Sentences with phrase «total understanding of the faith»

For Newman there is always the possibility that what may appear innovative doctrines are in fact implicit in the total understanding of the faith, and yet not necessarily subject to some logical deduction.

Not exact matches

Israel's prophets understood the nation's destruction and exile as the result of unfaith, the taking of matters of the covenant into her own hands, the failure to make the total commitment of faith.

They do, however, also argue that if faith came from ourselves, or was in any way something we do instead of God doing for us, then it is in some way meritorious, and since that does not jive with their understanding of total depravity, then they must claim that saving faith must only be from God, and not a response or action of any sort on our part.

Scholars were not satisfied only with producing the most accurate text of the Bible; they also wanted to know how the Bible came into being, when its various parts were written, the total surroundings in which the various books were written, and the consequence of all this for an understanding of the Christian faith.

So far our comments have been largely a contrast of stances toward human existence: a plea for a more truly dialectical, less dualistic understanding of the relation between form and energy, a plea for a similar openness toward the past, a question about the future to the effect that the incompleteness of the present ought not to frustrate Dr. Altizer into insisting that the total reversal promised by the glimpsed eschatological future be the only standard or norm of faith.

But as a total context existential philosophy is methodologically too restrictive If faith can only be expressed in terms of human encounter, such that we are precluded from using any cosmological framework in expressing our understanding of God, then we have no way of appreciating God's activity and manifestation of concern toward the rest of the created order.

If the total coincidence of transcendence and immanence is vision, and not structure of existence, then the traditional styles of faith and practices of faith may still have possible meaning, even though they are seen to be penultimate; and then the radical theologian can be understood as standing in a spectrum of theological positions and not in isolation.

Faith, then, can be understood as a total valuational response to the qualitative structure of another actuality prior to any clear specification about what is in fact good or bad, trustworthy or untrustworthy about the other actuality.

Very importantly, in this relationship of a total, formed apostolate of men and women, boys and girls together, there begins to grow a love delightful, chaste and respectful which leads to the beauty of fully Catholic marriage, marriage in the fulness of the Faith and its ideals, with the vow «till death do us part» fully understood and given.

Me: To be sure I understand, you are telling me that any sickness, injury, disability, or other bodily imperfection offends God; that God desires to instantly, by the Holy Spirit, heal us of every infirmity and does so; and that any bodily imperfection is positive proof of a total lack of faith?

With phenomenal sensitivity and what we may describe only as inspired judgment, he extracts from Israel's total heritage her truest and most enduring insights, the unique qualities of her understanding of history, and the essence of her historical faith.

But many close observers of the Communist movement, including FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, have concluded that it can be understood only as a faith that demands the total allegiance of its adherents.

Below are the lesson outcomes covered in this unit planning: To learn about the life of Buddha Investigate the significance of Vesak and explore ways Buddhists celebrate it To investigate how Buddhists live their faith To hear and discuss Buddhists stories that have a moral message To explore how Theravadin Buddhists express their faith To explore the concept of community in the Buddhist tradition and beyond To develop an understanding of the symbolism involved in Buddhism There are 7 sessions in total but some sessions could be split over two lessons.