Sentence examples for sole authority of from inspiring English sources

Calvin agreed with Luther on justification by faith and the sole authority of Scripture.

Thus they rejected creeds as tests of fellowship; they believed such tests usurped the sole authority of the New Testament and set forth demands not found there.

Crane traces the roots of Ware's idealism and zealotry to his upbringing in the Plymouth Brethren, a sectarian offshoot of Anglicanism characterised by reliance on the sole authority of scripture and on the importance of intense Christian fellowship.

Reformed theology has tended to emphasize the sole authority of the Bible with more rigour than has characterized the practice of Anglican or Lutheran thought, and it has looked with deeper suspicion upon the symbolic and sacramental traditions of the Catholic centuries.

The Disciples of Christ, a Free church that originated in the United States, makes the New Testament the sole authority of doctrine and practice in the church, requiring no creedal subscription at all; a distinctive feature of their worship is their weekly celebration of Communion.

The general tendency in these churches, however, has been to oppose formal creeds and confessions for fear of stifling the workings of the Holy Spirit or imperilling the sole authority of the Bible or, in theologically liberal circles, endangering freedom of thought and conscience.

Air Force officials say their branch of the armed forces should be made the sole authority to manage acquisition of the largest and most deadly class of remotely piloted surveillance and attack aircraft to reduce duplication and produce savings in operations and maintenance.

On Monday he issued an order stripping lawyers on the two sides of sole authority to choose an administrator and a medical panel to evaluate the plaintiffs' claims and said court approval would be needed.

The leaders have the sole authority to determine the fate of legislation, the amount of state money that lawmakers receive for their districts, the type of committee assignments they get and even the size of their paychecks.

The Atomic Energy Act of 1954 gives the federal government sole authority to regulate the safety of nuclear plants, but the states have always had the right to approve or disapprove the construction of power reactors, as they can approve or disapprove any power plant.

But, even so, haven't the members of the Catholic Church recognized their bishops as having full and sole authority to determine the teachings of the Church?