Sentence examples for constant tradition from inspiring English sources

But even a cursory look at the early history of the papacy reveals that there really was no "constant tradition" in the papacy until almost a thousand years after the death of Jesus.

In 1976, the Pontifical Biblical Commission determined that there was no scriptural reason to deny ordination to women, but the Congregation for the Doctrine of Faith slapped them down on the grounds that ordaining women would violate both the Church's "constant tradition" and "Christ's will," arguing that the "sacramental nature" of the priesthood is essentially male in character.

In this context and after a weekend showing the constant interplay of tradition and innovation in Stravinsky's work, "Mavra" was the ideal conclusion, savvily poised between nostalgia and modernity.

Beyond the New Testament accounts, the association of Jesus with woodworking is a constant in the traditions of Early Christianity.

In that tradition of constant change, this isn't a "traditional" suggestion.

What has been constant in the Catholic tradition, is not the theological question of ensoulment, it is the moral attitude of respect for human life from conception.

But hearing Russian musicians and singers perform operas that they have absorbed from long tradition and constant renewal can be a revelation.

The icing on the cake, as it were, comes from presenters Mel and Sue's constant innuendo, a British tradition most rigorously immortalised on film by the Carry On franchise.