Sentences with phrase «traditional moral language»

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A claim to human independence is in a way the root of our troubles; in the language of traditional moral theology it is the pride (superbia) which is the root sin of humankind.

I, for one, take such intimations seriously as evidence of profound moral or religious sensibilities and wonder whether the church's traditional language of theology and religious symbols thwarts not just apologetics but also the moral, spiritual and intellectual nourishment of those uncomfortable with religious institutions.

After all, Jerry Falwell adopted Paul Weyrich's language of a «moral majority» because the movement encompassed not just born - again Protestants but also many traditional Roman Catholics and Latter - day Saints and Orthodox Jews.