Sentence examples for official teachings from inspiring English sources

Not until the 20th century was the negative depiction of the Jews in official teachings overturned in some churches.

But suppose he means that Catholics should do so too, even when these consciences tell them to ignore official teachings.

But in this they are simply taking over the attitude of traditional religious believers in Britain, who also reject the official teachings of their churches.

Now the House of Bishops, the body responsible for official teachings, has reversed that ban by declaring that a civil partnership is not necessarily a bar to entering the episcopate.

He defended the place of "conscientious dissent" in the church, provided it followed an effort to assimilate official teachings, a process he said "must be prayerful, arduous, reflective, informed".

Theologians might argue about the articulations with great subtlety and intensity, but in that millennium few would have chosen to engage in basic disagreement over the official teachings, all of which were seen to be corollaries of the basic faith in Jesus Christ as participating in the truth of God and providing the way of salvation.

While more recent papal encyclicals offer interpretations of Church teaching on individual commandments, throughout history official Church teachings on the Commandments are based on their mentions in the Old and New Testaments and the writings of the early Church Fathers Origen, Irenaeus and Augustine.

He was unconditional in upholding official Catholic teachings on topics like homosexuality and the ordination of women.

Official church teachings continued to emphasize the importance of clerical celibacy, though as late as the 10th century many priests and even some bishops had wives.

Historians describe al-Ḥākim's personal habits as eccentric, mercurial, and unpredictable to the point of cruelty and his religious values as inconsistent with official Ismāʿīlī teachings, tending toward some kind of accommodation with the Jamāʿī-Sunni majority.

In the "graduated spectrum of authority" between official church teachings — encyclicals, laws, homilies — and Benedict's conversational remarks, "I'd say this is an inferior grade," Mr. Magister added.