Sentences with phrase «toward holiness»

In nearly every religion that practices baptism, the washing with water represents purification and a movement toward holiness so that the individual worshipper may approach God to offer sacrifices or pray.

In nearly every case, the washing with water represents purification and a movement toward holiness so that the individual worshipper may approach God to offer sacrifices or pray.

For John Paul II and Catholics traditionally, the Christian life is one of progress toward holiness, the goal of which is to be like God by becoming «full of grace» (1 John 3:2).

Leviticus urges concrete bodily ways of intentionally directing life toward the holiness of God, a holiness that comforts even as it demands.

By placing before our eyes deeds that provoke, excite, and charm, they set us on a sure path toward holiness.

Confession is both intimidating and humiliating but it moves us incrementally toward holiness which results in a greater capacity to love.

Andrea Iervolino, one of the co-founders of AMBI Pictures, the company which made the film, told The Telegraph: «Our excitement and gratitude toward His Holiness, Pope Francis, participating in this film is beyond words.

Wesley's early writings also reveal that his aspirations toward holiness (sanctification) were driven by a desire for assurance that he was in a state of divine acceptance (justification).

«The Church,» he says, «is reformed when the baptized march more resolutely toward holiness, allowing themselves to be recreated in the likeness of God by the power of the Holy Spirit.

While Catholicism presents a «linear» framework in which the Christian journeys in progress toward holiness, Lutheranism posits a «dialectic» one which precludes any self - perfecting tendencies.

The logic of grace in this sense points not toward winning, but toward holiness.