Sentences with phrase «to renounce one's faith»

zorros is as hopeful, in its own way, as other of Arguedas's books, and that the novelist did not renounce his faith in liberation through transculturation, Other writers make similar assertions about Arguedas, but dismiss Los zorros as aberrant.

Daniel Pearl had his head sawed off by his Muslim captors on the Internet for the world to see because he would not renounce his faith in the Lord Jesus Christ.

He never renounced his faith.

I've also known people who renounced their faith shortly before their deaths.

Ravitch, by contrast, has produced a bestseller by renouncing this faith.

«That the Iranian authorities would try to force him to renounce that faith violates the religious values they claim to defend, crosses all bounds of decency and breaches Iran's own international obligations.»

His or hers normal pratice is that often no matter the subject, good or bad, is that the subject should first renounce their faith.

As Ferreira recalls his own imprisonment, he implores Rodrigues to renounce his faith for the sake of the Japanese Christians being tortured because of him — those who will not be released until Rodrigues tramples the image of Christ.

While Silence «s Rodrigues ultimately renounces his faith to alleviate the suffering of Japanese Christians, he does so in direct accordance with the will of God expressed by the image of Christ Jesus that appears before him.

Set in 17th - century Japan, «Silence» stars Andrew Garfield and Adam Driver as young Jesuit priests who have come in search of their mentor, Father Ferreira (Liam Neeson), who has reportedly committed apostasy, or publicly renouncing his faith.

The plight of victims was also heard, with Eritrean gospel singer Helen Berhane telling the story of how she was arrested and imprisoned in a lorry shipping container after refusing to renounce her faith in Jesus.

If they didn't renounce their faith to keep themselves from dying, they don't want their faith renounced for them in death either.

He was baptized, never renounced his faith, and the church never excommunicated him, and indeed celebrated his birthday right up until he died.

Those who renounce their faith never had it to begin with.

By renouncing his faith, did Rodrigues douse any residual flames of Christianity left in Japan?

I have decided to renounce my faith and start supporting gay marriage and vote obama.

She describes a prison visit from her weeping father, who kissed her hands while trying to get her to renounce her faith.

Washington (CNN)-- Joel Osteen, the popular megachurch pastor from Houston, is the target of an Internet hoax that falsely reported the Christian leader was leaving his church and renouncing his faith.

While not usually compelling Christians to renounce their faith, Moslems placed them under such disabilities that many Christians were glad to renounce the Christ for the Prophet.

Leading thousands of people in prayer for the victims at the Vatican on Sunday, he said that they died in «another act of ferocious violence» after refusing to renounce their faith.

Many of the churches in Rome are built over or near the tombs of the martyrs, those who willingly faced (an often tortuous) death rather than renounce their faith in Jesus Christ.

If I were born Muslim Id have renounced my faith to that religion long ago.

But Rodrigues refuses — renouncing his faith would be worse than death.

«Extremists have tried to force Christians to renounce their faith and convert to Hinduism.

That said, it means that Pastor Youcef Nadarkhani does in fact know and love Christ, who empowers him to do what he has been arrested for, refusing to renounce faith in Christ and in so doing extols the virtues of Christ.

The Christian girl from Dapchi, Nigeria is still being held by the Boko Haram terrorist group for refusing to renounce her faith in exchange for freedom.

As well as confirming that five of their fellow abductees were dead and had been buried in the bush, the girls that were released said Leah Sharibu had been «held back on religious grounds» due to her refusal to renounce her faith and wear a hijab.

If you should someday become convinced that God is real and become a person of faith, or I should one day become convinced that there is no God and renounce my faith... it would in no way blend these two opposing points of view.

In this state of imprisonment, Rodrigues experiences the lowliness of missionary life for himself: He is kept in custody by Inoue, Lord of Chikugo, until he apostatizes or renounces his faith.]

You will find that from St. Peter to the Christians under Stalin, millions of followers of Jesus have WILLINGLY gone to jails, gulags, torture rather than renounce their faith.

They were arrested in 2009 for promoting Christianity, and were ordered to renounce their faith or face execution.

(BP) Iranian officials have pressured imprisoned pastor Saeed Abedini to renounce his faith in Jesus even as they have stepped up their physical abuse and psychological torture of him, including taking him to a hospital but denying him medical treatment, according to recent reports.

From an Islamic point of view they have renounced their faith,» said Gary Sick, an adjunct professor at the Columbia University School of International and Public Affairs.

It also says there have been attempts to force Christians to renounce their faith and convert to Hinduism.

Oh yeah, the military is constantly executing Christians who won't renounce their faith.

I have no doubt that the laws will ultimately change; however, should I be expected to renounce my faith in the process?

The reason for the persecution of Crispina is in no way different from that of the other martyrs of the early centuries, i.e. to renounce her faith in Christ and submit to the laws issued by the emperor of offering sacrifices to all their gods for their welfare to which she did not oblige, but instead firm in her faith in Christ in spite of all attempts made, to try and persuade her to renounce her faith.

Though Anullinus tried in various ways to force her to renounce her faith and offer sacrifice to their gods, Crispina was firm in her stand of faith in Jesus Christ and that she has never offered sacrifice to any other gods other than the one true God who has made the heaven and earth, the sea and all things that are in them and who alone is to be feared which is also said by Appollonius.

By heretic, again, Aquinas meant a person of Catholic faith who deliberately and resolutely, even after having been called to reflect on the matter, has chosen to renounce that faith in some important particular.

News reports suggested that the only Christian among the Dapchi captives, Leah Shahibu was kept by the terrorists due to her refusal to renounce her faith in favour of Islam.

«We are deeply troubled and disturbed that negotiators brought in by the Federal Government made feeble attempts to secure the release of Leaya Sharibu who insisted on not renouncing her faith and converting to Islam, a development that affirmed that Christians are endangered in their own country.

In the mid 1990's he renounced his faith in Rastafarianism and answered a calling to become a born again Christian minister.