

«In fact, the new discoveries were intellectually threatening, requiring the abandonment of too many certainties, the acquisition of too many new ideas and skills, the modification of too many maxims, the sudden irrelevance of too many accepted authorities.

It just saddens me that you seem to have gotten sidetracked in a vain quest to «change the world» thru planting «churches» that are not in fact churches --- at least not if you still accept the authority of the scriptures and it's definition of what constitutes the Body of Christ, both universally and locally.

But if Christianity represents, as it surely does, God's whole plan of salvation for humankind, must not all persons sooner or later accept its authority?

The Pharisees accepted the authority of a code of laws and its official interpretation.

To become Orthodox entails accepting the authority of the Seven Ecumenical Councils, the Bible, the patriarchs and bishops, etc..

Most dogs accept this authority structure, but a dog that growls at its owner when told to get off the sofa or when the dog is eating is exhibiting dominant tendencies.

Enderby writes: «United by a common aim to challenge accepted authority, the modus operandi of Thomson and the group was to create a visual language and artistic identity to express the Canadian landscape, breaking all previous moulds... However, we also gauge from the work how these artists were interested in exploring and grappling with the desire for a new artistic identity through experimentation with style, such as (post) impressionism and fauvism.»

Meese — who has always had difficulties accepting authorities — has a very close relationship to his mother, whom he sees as a «natural authority», whom he therefore can respect: «When an authority of her capacity says «finish» — then I finish!»

«The latest report from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the internationally accepted authority on the subject, concludes that the climate system has warmed dramatically since the 1950s, and that scientists are 95 percent to 100 percent sure human influence has been the dominant cause.

Given you do not accept the authority of the Bible then just call it a compilations of myths written by the Hebrews.

«We are clearly going into a period of time in which the general public is no longer willing to accept authority on its face, where many citizens feel that their opinions are equal to the years of study that scientists in various areas have conducted,» said Gates in a plenary address at the 2017 AAAS Annual Meeting on 19 February.

But it does not bode well for political debates, or a «politics.stackexchange,» if the accepted answer is essentially «who knows because there is no commonly accepted authority».

Feminine theology calls for an end to all authoritarian models of truth — including the model of the ordained minister or priest, for «ordination» means accepting the authority of the traditional Christian framework and being licensed to carry on that tradition.

wowa: you do realize quoting a book to people who do not accept the authority of the book is only so effective, don't you?

Howe and Strauss listed their respondents» traits, which accord pretty well with what I found at Princeton: «They're optimists... They're cooperative team players... They accept authority... They're rule followers.»

i think harri is responding to mark's response to my telling someone who was vomiting up scripture that people those quotes are only valid to those who accept the authority of the scripture.

Mostly we initiated the process because we accepted the authority of the Church.

I accept no authority other than Scripture.

Authentic existence, we are told, is to accept no authority but one's chosen values, goals and lifestyle.

Obedience means following rules, accepting authority, submitting to another.

Although, the various orthodox schools of Hindu philosophy have different views about the nature of Vedic revelation, they accept the authority of the Vedas and claim that that their thinking is based on these scriptures.

The gavel was discussed as the instrument of rational and accepted authority, not over but with.

The emptiness of isolated existence and the meaningless of a life that has no goals besides individual gain opens people to accept the authority of those who promise answers in exchange for conformity and obedience.

The creeds were sound in their intention to insist both that Jesus was fully man and that in accepting his authority and responding to his call men are accepting the authority and call of the one God and not simply of a man or of some demigod or inferior divine being.

«Slaves, accept the authority of your masters with all deference, not only those who are kind and gentle but also those who are harsh.»