Sentences with phrase «view of church held»

It is James's purpose to rescue the word «religion» in its personal sense (apparently the word «spirituality» was not yet available as a contrasting term), since he largely shares the negative view of church held by «some persons.»

Not exact matches

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 religious among us keep trying to chip away at the separation of church and state by making people recite the pledge of allegiance with the God clause, installing religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for politicians, berating the removal of prayer in public schools, trying to pass laws limiting women's access to birth control, and trying to get an amendment passed outlawing abortion (since in their view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).

Mankowski, who holds quite different views on ordaining women, agrees with Weakland that it would have been much better if the writers of the pastoral came right out and said what they mean by lamenting the sins of sexism in a hierarchical church.

Should we throw Augustine out because he held a different view of Creation then some in the contemporary evangelical church?

I also find it importnat to realise the early church held a different view of the atonement in my understanding.

For the faithful in Christ can not accept this view, which holds either that after Adam there existed men on this earth who did not receive their origin by natural generation from him, the first parent of all, or that Adam signifies some kind of multiple first parents; for it is by no means apparent how such an opinion can be reconciled with what the sources of revealed truth and the acts of the magisterium of the Church teach about original sin, which proceeds from a sin truly committed by one Adam, and which is transmitted to all by generation, and exists in each one as his own» -LCB- Humani Generis 37).

A couple years ago, however, I began to find other Christians (throughout church history) who have not held to the substitutionary atonement view of Christ's death.

The first line says it all: «Most American evangelicals hold views condemned as heretical by some of the most important councils of the early church.»

In face of the new challenge to the Churches their view of the ministry and the Christian faith was most successful in finding and holding the people of the west.

He does a great job of demonstrating the falsity of many of the Church's long - held doctrinal views.

Though they held different views of Church government, they were quite close on their view of what was Christian truth and how it was to be preached and taught.

Therefore church members should not be excommunicated for this view but elders and pastors and seminary and college teachers should be expected to hold the more fully biblical view of grace.»

Of course this is just another case where you think your church has it right, and all other Christians who don't hold the same view are wrong.

I did not adequately anticipate the complexity of the views that church members hold.

[12] They will do this because the law will give the green light for Churches to be prosecuted by homosexuals who disapprove of Christian views such as that which holds that only couples born of the opposite sex should marry each other.

«I have always taken the view that the sacramental ministry of women is not something possible for the Church of England [but] we have come to the conclusion in the Church that this is something we can hold together on.»

When did you first discover you could preach and how did you develop this gift, given that large parts of the church hold the view women shouldn't preach?

As a result, the traditional views still officially held by the churches seem to many people strangely out of place.

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capitalization, you might be an atheist if you think your view has enough support to be a percentage of the seven billion people on earth, you might be an atheist if you think The View has enough support to be a percentage of the seven billion people on earth, you might be an atheist if you live in a tar paper shack, writing manifestos, you might be an atheist if you think you're basically a good person, and your own final authority you might be an atheist if you think your great aunt Tillie was a simian, you might be an atheist if you own an autographed copy of Origin Of The Species, you might be an atheist if you think that when you die you're worm food, you might be an atheist if you think the sun rises and sets for you alone, you might be an atheist if all you can think about is Charles Darwin when you're with your significant other, you might be an atheist if all you can think about is you when you're with your significant other, you might be an atheist if you attend a church but 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We need to ask whether the church in Edessa was under the administration of any western churches in the second or early third century and whether it was accused of holding any unorthodox views at this time.

I lean on 2,000 years of Church history and we continue to hold an orthodox view of marriage.

A new survey reports that «most American evangelicals hold views condemned as heretical by... the councils of the early church.»

Rick Santorum's Indecisive manner when it came to JFK's speech proved that he's willing to say anything to sway a group of voters, whether it be by holding a resentful view on past presidents» demonstration of Separation of Church and State, or by claiming that any and all forms of contraception be outlawed.

While I do not try to convince anyone of my views, and believe that others have every right to hold alternate viewpoints, I am puzzled as to why women would support or be part of any group, including «churches» that do not afford them full equality.

R. Bultmann wrote, «according to the oldest view, Christ's resurrection coincides with his exaltation to heavenly glory».23 G. Bornkamm agrees, saying, «What is certainly the oldest view held by the Church made no distinction between the resurrection of Christ and his elevation to the right hand of the Father, while only later was there developed, in addition, the theory of the resurrected Christ walking the earth for a time and only subsequently ascending into heaven.

Growing up in a rapture - centered church, I remember meeting a godly man who held to a post-tribulational view of the rapture.

The essence of heresy is not the opinion but the persistent and stubborn holding of such views against the common teaching of the Christian Church.

In any case, the early Church unmistakably held to this view, as is evident not only from the writings of Paul (Rom.

Is there a particular church or denomination that holds this covenantal view of baptism?

Although Otto's suggestion may possibly throw light upon how the early church could have come to think of Jesus as being the Son of Man, it is a less promising clue to the understanding of how Jesus himself could have come to hold such a view.

«In the Christian Student World, the WSCF meeting in Strasburg of 1960 has been interpreted as a sign of the times: hence according to recent interpreters, the voice of Karl Barth, Visser» t Hooft, Leslie Newbigin and D.T. Niles... were unable to hold their hearers with neo-orthodox presentations; rather, the missiologically radical views of J.C. (Hans) Hoekendijk, showing a certain impatience with the Church and its institutional forms, while pointing to the missio Dei, God's activity in the world and its structures independently of the Church, caught the student mood».9

By succumbing to this view while continuing to hold on to the trappings of mainline Christianity, many people in the mainline churches have adopted a «Christ of culture» response.

When the level of religiosity and other factors are held constant, religious television viewing does not seem to be associated with lower levels of church attendance, volunteer work, or church contribution in the sample as a whole.

The national survey used an index of evangelical belief (as opposed to membership in an evangelical denomination), which showed that holding these beliefs was more strongly associated with the viewing of religious programs than any other single factor, including contributing to or attending church, participation in community activities, income, age or sex.

In her view, congregation al studies are important for seminaries because the seminaries are accountable to the church, and important for congregations because understanding themselves better will enable them to hold up their side of the dialogue with seminaries and other church agencies.

What is remarkable is that some early «Jewish Christian» sects — such as the Ebionites — held the same view, as we learn from the heresiographies of the Church Fathers.

The national survey used the «literalist / charismatic» index of evangelical belief (as opposed to membership in an evangelical denomination), which showed that holding these beliefs was more strongly associated with the viewing of religious programs than any other single factor — including attending church, contributing to a church, participating in community activities, income, age, or sex.

... It is of crucial importance that the Church acting corporately should not commit itself to any particular policy... This refusal to adopt a particular policy is partly a matter of prudence... still more is it a matter of justice, for even though a large majority of Christians hold a particular view, the dissentient minority may well be equally loyal re.

We show little interest in stemming the exodus from our churches when, in the language of our creeds, the topics of our sermons, and the content of our programs, we remain ambiguous about relating theology to well - researched world views now widely held by thoughtful persons.

This theory is not as popular today as it once was, but it was a common view held by many during the first centuries of the church (e.g., the Gnostics held this view), and was rightly condemned as heresy by many of the early church leaders.

I remember being told by pastors and church leaders that «gay Christian» (or «bisexual Christian» or «transgender Christian») is an oxymoron and that no one who holds a high view of Scripture can support same - sex relationships.

All of these ancient understandings of sexuality affect how same - sex behavior discussed in Scripture, and all of them should call into question the notion that people — and the Church — have a held just one single «traditional» view of same - sex behavior.

Responding faithfully to the trans - temporal magisterium of the Church (and not simply to the magisterium of one's own times) requires holding in view two other principles of interpretation.

Avoiding commitment as to any specific attitude which the church and Christian men ought to adopt toward war when war comes, the conference report contented itself with exhibiting the various views which Christians actually hold on that subject and with saying that while the church could neither affirm that any one of these was right and the others wrong nor acquiesce in the permanent continuance of these differences, it should promote the study of the problem with a view to a better understanding of the purpose of God.

I understand and respect the fact that Mormons consider themselves to be Christians, but as they do not believe in the same triune definition of God that has been traditionally held by the older Churches (The Catholic Church, the Orthodox Churches, Protestant Churches, etc.) then they are not Christians by my faith tradition's view.

He held a high sacramental view of the Church, which in practice often meant simply a dictatorial view.

The fact that he did this in the midst of a transAtlantic controversy within the Church has encouraged American Catholics who hold this view to believe that the Pope was sympathetic to it.

Bruce Marshall held a similar vision of evangelical and catholic Lutheranism that he caught while studying with Lindbeck at Yale, a vision in which the Reformation is viewed as an attempt to restore genuine catholicity to the church.

Furthermore, the sacrament of marriage itself should hold a high place in the life of the Church since it is the sacramental expression of the relationship between Christ and the Church with a view to the birth of further sons and daughters for the Kingdom of Christ.