the Assembly of Bishops, addressed the issue of abortion by stating, “any act to terminate life in the womb – whether by abortive medications, medical procedures, or destructive behavior – is considered murder, and risks terrible spiritual consequences for those involved.” As such, ...
“reason”) of God, which had roots both in theBibleand inGreek philosophy. This proved almost as dangerous as it was fruitful, since it was difficult to understand what kind of subordination is involved in the fact that the logos is generated by the Father. Some points in Origen’s ...
1:955), the last council (not cecumenical) at which Nectarius presided was held in Constantinople in 394, regarding a dispute between Agapius and Bagadius in relation to the bishopric of Bostria, this council deciding that the consent of several bishops of a province is necessary to ...
just IMAGINE if all the Bishops of the Church would do – in a very public, open and assertively overt way what Br. Nathanael has done and IS currently doing all across the U.S.A. as well as all across the rest of our World! People here and throughout the USA and the rest of ...
A month later my former church denomination kicked be out because I had allegedly become too liberal for suggesting through a lot of theological study and reflection that women should be ordained as Deacons, Priests, and even consecrated as Bishops. I also announced that if we truly believed tha...
United States Conference of Catholic Bishops News Release, Jan 20 2012. http://www.usccb.org/news/2012/12-012.cfm. Accessed 7 June 2012. Westoff, Charles F., and Norman B. Ryder. 1970. United States: The papal encyclical and Catholic practice and attitudes, 1969. Studies in Family ...
The US is not in Bible prophesy for the last days. Does it mean we will get nuked? God will get fed up with us because we worship idols thanks to the Jews. So to be honest I don’t care anymore as long as I wind up in Heaven. It is what it is, and quite frankly I am fed...
At the same time, “God,” as used in the Bible, points to an actual experience, an actual encounter with, how shall we say it, the Ground of our Being; theMystery, Depth, and Greatness of our lives; Final Reality; Reality as a Whole; theMysterythat will not go away. ...
for people who did not have access to a Bible or religious texts. They were informative, telling the churchgoing viewer what to believe. They are undoubtedly exquisite works of art. But I do not find them as mesmerising and deeply spiritual as Tom Denny’s windows. His seem to be reflecti...
Church and clergy” (Haigh 108). Added to the brilliance of the plan was the fact that the members of the Privy Council who “generally opposed the measures brought forward by Anne’s friends, willingly assented to a scheme which would weaken the influence of the bishops” (FriedmannI135-...