Sentences with phrase «whose sacred texts»
Islam stands alone as the only religion whose sacred texts COMMAND the faithful to be intolerant - or worse — toward «non-believers».
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If this feat of memory seems almost incredible to the modern student, dependent upon his notebook and pen, let him recall that this was the work of specialists whose primary business it was to cultivate their memories, and who had a profound sense of the importance of transmitting, without error, the sacred text.
In the dioceses of England Wales the Entrance Chant may be chosen from among the following: the antiphon with its Psalm from the Graduale Romanum or the Graduale Simplex, or another chant that is suited to the sacred action, the day, or the time of year, and whose text has been approved by the Conference of Bishops of England and Wales.»
Thus, for example, schools as communities of study of scripture have always been central to the life of both Judaism and Christianity precisely, because scripture was believed to be a body of «sacred» texts whose study, would lead to truer understanding of God.
Kandinsky's manifesto «On the Spiritual in Art» (1911) served as Der Blaue Reiter's sacred writ and inspired not only Klee's early paintings but also his own seminal text, «Creative Credo» (1920), whose punchline, «Art does not reproduce the visible; rather, it makes visible,» influenced both his contemporaries and his Surrealist scions.