Sentence examples for theological stance from inspiring English sources

This is their theological stance," said Mr. Sharlet, who infiltrated the group to do research for his book.

Despite the huge gulf in theological stance between his tenure and that of his predecessor, Francis praised Benedict XVI as he unveiled a bronze bust of him at the academy's headquarters in the Vatican Gardens.

This is not to say, however, that Timon wholly approves of Xenophanes' theological stance.

He must, therefore, contend with examples not only confirmatory (e.g., the good fit of organisms to their needs, the capacity for pleasure) but also seemingly contradictory (e.g., death, disease, predation, pain) to such a theological stance.

Zwingli's theological stance was gradually revealed through his sermons.

I only know that we as Christ's church can do better, regardless of our theological stance.

While early church leaders clearly opposed theological stances that were later to be described as Gnosticism, many of those writings had already lost favor in Christian congregations apart from and often before their rejection by ecclesial authorities.

Do the institutions of denominations command the identity and loyalty of their congregations or do congregations and congregants insist that denominations shape their identities to accommodate the diversity of individual theological stances and social values?

The Southern Baptist Convention, the country's largest Protestant denomination, convened on Tuesday and Wednesday in Arizona for its annual meeting, during which church leaders discussed denominational issues, made budget decisions, and voted on resolutions outlining their theological and social stances on various issues.

Ironically, his political views are far to the right of those espoused by most Catholics, who still identify primarily as Democrats, but his admixture of religious fervor, "pro-family" stances, and conservative theological views appealed all the more to evangelical voters and their leaders.

He took a theological middle ground between the heretical stance of the 5th-century Irish monk Pelagius, who formulated a doctrine that man's basic capacity and responsibility enable him to choose a moral life without supernatural aid, and the strict anti-Pelagians, notably St. Augustine of Hippo (354 430), who attributed man's entire ability for moral action to God's inspiration.