Sentence examples for the formal church from inspiring English sources

"To say the river is a sacramental commons means people can experience the creator in creation, outside the formal church settings".

But other Hispanic-Americans who have drawn such distinctions between clergy and faith have moved away from the formal church in growing numbers.

Ms. Koh made subtle but important distinctions between the sonatas — which are cast in the formal church style, and which she played as devoutly focused meditations, with rigorous fast movements interspersed — and the partitas, collections of dances, which are performed more spiritedly.

They spent a week living apart until the more formal church wedding in Port Said.

They also have an ongoing feud with a formal church across the street, some members of which have criticized the Ninabers' service for not being a "real church".

The process, known as "laicization," is a formal church juridical procedure that requires Vatican approval, and can take far longer if the priest objects.

Elective sex-reassignment surgery "may be cause for formal church discipline," according to the church's handbook.  .

Elective sex-reassignment surgery "may be cause for formal church discipline," according to the church's Handbook.

"We have a long, long way to go in America as far as racial reconciliation," Luter told PBS, and just last month, Richard Land, one of the S.B.C.'s most prominent leaders, earned a formal church reprimand for calling racism a "myth".

Count the number of people wearing hats (at a formal church) or sweats (at a casual church).

The couple were married in 1980, and two years ago held a formal church wedding at St. Jerome's Church, neighbors said.