Sentence examples for theological statements from inspiring English sources

"Like mathematics, many theological statements do not need scientific confirmation.

The liturgy includes a variety of models, or symbols, using formal theological statements as well as bodily perceptions and gestures (e.g., music, incense, prostrations) and the visual arts.

In this regard, then, there are not only analytical but also theological statements concerning religious phenomena, particularly in regard to the manner in which such statements are encountered in specific primitive or high religions.

His reputation as a theologian rests on his De locis theologicis (posthumously published in 1563), an analysis of the scientific value of theological statements, which led him to evaluate the sources of theology.

In the years immediately after World War II this account of factual meaning was applied (e.g., by Antony Flew) to theological statements, raising such questions as: What observable difference does it make whether it is true or false that "God loves us"?

Among those who felt it necessary to face this challenge, one group granted that theological statements lack factual meaning and suggested that their proper use lies elsewhere, as expressing a way of looking at the world (e.g., Richard M. Hare) or a moral point of view and commitment (e.g., R.B. Braithwaite).

How can you know any theological statement is true?

"The First Commandment is not a commandment but a theological statement," he said, "and it is a theological statement I reject.

The group plans to release its founding theological statement on its Web site today.

In 1562 Bullinger wrote a lengthy theological statement of 30 articles, which he later revised and attached to his will.

ACCORDING to an old Church of England joke, some wiseacre hoping to elicit a subtle theological statement asked a bishop what he thought about sin.