Sentence examples for on the scriptures from inspiring English sources

Shōtoku was a profound student of Buddhism who gave lectures on the scriptures and himself wrote commentaries.

"This is a benign book whose only intention is to get the word out on the scriptures," Mr. Dusenberry said.

The rest of his career was devoted to pastoral work and to writing numerous books on the Scriptures and on theology and ethics.

A prolific writer, Hugh wrote the Didascalicon, a remarkably comprehensive early encyclopaedia, as well as commentaries on the Scriptures and on the Celestial Hierarchy of Pseudo-Dionysius.

Because of his skillful incorporation into his sermons of those Midrashim (rabbinic commentaries on the Scriptures) that deal with Jewish lore, Jellinek was also an unusually appealing speaker.

Doctrinally, the church is based on the Scriptures, tradition, decrees of the first four ecumenical councils (Nicaea, 321; Constantinople, 381; Ephesus, 431; Chalcedon, 451), and decrees of its own synods.

Finally Collins claims that the conduct of the priests "who are the chief Pretenders to be the Guides to others in matters of Religion, makes free-thinking on the nature and attributes of the eternal being of God, on the authority of the scriptures, and on the sense of scriptures, unavoidable" (ibid., p. 46).

"We are called," the statement says, "to oppose assaults on the authority of the Scriptures".

Based on his reading of the Scriptures, Hagee opposes a two-state solution.

We depend instead on the revelation of the scriptures as our source for the intelligible names.

Baron thought that Dallas Buyers Club was saved by a few excellent songs, which were "Ready to Be Called On", "After the Scripture", and "City of Angels".