"The temptation to be scandalised by the freedom of God, who sends rain on the righteous and the unrighteous alike, bypassing bureaucracy, officialdom and inner circles, threatens the authenticity of faith.
From this perspective, one might even argue that the circle becomes a virtuous circle, for the practice that is the basis of faith and yet ultimately constitutes that faith does indeed reinforce that faith the practical circle is persuasive in a way that the circle of logical justification is not.
His wide circle of friends from many faiths enjoyed conversational soirees at his booklined NY apartment.
Gingrich's reputation as an intellectual, taken as an article of faith in Republican circles and much of the news media, is nuts.
It has long been held as an article of faith in such circles that tax strategies within the letter of the law are unimpeachable, even if they abuse the spirit.
Twenty-seven roses, to be exact, for the twenty-seven operas the Maestro composed, a number contested in scholarly circles but taken as a matter of faith by the visiting men, members of the fabled_ _Club dei 27, which is based in the Verdian territory of Parma, just miles from the composer's birthplace, and is among the most dauntingly exclusive opera clubs in the world.
It was an article of faith among the inner circle at James Brown Enterprises that it would be a hit as big as his best civil-rights-era numbers.
But in recent weeks, many of them have begun to consider the possibility that there was actually no vast conspiracy, just a small circle of meddlers with a naïve faith in the capacities of heroic leadership.
