Sentences with phrase «true as the centuries»

By such a statement we do not mean, of course, that the same span of time follows as precedes that event — this is only very approximately true and will become increasingly less true as the centuries pass.

Not exact matches

It shows Nintendo, which started life in the late 20th century as a playing - card manufacturer, staying true to its ethos of focusing on fun, rather than just flashy technology.

To address power and prestige, while it may be true that Britain's loss of reserve - currency status in the 20th century coincided roughly with its loss of political and military preeminence, I think it is incorrect to imply that Britain lost power and prestige after the Great War mainly or even partly because sterling lost its status as the dominant reserve currency (which in fact really occurred some time in the 1930s and 1940s).

These words have held true throughout the centuries, and remain as applicable today as they were when invoked by President Kennedy in the early «60s.

Turning to any page at random, you will find gleefully sarcastic observations that ring at least as true today as they did three - quarters of a century ago.

The administration of the Church's sacraments is equally important, of course, and this is especially true for us if we accept the position of the sixteenth - century Reformers that in the celebration of the sacraments of Baptism and Holy Communion, as well as in the pulpit, the gospel is proclaimed and expressed.

Combining the beauty of what he calls the «true gospel» with a biblical orthodoxy that will inescapably mark Christians as «strange,» Moore holds forth on the charged issues defining the 21st century.

And the Church in the 20th century hadn't always got its language and style right: Casti Connubii in the 1930s says wise and true things about marriage and family life, but didn't somehow quite manage to tackle the emerging questions being raised by women as educational opportunities for them expanded and new responsibilities cametheir way in public, commercial, and professional life.

Maybe it is because it is true, and those who are of the non-traditional thinking, don't really understand what is meant when they themselves declare such words as «Everything that Jesus said would happen, already happened in the 1st Century».

It is probably true that until the nineteenth century most Christians thought of Jesus as God who lived a human life.

Christianity has been almost universally regarded as a religion, and its adherents have claimed it to be the true religion, yet notable theologians of this century have declared that Christianity is not really a religion at all.

«Anthropological and sociological insights of the late - twentieth century» have presumably demonstrated that it is not true» as Eugene de Mazenod and his colleagues undoubtedly thought it was true» that Christ is Lord and Christians are to be in the business of calling others to faith in Him.

Until the nineteenth century, mathematicians traditionally held that the axioms of geometry, arithmetic, and other disciplines could be established as self - evidently true statements about objects in space.

If the traditional beginning of the Japanese Kingdom, some twenty - six hundred years ago, be accepted as true, that would mean that it came into being about the time of Confucius, and Chinese culture stretches many many centuries back of Confucius» time.

Prayer but a shortened version of meditation that having come over the many centuries / as the art of true prayer in meditation was lost / where the focus of reality had turned to the external based on ideas belief / rather than practical spiritual experience of one turning the senses inward / thus knowing / not believing.

For centuries, and even today, people saw the axioms as obviously true.

In nineteenth - century America, Alexander Campbell, who began his ministry as a Baptist, wanted to eliminate denominational labels and restore the one true Christian church.

People have been trying prove it as false for centuries and all they do is prove it as true.

«His work in philosophy forms part, and a very important part, of the movement of twentieth - century realism; but whereas the other leaders of that movement came to it after a training in late - nineteenth - century idealism, and are consequently realistic with the fanaticism of converts and morbidly terrified of relapsing into the sins of their youth, a fact which gives their work an air of strain, as if they cared less about advancing philosophical knowledge than about proving themselves good enemies of idealism, Whitehead's work is perfectly free from all this sort of thing, and he suffers from no obsessions; obviously he does not care what he says, so long as it is true.

I do write to share the gropings of my life in the field of ethics as I seek to be true to the integrity of the Christian revelation and to the integrity of the twentieth century.

In the first century, Clement referred to the scriptures as the «true utterances of the Holy Spirit» (1 Clement 1:45); in the second, Athenagoras argued that «God moved the mouths of the prophets as if they were musical instruments» (A Plea For the Christians), and Augustine said that «the authors of holy Scripture were totally free from error» (Letter 82.3).

The vocation of St. John as the apostle of the Divinity of Christ's one person has fed and powered the true development of the doctrine of the Church at all times, not least in the first centuries in which the true doctrine of both the divinity and the humanity are hammered out in great Councils, and the concepts are refined in the fires of contrary heresy against either the full Divinity or the full Humanity of Christ.

While is true that the term «rapture», as it is popularly known is not even in the Bible and it was coined in the XIX century.

He was a typical self - seeking upstart of the sort that has made history — and trouble — through many a century, and his story runs true to the type as known in our own days.

You begrudgingly accept evolution (about a century after Darwin proved it and after accepting Genesis as literally true for about 2,000 years) and that Adam and Eve was totally made up, but then conveniently ignore that fact that your justification for Jesus dying on the cross (to save us from Original Sin) has therefore been eviscerated.

And it is courageous because, as the first pope to step down from the papacy in six centuries, he is bringing true reform to the contemporary Church, making it easier for future pontiffs to follow suit, should they, too, believe that is the best course to follow.

It is undoubtedly true, as we shall frequently have occasion to observe in these lectures, that the Gospels reflect the interests and are addressed to the felt needs of Gentile churches in the late first and early second centuries.

This was true in the first century — and among Jews as well as Greeks — as it is true still.

As soon as the Turks realized the nature of Islam they embraced it and became its champions and true defenders, as they have been for twelve centurieAs soon as the Turks realized the nature of Islam they embraced it and became its champions and true defenders, as they have been for twelve centurieas the Turks realized the nature of Islam they embraced it and became its champions and true defenders, as they have been for twelve centurieas they have been for twelve centuries.

I think it is sad that, in the 21st Century, most major newspapers still carry astrology columns and that the Bronze Age mythology of Adam and Eve is still seen as true by about 40 % of the country, but things are changing slowly, as the inevitable forces of science and reason pry open even the most firmly closed of creationist minds.

If I ruled the planet, religions would would be outlawed as a con game unless each and every part of their dogma was PROVEN TRUE by our 21st century evidentiary standards.

This is true not only of the 16th century, but of the 20th century as well.

Thus it has come to be possible for Einstein in this century to conceive space not simply as a substance but as the true physical substance.

More than a half - century after The Aims of Education appeared in print, it is still true that, as Henry Wyman Holmes once observed, «The wit, the common sense, the penetration of the essays... commend them so decisively to teachers» (WVE 633).

It did this, they thought, in a fashion which was not in outrageous contradiction to everything else that as persons living in the mid-twentieth century they believed to be true.

St. Ephrem, the great theologian and poet of the Syrian church in the fourth century, has a number of hymns on Jesus Christ as the true vine and us as branches.

This was as true of early Jews in Galilee as it was true of nineteenth century India and is true of contemporary India: «In Jesus's world [just as in the Indian worldview], people were important because of who they were related to, or where they came from, not so much because of who they were in themselves» (Witherington: 35).

At times of high pepper prices during the 20th century, cubebs, when available at a low enough cost, were used to adulterate true pepper, causing them to fall into disrepute and to even be banned as an admixture to pepper by some authorities.

«To be a nearly century old restaurant and have your name announced as the winner in front of thousands of industry leaders for the first time in as many years is an absolute dream come true.

The winery's philosophy is the same today as it was more than a century ago: Craft high - quality wines that capture the true essence of California's diverse regions.

For the last half century, since Frances Moore Lappe published her seminal book: Diet For A Small Planet, and made her foundational point of the incomplete amino acid profile of plant - based eating, I have been obsessed with always eating the correct matching plant - based protein sources so as to complete the amino acid profile which is the true value as a protein food.

What this discussion does show is how hard it is to assess Howard's true value in a 21st century offense, as we haven't seen it.

Communism, philosophically, is what comes after Capitalism if one is going along with Marxs thesis on the law of motion for economies; he gave no time - table, nor no indication of what this future form of the economy would be like - it could be sometime in the middle of this century, or it could be a millenia away; in his thesis, it is almost tautologically true; until then Marx expected Capitalism to succeed as a global force - this was an earlier observation of Hegel that foresaw that «trade» would become «world - historical» in its European form.

Going back to the era of the Tatler and Spectator, of David Steele and Joseph Addison, pioneers of British journalism (18th century), which by the way shaped journalism as we know it today, he insisted that journalism — news, features and even the column — constituted invaluable sources to the historian, as (s) he thrives to capture the true spirit of the epoch.

«As we recognize this important milestone in our history and reflect on how much progress has been made over the last century, we know we can not rest as we continue to fight for true equality.&raquAs we recognize this important milestone in our history and reflect on how much progress has been made over the last century, we know we can not rest as we continue to fight for true equality.&raquas we continue to fight for true equality.»

As a 21st century Minister with the mindset to salvage our young democracy, it is certainly true that the reality of ethnic, religious, and reciprocal positions will periodically find their ways into some of your decisions but let your vision be constantly corrected by cultivating a citizenry and national spirit as you execute your duties to the natioAs a 21st century Minister with the mindset to salvage our young democracy, it is certainly true that the reality of ethnic, religious, and reciprocal positions will periodically find their ways into some of your decisions but let your vision be constantly corrected by cultivating a citizenry and national spirit as you execute your duties to the natioas you execute your duties to the nation.

As for the public, they may not consider reform to be the highest priority, but when asked about the issue, they are overwhelmingly supportive of reform, many seeing the House of Lords as the preserve of the rich, the privileged and the well connected — effectively asking how can the presently constituted House of Lords claim true legitimacy in a 21st century democracAs for the public, they may not consider reform to be the highest priority, but when asked about the issue, they are overwhelmingly supportive of reform, many seeing the House of Lords as the preserve of the rich, the privileged and the well connected — effectively asking how can the presently constituted House of Lords claim true legitimacy in a 21st century democracas the preserve of the rich, the privileged and the well connected — effectively asking how can the presently constituted House of Lords claim true legitimacy in a 21st century democracy.

Shot on four continents and including contributions from global figures such as Bill Clinton, Desmond Tutu and Joseph Stiglitz, Fire in the Blood is the never - before - told true story of the remarkable coalition which came together to stop «the Crime of the Century» and save millions of lives in the process.

A quarter century ago as Niagara County clerk, his election committee pleaded guilty for failure to list the true identity of a campaign contributor discovered by federal and state investigators probing alleged corruption in the county.

While these human rights make scientific progress possible, the reverse is true as well: science has made «spectacular contributions to the advancement of human rights» according to Davis, who cited forensics and internet freedom as two key areas in the 21st century.