Sentences with phrase «toward opening church»

And yet the priorities Bertone is expected to focus on are largely geared more toward opening church access to state television and the administering of religious schools.

Not exact matches

After one such meeting in June of 1957, the NY Times quoted a top Vatican official, saying the Church had opened «a new chapter» toward the Jewish community.

In his view, the Holocaust and the Jewish return from exile, as well as the general opening of the Church toward non-Christian religions, had exploded the old, supersessionist view.

Certainly, this has been a long and involved process, but it has allowed us to make progress toward being a church that is open to the aspirations of a wider community and a younger generation.

A church which seeks to be truly united within itself and to move toward unity with others must be open to all; yet able - bodied church members, both by their attitudes and emphasis on activism, marginalize and often exclude those with mental or physical disabilities.

They become apparent when Theo talks about his mother's «visitation» to him in dreams, when Hobie speaks affectionately of the Catholic Church and the Jesuit priest who protected him as a youth, when the otherwise cynical Boris admits to being moved to tears by Biblical stories, and again when Theo opens up to the higher purpose in life, despite all its difficulties and insanities, toward the end of the novel.

As I pushed the gate open and started lining up my first photo of the church, I saw in the corner of my eye someone rushing toward me.

«As Christian leaders, we have a commitment to caring for the vulnerable in our churches while also supporting just, compassionate, and welcoming policies toward refugees and other immigrants,» the letter opens, going on to request legal protection for the Dreamers who entered the US as children, an increase in the admittance of refugees and persecuted Christians, and quicker priority for immigrants seeking to reunite with their families.

The Roman civilization into which the Church was born was proud of its open - minded attitude toward all religions.

Wide Open Spaces Jim Palmer With Divine Nobodies, emerging church leader Palmer touched a nerve with readers who gravitate toward cutting - edge evangelical writers like Brian McLaren and Donald Miller.

Further, because of the scarcity of regular clergymen the custom of hiring lay readers became common, and in some places these congregationally appointed officers were the backbone of the church.16 Hence it is not surprising that from an early date the greatest coolness toward and open opposition to completion of the Anglican Church in the colonies with an Episcopate came precisely from those areas where that Church was ostensibly establchurch.16 Hence it is not surprising that from an early date the greatest coolness toward and open opposition to completion of the Anglican Church in the colonies with an Episcopate came precisely from those areas where that Church was ostensibly establChurch in the colonies with an Episcopate came precisely from those areas where that Church was ostensibly establChurch was ostensibly established.

In the opening shot of Paul Schrader's new movie, the camera creeps slowly toward First Reformed Church, a small chapel in upstate New York that has welcomed parishioners since 1767.