Ratzinger reinforced John Paul II's "Polish problem" — an understanding of the world skewed, perhaps, by too many years as a priest on the wrong side of the Iron Curtain — with theological justifications for silencing Catholicism's most progressive and socially active clergy.
Each is accompanied by an explanation, and a bit of theological justification for good measure.
Ignoring the historical context of these biblical directives, some American evangelical leaders have used them as theological justification for their support of the Trump administration's policies.
Some of this rhetoric has survived to the present day, especially among theoretical physicists and cosmologists such as Einstein and Hawking.[10] Yet there are clear dangers with relying on a theological justification of simplicity principles.
The idea of human nature as infected with original sin has provided a theological justification to the cultural notion that homosexuality is deviant for Christians in the West.
Alex spent her Valentine's Day curled up on her bed, discussing the theological justification for suicide bombings with an ISIS supporter.
Even the most stable and successful democracies, with the most high-minded and civilized believers, have proved vulnerable to political messianism and its theological justification.
Not 'Let's find the theological justification.' The priest is the sacramental representative of Christ as the High Priest, and..."...
Not 'Let's find the theological justification.' The priest is the sacramental representative of Christ as the High Priest, and......
What Dong accomplished was not merely a theological justification for the emperor as the "son of heaven" (tianzi); rather, his theory of mutual responsiveness between heaven and humanity provided the Confucian scholars with a higher law by which to judge the conduct of the ruler.
The NGK until 1986 supported the government's policy of apartheid (separate development for the races) and had commissioned several studies to develop theological justification for it.
