Sentences with phrase «under anathema»

It seems out of character for First Things to open the door to a suggestion that we place ourselves under that anathema.

If you do that, then you are an outsider, and this places you under cherem, under anathema.

Not exact matches

No, what seems most likely in light of other uses of anathema in the Bible (See my Gospel Dictionary Course for explanation of these texts) is that certain Corinthian teachers were saying (while supposedly under the influence of the Holy Spirit) that the reason Jesus died is because He was suffering the consequences for sin, or for living in a sinful, human body.

His life was anathema to the pharisees... laying down absolute law is like trying to paint the surface of the sea... MacArthur is under grace though... let's hope he gives away the grace and mercy he's received.

Merit pay would be anathema for the U.F.T., and fundamental disagreements about pay based on performance prevented the union from agreeing to a contract under the Bloomberg administration.

It was an important letter, and for all the consternation it caused in the art world, and the scandal in the mainstream media, it helped expose a clash between value systems that previously may have been seen as commensurate: that of the art world, in which the work of art is sacred and it is anathema to destroy it, and another, belonging perhaps to the real world, in which it is life and its commemoration that are sacred, yet under persistent attack, even from artworks.