Sentences with phrase «upon the church of»

At the end of the century the effect of these waves upon the Church of England could be clearly seen.

For it is as true of us as it was of the Corinthians that we have shamefully lost the knowledge of God and must renew our faith in the resurrection and the claim it lays upon the church of Christ before we can get on with the mission of liberation.

It adopted a confession of faith based on one drawn up by Calvin and a form of organization which was to have a marked effect upon churches of the Reformed family in the Netherlands, Scotland, and America.

Not exact matches

The conflict: During a recent sit - down, the leader of the Church of England ever so politely told the CEO of payday loan company Wonga that he plans to smite his business out of existence, bringing upon it the full might of the church's powers of... competChurch of England ever so politely told the CEO of payday loan company Wonga that he plans to smite his business out of existence, bringing upon it the full might of the church's powers of... competchurch's powers of... competition.

And at a service in this church in late 1945, Harvard President James Conant — which President Faust also mentioned — honored the brave and called upon the community to «reflect the radiance of their deeds.»

On a personal return, you can deduct up to 30 % to 50 % of your adjusted gross income, with the amount depending upon the charity's IRS category.Organizations such as churches, schools and private - operating foundations fall into the 50 % category; veterans» and fraternal societies are in the 30 % category.

It has gone so far as to call into question the criterion established in Familiaris consortio, which in number 84 says: «The Church reaffirms her practice, which is based upon Sacred Scripture, of not admitting to Eucharistic Communion divorced persons who have remarried.

Mainline Protestants (Methodists, Presbyterians, Episcopalians, and the like) and evangelical / fundamentalist Protestants (an umbrella group of conservative churches including the Pentecostal, Baptist, Anabaptist, and Reformed traditions) not only belong to distinctly different kinds of churches, but they generally hold distinctly different views on such matters as theological orthodoxy and the inerrancy of the Bible, upon which conservative Christians are predictably conservative.

The whole existence of a brick - and - mortar church with fulltime (and parttime) staff who are making programs available to people is contingent upon a budget.

To be a theological liberal means to insist upon a significant degree of freedom from strict dogmatic formulations and church discipline.

I'm taking it upon myself to officially baptise all deceased Mormons into The Church of Satan.

And don't forget all the victims of Christianity's own Jim Jones... I'm certain you and all you Christian Extremists are in your churches, always trying to find ways to brainwash everyone into committing suicide like Jim Jones and have plans to blow up buildings like Timothy McVeigh and think about as well as act upon your perverted thoughts by molesting young boys... don't you?

Arguably the foremost decision unanimously agreed upon at that assembly of church heads was the convocation of a Great Council in 2016, tentatively planned to be held in the Church of Haghia Irene — the site of the second ecumenical council of 381, which completed the «creed» recited by most Christians church heads was the convocation of a Great Council in 2016, tentatively planned to be held in the Church of Haghia Irene — the site of the second ecumenical council of 381, which completed the «creed» recited by most Christians Church of Haghia Irene — the site of the second ecumenical council of 381, which completed the «creed» recited by most Christians today.

Meanwhile you assail the church and insist on tainting our children with the lie of homosexuality, being taught in our schools upon your insistence.

Martin Luther King said «the judgment of God is upon the church as never before.

This is not something unique to the catholic church, there are some other churches that also encourage their participants to examine themselves before they take the communion, some of them clearly tell the congregants that they free to avoid the communion upon self examination.

I will say, though, that no «fundamentalist» Mormon would sanction the marriages you're referencing, which stand in direct opposition to the principles of their Church, which absolutely insists upon upholding the law of the land.

All other Church are corrupt and either lost the Priesthood authority thru corruption (think Catholic) or never had it, but took it upon themselves to administer the audiences of the Gospel as in baptism, marriages ect...

Yet, thinkers from Edmund Burke to Russell Kirk have shown the deeply anti-conservative bases of the social contract theory of Lockean (and Hobbesian) origin, one that is premised upon a conception of human beings as naturally «free and independent,» as autonomous individuals who are thought to exist by nature detached from a web of relationships that include family, community, Church, region, and so on.

Evangelical Catholicism also encourages regular Eucharistic adoration, in which the friends of the Lord look upon him and he looks upon them, as this Eucharistic fellowship of believers prays for the Church and its needs.

These blueprints have ushered in excel spreadsheet upon excel spreadsheet for us to use to count and quantify every component of church life.

For many «communion conservatives» who still remain within the Episcopal Church, this will amount to a deep crisis of conscience, since in effect their church seems bent upon forcing them to choose between the Anglican communion and the Episcopal CChurch, this will amount to a deep crisis of conscience, since in effect their church seems bent upon forcing them to choose between the Anglican communion and the Episcopal Cchurch seems bent upon forcing them to choose between the Anglican communion and the Episcopal ChurchChurch.

... The practical effect of the stress upon «soul competency» as the cardinal doctrine of Baptists was to make every man's hat his own church.

in just the first 3 pages of comments, i woul estimate that at least 80 % were bigotted and vile attacks upon catholics and the catholic church.

While the heart behind much of this has been to improve upon systems that needed change, the fruit of this labor has sent many churches down the road of misplaced purpose and identity.

This is not an issue of the Catholic church forcing their teaching upon people, it is an issue of the Church being forced to disregard their teachurch forcing their teaching upon people, it is an issue of the Church being forced to disregard their teaChurch being forced to disregard their teaching.

Among other things, it is premised upon an individualistic notion of salvation that neglects what St. Paul describes as the «mystery» of the continuing relationship between Israel and the Church (see Romans 9 - 11).

Most churches are predominantly full of and focused upon old people.

Why does the LDS church not recognize the symbol of the cross; instead choosing the statue of Moronie the angel who spoke to Joseph Smith to sit upon the spires of its temples?

There is a template that many books on science or science history follow when they touch upon the relations of science and religion: Bold Scientist Persecuted by the Church for Thinking New Thoughts.

I don't go to church to read history and I don't want my politicians dabbling in the removal of freedoms such as gay rights, abortion, and gun control based upon religious platforms!

This task is very similar to the one that was imposed upon Christians since the Enlightenment, and to which the Second Vatican Council, as the fruit of long and difficult research, found real solutions for the Catholic Church. . . .

I would only counter that without some form of organization our position will continue to be marginalized by politicians and believers, especially those who continue to thrust religion upon the country without respect to the separation of church and state.

Have you and your church, or any of the other christians heaping scorn upon the WBC in this blog, issued a public statement condemning your fellow christians at WBC for their behaviour, as many christians have demanded that muslims do when members of their tribe behave contrary to the declared principles of their myths and your expectations?

If once upon a time certain church hierarchies were populated with ignorant but faithful clerics, as Burtchaell declares, the story today is too often of sophisticated infidelity in the top echelons of church power.

org), Lizzie's church leaders made a brave and courageous statement: «In the light of this tragedy it is now incumbent upon the PCC and the wider Church to prayerfully reflect on, and examine, our theology, systems and our culture so that we can do all we can to prevent a tragedy like this from ever reoccurring.&church leaders made a brave and courageous statement: «In the light of this tragedy it is now incumbent upon the PCC and the wider Church to prayerfully reflect on, and examine, our theology, systems and our culture so that we can do all we can to prevent a tragedy like this from ever reoccurring.&Church to prayerfully reflect on, and examine, our theology, systems and our culture so that we can do all we can to prevent a tragedy like this from ever reoccurring.»

Christ step up the Catholic Church when he said in Matthew 16 «Thou art Peter (which means «rock» in aramaic) and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it&rChurch when he said in Matthew 16 «Thou art Peter (which means «rock» in aramaic) and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it&rchurch, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it».

The liberal churches need their own particular language of faith to communicate with the cultured despisers of the modern world, in a manner that lays claim upon the self and the community.»

More recently, theologians and church leaders from denominations that have historic ties with churches in the north have encouraged African Christian expressions that are free of northern acculturation, are faithful to the gospel and draw upon traditional African

When Peter is the one who recognized Jesus as the messiah, Jesus told Peter he was blessed because only His Father in Heaven could have revealed it to him, not a flesh and blood person, so Jesus told Peter He was going to build His Church upon this rock [Peter] and the gates of the netherworld shall not prevail against it.

«churches like that», being predicated upon the fraudulent activity as they seem to be, could be «banned» but that would not really change much of anything... other than repackaging the criminal activity under a loosely - defined label... meh.

The plan calls upon churches to, among other things, «adopt» street gangs and allow troubled youths to use church properties as safe havens; intercede for youth in the juvenile court system; provide vocational training to inner - city residents; organize capital for micro-enterprises; develop educational curricula heralding the achievements of blacks and Latinos; initiate neighborhood crime watch groups; and establish counseling programs for battered women and the men who abuse them.

Gods judgment rest upon all the corporate and local churches temples, tabernacles, TV evangelists, ministries and congregations ever for all their false teachings and deeds, and God does not want any of His people to suffer the spiritual plagues which are being brought upon them.

But the most frequently voiced feeling in the recollections was the sense that some sort of a moral demand had been placed upon the ministers: «The church had an obligation to be involved in the voter rights struggle.»

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The irony here is that this bill would have actually increased attacks upon religion, as many gays and lesbians, as well as their supporters and those who are not biased towards them, are actually also members of churches, albeit more liberal ones.

A «neutral» law, the Supreme Court has explained, is one that does not «target -LSB--RSB- religious beliefs as such» or have as its «object... to infringe upon or restrict practices because of their religious motivation» (Church of the Lukumi Babalu Aye, Inc. v City of Hialeah, 508 US 520 [1993]-RRB-.

In many cases, they want to be part of a church family, but with no biblical guide lines put upon them.

And I say to thee: That thou art Peter; and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it.

For example: «It is truth that today's manly - made churches are in actualities a mimmickery of wanting to establish mankinds» on and upon earth Christendoms being their idolized and adorned perceptions and variations...» This is probably one of the worst word usage I've ever seen.