Sentence examples for the affirmation of all from inspiring English sources

Pseudo-Dionysius claims that God is the affirmation of all things, the negation of all things, and beyond all affirmation and denial (in Eriugena's translation: God is omnium positio, omnium ablatio, super omnem positionem et ablationem inter se invicem, PL CXXII 1121 c-d).

The affirmation of the priesthood of all believers had widespread societal implications because it limited the privileges of the clergy and enlarged the scope of lay activity.

One of those fans happened to be conservative columnist George Will, who wrote glowingly about the tune as a "cheerful affirmation" of all things good about America.

Getting accepted by Penn was an affirmation of all the effort I -- and everyone who helped me along the way -- put into this process.

The deeper worry, which new forms of political violence have made more acute, centres upon achieving a proper balance between the recognition of difference and the affirmation of common principles to which all citizens are required to adhere.

It's a piping, harping, tin-whistling, fiddling, dancing affirmation of all things Irish, with some 10,000 musicians.

"You know what he said to me? 'You look good.' I was already beginning to lose weight, and it was an affirmation of all my efforts.

Academic Linnie Blake feels Gwen's fluid sexuality to be emblematic of her heterosexist normality being challenged by her eye-opening surroundings and Jack's "glorious affirmation of all possible sexual permutations".

There was a long hesitation, a pause you could have poured all the affirmation of the world into.

"Not the affirmation of democracy itself, that 'all men are created equal,' but attempts to broaden the legal and political definition of 'men' aroused serious controversy in the United States during these years".

Decorum and the affirmation of order reinforced each other.