Sentence examples for perception of the church from inspiring English sources

He said: "This whole business is not really about a theological perception of the church, it's about fidelity to a person".

Time magazine selected Pope Francis as its person of the year on Wednesday, saying the Roman Catholic church's new leader has changed the perception of the church in an extraordinary way in a short time.

Seated behind a massive wooden desk, which was covered with correspondence and reports, Hinckley told me, "I don't think the Church has changed so very much as the perception of the Church has changed".

Mr. Marriott, who is the son of the founder of the Marriott hotel chain, reached into his past, recalling a story that showed how public perception of the church seemed to be shifting.

Goddard, whose partner sings in the church choir, is one of a handful of avowedly gay priests who says he feels "hampered by a perception of the church – misogynistic and homophobic – that trumps all the other good stuff we are trying to do".

However, I must admit that Pope Francis is gradually changing my perception of the Church as a boring pile of antiquated rubbish.

"All my non-Christian friends' perceptions of the church were about controversies over gay priests and women priests," she says.

"The theory is that popes are insulated from understanding public perceptions of the church; it's their aides who have to correct" a problem, Mr. Allen said.

When asked about the 3D perception between the church and the cemetery image, the observers would be inclined to prefer the second image because there is a wider range of depth.

The biggest obstacle for Utahans seeking hate crime laws with teeth appears to be the LDS church, as its silence on Thatcher's bill has created the perception the church disapproves of it.

But the power of the church is based on the people's perception, and until the believers change their point of view, Rome won't change.