Sentence examples for element of the church from inspiring English sources

Now, "De Ecclesia" concerns such weighty theological problems as the nature of the Church, the infallibility of the Pope, and the rights of each element of the Church, from the Pope to the layman.

Later, he said that one natural link between Orthodox Christianity and the environmental cause was the "ascetical element" of the church's tradition.

He says: "To be fully effective the sector will have to grow both in terms of capacity and capability, and helping them to do this is a key element of the church's initiative.

"There are certain elements of the church that I can't accept like homosexuality is evil, for instance.

Friends of Shakespeare's Church hope to raise £4 million ($7.9 million) to restore the marker and other elements of the church, Josephine Walker, a spokeswoman for the group, said.

As a theologian intent on making overtures to the more traditionalist elements of the church, and lacking John Paul's charisma, Benedict was bound to ruffle some feathers.

"Why can't they wait a few years, till the next elections?" It is dangerous, however, if Kaczyński and his allies seek to neuter the courts or bolster "patriotism" and intolerant elements of the church, while failing to protect minorities.

The consistory came at a challenging time for the Vatican; for the past several weeks, Rome has been mired in headlines stemming from leaks of confidential documents and accusations of financial corruption among elements of the church leadership.

Adebayo was one of several Redeemed pastors who expressed the opinion that some elements of the church may have become too focused on fund-raising and wealth-building and with creating a community for immigrant Nigerians rather than exporting the religion to others.

This work describes the strategies employed for structural health monitoring of a damaged historic structure from the XVI century, namely the Foz Côa Church (in Portugal), beside the results of 1-year monitoring of the displacements observed on the structural elements of the church.

"We hope the pope can be a positive example for the ultra conservative elements of the church here".