Sentences with phrase «usurping christ»

Augustine accused the Donatists of usurping Christ Jesus» unique mediation between God and men.

Not only, then, had the Donatists» conception usurped Christ's unique mediation, but it also undermined the prayerful efficacy of Christ's ecclesial Body.

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[«Unless they be sent»... Here is an evident proof against all new teachers, who have all usurped to themselves the ministry without any lawful mission, (lawful mission derived by succession from the apostles), to whom Christ said, John 20.

It led Luther to side with the princes against the peasants in the Peasants» Revolt, and modern Lutheranism in Germany to defer revolt against Nazi tyranny until it became clear that Hitler was usurping the place that belonged only to Christ.

But the fact is, there is a pagan holiday for this time of year, and the ancient church usurped it to bring focus on the Christian event at this time of year — the Ressurection of Christ.