Sentences with phrase «very human institution»

The sometimes almost desperate conservatives must be taught to understand, not only theoretically but instinctively and in their spiritual life, that the Church does not exist outside time and history; that she is indeed founded on the grace of Christ, but is nevertheless a very human institution burdened by history.

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... this Council acknowledges all the true, good and just elements inherent in the very wide variety of institutions which the human race has established for itself» (40).

In the words of an ancient prayer, it is the visible expression of «that wonderful and sacred mystery» which speaks to us and works on us, through the very imperfection, weakness, error, and even the sin of the empirical institution, to manifest in the world of time and space the abiding reality of God's operation in the event of Christ for human wholeness.

It may be said, speaking in very general terms, that in asserting the zoological nature of the Noosphere we confirm the sociologists» view of human institutions as organic.

As Bok argues: «The premises supporting confidentiality are strong, but they can not support practices of secrecy — whether by individual clients, institutions, or professionals — that undermine and contradict the very respect for persons and for human bonds that confidentiality was meant to protect» (p. 30).

We build up the social institutions by which human history is slowly, very slowly, transformed into God's own image.

The Jesus mania of the crowd is juxtaposed with the very human, even pathetic self - understanding of Jesus: «There is not a man among you who knows or cares if I come or go,» and the poignant rephrasing of the words of institution, «For all you care this wine could be my blood; / For all you care this bread could be my body.»

Reversely, leaving this institution today would be interpreted as a huge step backward toward autocracy and a very bad sign about Human Rights in Russia.

The Joint Committee on Human Rights concluded that «the proposed reforms constitute a very significant development with the potential to transform the Office of Children's Commissioner into a national human rights institution capable of becoming an international example of best practice if sufficiently well - resourced.&rHuman Rights concluded that «the proposed reforms constitute a very significant development with the potential to transform the Office of Children's Commissioner into a national human rights institution capable of becoming an international example of best practice if sufficiently well - resourced.&rhuman rights institution capable of becoming an international example of best practice if sufficiently well - resourced.»

They're all examples of ways that a growing number of educators — in school and out, at libraries, museums and other cultural institutions, at home and at community gatherings — are engaging in making things and leveraging the learning associated with that very human impulse to create.

«We're very flexible about this, so our inaugural titles are helping to support a wide variety of places: health and human services, environmental protection, community organizations, a non-profit education institution, etc.,» says Prabhaker.

We (humans) should be very grateful to have such an institution, that can operate above the mundane interests and conflicts of nations, region and localities.

«We have very limited capacity in terms of human resources and institutions and very limited finance and an almost lack of technology for adaptation and mitigation,» he says.

«As an academic institution, we value human rights and ethical standards to a very high degree,» he added.

«As an academic institution, we value human rights and ethical standards to a very high degree.