Sentences with phrase «which side of the church»

But it was the pope's vision for the church's future - painted in broad strokes - that's sure to rile or inspire Catholics, depending on which side of the church they sit.

Not exact matches

The proposed mine sharply divided the inhabitants of the valley, which is dotted with centuries - old timber barns and onion - domed churches, and surrounded by sheer - sided mountains.

These discussions about compatibility have their place, but if we spend all our time justifying which side of the gender equality debate we're on, the conversation will never truly progress and the Church will never become the advocate for women it could be.

His idea of balance was to give equal time to opinions supporting and opposing the Church's teaching, leaving readers with serious doubts as to which side America was on.

Officials from both sides have said that the conversation will be focused on topics of shared values and priorities, but prior to the visit, Vatican Radio — which, according to USA Today «is considered an official organ of communication for the church «-- released a story addressing U.S. policy issues at odds with Vatican teaching.

The theological side of the ledger was embodied by Harvey Cox's 1965 bestseller, The Secular City, with its argument for a radically secularized Christianity in which the world sets the agenda for the Church.

«I have concluded that the Church of England failed to institute or follow a procedure which respected the rights of both sides,» he wrote.

I have already mentioned the widespread ignorance on both sides of the chasm which divides the world and the Church.

They must not make mountains out of molehills and exaggerate inevitable teething troubles into frightful catastrophes, but bear patiently the all - too - human side of the Church to which they, too, make their contribution.

But even if we are thus reconciled in the «idea», this does not mean that the actual separated Churches are united, those Churches which for 450 years have lived side by side, fighting and contradicting each other, or, worst of all, indifferent to one another.

Hence in the Church as else - where we can not do without rules which guide any conflict that has not yet been resolved in favour of one party in such a way that the dialogue between the opposing sides is not made impossible.

Seeking, said their reunion plan, to create a church marked by «diversity and harmony, liberty and love,» both assemblies met in Pittsburgh in separate halls from which their members marched to opposite sides of a broad avenue.

Robert C. Leslie, a leader in the field of group pastoral counseling, has observed: «One of the healthiest signs of renewal in the life of the church is the increasing number of small, intimate, sharing groups which are springing up on all sides.»

Looking at this side of the ambiguity, we see a church in which many first - world Christians of our day could feel comfortable and undisturbed: a church that lives without question or resistance in a state founded on violence and made prosperous by the exploitation of less fortunate nations; a church that accepts various perquisites from that state as its due; a church where changing jobs for the sake of peace and justice is seldom considered; a church that constantly speaks in the language of war; a church given to eloquent invective in its internal disputes and against outside opponents; a church quite sure that God will punish the wicked.

One of the accusations to which Catholic historians have sometimes been vulnerable is that their presentations of the Church's progress are one - sided or partisan.

On the other side, the party of continuity is «the Catholic center,» or simply «the Catholic Church,» which «remains the continuing community to which Jesus promised he would send the Spirit, and the Spirit will lead us into, and keep us in, the truth....

This chapter looks at one side of the Bible's ambiguity where we see a church in which many first - world Christians of our day could feel comfortable and undisturbed: a church that lives without question or resistance in a state founded on violence and made prosperous by the exploitation of less fortunate nations.

But that empirical, visible church, located where we happen to live and which we can see functioning well or ill, is only the hither side — the imperfect expression, if you will — of what the New Testament thinks of as the «Body of Christ» and describes as «without spot or blemish,» as «the household of faith,» and as «the family of God.»

There are various ways in which the church has entered the lists on the side of humanity and fought for better health systems, schools, mental health programs, and the like.

This huge ministry — which offers housing for the homeless, food for the hungry, preschool for kids whose families couldn't afford it otherwise, green groceries in a food desert, and a community to belong to — started out with Arloa scooping out spaghetti to a couple of homeless guys in her church's side office.

In fact, if you are hungry and miserable, if you can not eat of the fruit of your vine, it is the fault of the exploiters and of the church which is on the side of the exploiters.

I think what we who are Churchmen need to realize is that although the Church is the divinely - established fellowship in which Christ's work is being done, this divine reality of the Church is coupled with what, for want of a better word, I may call the Church's «empirical» side.

Peter Abelard's seminal work, Sic et non, which quoted Church Fathers on both sides of a series of theological questions, set the tone for the Questions genre of the Middle Ages, The writer set out a Question, stated the best arguments on both sides (thesis and antitheses), made a determination (synthesis), and then rebutted each of the antitheses in detail.

We understand the pluralism of our social context in part because it reflects the variety of ways in which we understand our own experiences.The problem of being the church is acute for us not only because we must live side by side with those of other religious communities, but because the church is only one of the communities in which we live.

Though there are a variety of passages which people on both sides of the debate appeal to regarding whether or not it is okay for women to preach in church (e.g., various female «preachers» in the Old Testament like Miriam and Deborah and the female prophetesses in Acts 21:9, and the female apostle in Romans 16:7), two of the main texts in this debate about women preachers and female pastors are 1 Timothy 2:12 and 1 Corinthians 14:34.

On the other side of the railroad tracks, quite literally, is Khotso House, the headquarters of the South African Council of Churches -LCB- SACC -RCB-, which provided Desmond Tutu with the strong and secure anti-apartheid platform which led to the Nobel Prize and his elevation to the Anglican Primacy of South Africa.

(Ephesians 4:1 - 7, 3:16) On the other side, when a member of the Church has to suffer for the good cause, he can say «I am making up what is lacking of Christ's sufferings on behalf of His body, which is the Church».

Prayer the Churches banquet, Angels age, Gods breath in man returning to his birth, The soul in paraphrase, heart in pilgrimage, The Christian plummet sounding heav»n and earth; Engine against th» Almightie, sinner's towre, Reversed thunder, Christ - side - piercing spear, The six daies world - transposing in an houre, A kinde of tune, which all things heare and...

The church negotiated with the Port Authority, which oversees construction at the site, and in 2008 both sides tentatively agreed that the church would be rebuilt nearby using tens of millions of dollars in public money.

And if I can turn the focus on the Beatles on to Christ's message, then that's what we're here to do... If the Beatles get on the side of Christ, which they always were, and let people know that, then maybe the churches won't be full, but there'll be a lot of Christians dancing in the dance halls.

Later, I went through a rather public breakup, and people within the church constantly asked me what happened — not out of care or concern, it felt, but out of a desire to know the details, to be able to better decide which side to take as our community severed.

Supporters packing Fort George Presbyterian Church, which was decorated with bunches of red, white and blue balloons, roared as Espaillat formally declared that he wants to return to Albany to represent the 31st Senate District, which stretches along Manhattan's west side.

The journey continues on, and after a while he pulls the rental car over to a wide, well - kept lawn upon which a small church building rests, flanked by a few rows of headstones to one side.

Once you reach the church take the street which runs along the right side, and follow it around the back of the church to the left.