Sentences with phrase «words of the sacred text»

Sometimes the words of the sacred text are thought to be the very words of God himself, ipsissima verba, the human element in the situation being merely instrumental.

Not exact matches

Maybe when we give ourselves to ancient words and sacred texts, and embrace routines and traditions, we can remember that we are not here for what we can get out of worship; we are here to give ourselves away in worship.

Gregorian chant gives an elevated tone of voice to the texts of our sacred praises, conveying the special character of the words and the holy nature of what is being enacted and undertaken.

Alcoholics Anonymous, being «spiritual, not religious,» doesn't use the Bible at all; rather it uses another sacred text, the inspired Word of God as expressed through Bill Wilson, the Big Book... Unlike the Oxford Group, which claimed salvation and redemption by Jesus through the Oxford Group, AA proclaims «recovery» by one s «Higher Power» through the Twelve Steps of Alcoholics Anonymous (Ken Ragge, The Real AA: Behind the Myth of 12 - Step Recovery [AZ: Sharp Press, 1998], pp. 82 - 83).

So sacred was it held to be at the time of the making of the Code of Manu, greatest of the law books, that it was therein decreed that a lowly Sudra, i.e., low caste man, who so much as listened to the sacred text would have molten metal poured into his ears, and his tongue cut out if he pronounced the sacred words of the holy Vedas.1 «Whether such laws were ever actually enforced may be doubted.

«Evolution should enjoy the same status and would if it didn't conflict with the literal words in a text sacred to many» = > It does not conflict with the Bible which is one of the reasons it stands out among holy books.

Once a True Believer assumes that a sacred text is infallible or the direct word of a god or gods, he or she is impervious to evidence to the contrary.

Names of your own religious family members, inspiring people of your faith and names and words pulled from sacred texts can help.»

Houédard believed in the transformative power of his word - based arrangements to elicit linguistic, visual and spiritual connections, citing previous examples as «texts created for concrete use: amulets talismans grigris mani - walls devil traps kemioth tefillin mezuzahs medals sacred - monograms».