Sentence examples for use of scripture from inspiring English sources
And he said liberal theologians can be too casual in their use of Scripture.
FOR THE BIBLE TELLS ME SO Daniel G. Karslake's documentary looks at the Roman Catholic Church's use of scripture to justify the repression of gay men and women.
Walter of Châtillon and Philip the Chancellor are conspicuous among the authors of the satires, the force of their works deriving from learned and allusive use of Scripture.
In 1408 a synod of clergy summoned to Oxford by Archbishop Arundel forbade the translation and use of Scripture in the vernacular.
Black Christians ought to be cognisant of the dangers of the use of scripture to justify political ends; history shows that Christian scriptures were twisted to justify African enslavement and the worst excesses of colonialism in Africa and the Caribbean.
Vehement objections were voiced, particularly to the article "David," to the bias in favour of Pyrrhonistic (radical) skepticism, atheism, and epicureanism, and to the use of Scripture to introduce indecencies.
Brat expressed exasperation with Obama's use of scripture--specifically Obama's November, 2015 exhortation to conservatives not to be "scared of [Syrian] widows and orphans".
Religious scholars denounced the Taliban's use of Islamic scripture to back their case.
In addition, these Christians had to defend their use of additional scripture and their unconventional conception of God and explain why they were following a bumpkin carpenter from some obscure backwater.
More than a hundred Muslim scholars and leaders from around the world released an open letter addressed to Islamic State leader Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi on Wednesday, telling the self-proclaimed caliph, in no uncertain terms, that the group's use of Islamic scripture is illegitimate and perverse.
His proposals included greater private and public use of the Scriptures, greater assumption by the laity of their priestly responsibilities as believers, greater efforts to bear the practical fruits of a living faith, ministerial training that emphasized piety and learning rather than intellectuality, and edifying, spiritual preaching.
