Theologically, the dividing line lay between those who desired the Mass and reunion with Rome, and those who rejected the Mass and derived their dogmas from Geneva.
In character and conduct he embodied many of its materialistic and socialistic ideas, its false conception of liberty, its pernicious dogmas of equality, and not a little of its rowdyism.
It was not to be safely assumed that the legal decision of a constitutional question, which divided the framers of the Federal Constitution, would necessarily affirm the party and sectional dogmas upon which the North waged the war.
Under its influence the dogmas of the Church assumed a kind of palpability.
To the fixed dogmas of the Latin Church he adjusted the more favorable of Aristotle's various definitions, and interpreted his dubious utterances by the light of ecclesiastical orthodoxy.
To the same Cremonini is ascribed the Jesuitical motto Foris ut moris, intus ut libet, which may be regarded as a cynical version of Pomponazzi's oft-repeated protestation of belief in dogmas he had demonstrated contrary to reason.
Even in the highest ecclesiastical quarters it was fashionable to speak lightly of the fundamental dogmas of the Christian creed.
There may be very ridiculous dogmas and rites united with an excellent morality.
As to Flavius Josephus, he was a man of war who had never heard of the logos, and who held to the dogmas of the Pharisees, who were solely attached to their traditions.
The learned researches of Hyde kindled, a few years ago in the breast of a young Frenchman, the desire to learn for himself the dogmas of the Guebers.
Yet how vulgar appear their dogmas in this pure atmosphere of religion, in the courts of this great cathedral of the natural world!
I think we both felt that we were very near each other; and religion is a subtler thing than can be defined in creeds and dogmas or embodied in what the world calls "views.
The first step in this direction was taken by Lutheranism, whose attacks against dogmas were far more precise and categoric than those of the Humanists.
It cries for justice, for freedom, for equality, even if it too often burdens itself with theological dogmashard to understand and harder to believe.
In Austria a majority belongs to the Greek Catholic church, which is a union of the Greek Orthodox and the Roman Catholic churches, maintaining distinct Byzantine dogmas and acknowledging the supremacy of the Pope.
Ideas and dogmas that would not have been tolerated for an instant in the old, pure, homogeneous Roman race, found acceptance in this adulterated, festering mass.
The reconciliation of many of the dogmas of authority with common sense was impossible for men of understanding.
He saw that it was utterly impossible to offer any defence of many of the materialized dogmas of the age, but then those dogmas had been put forth as absolute truth by the Church.
Very different would it have been had the Italian statesmen boldly put themselves in the van of progress, and, instead of asserting an immutability and infallibility, changed their dogmas and maxims as the progress of events required.
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In the new state of things, it was impossible thatdogmas in absolute opposition to reason, such as that of transubstantiation, could any longer hold their ground.
Theological dogmas are backed up by the bluff of authority, either of scriptures or of churches.
The Romish Church, like the Spanish kings, ruled very unwisely in the South American dominions, and instead of keeping pace with the progress of the people, endeavored to enforce fifteenth century dogmas and practices in the nineteenth.
We will quote from an unknown author the following unscriptural dogmas of the Romish sect, and the date of their origin: Prayers for the dead A.
Its primary aim is to set forth the vital truth that God is not to be found through current theological dogmas or intellectual discussions, but through personal experience.
Job in his sharp retorts makes clear the Inapplicability of the arguments and the limitations of the dogmas which they constantly reassert.
There is a growing desire for experimenting upon the dogmas and expedients and practices of other sects.
A superseded religion may often be traced in the festivals, ceremonies, and dogmas of the religion which has replaced it.
Or what becomes of one idiot-born who, throughout his dreary life, never has mental capacity for the acceptance or examination of, or credence in any religious dogmas whatever?
Only, unlike religion, the cohesive strength of Socialism lies not in its dogmas but in its ideal.
What, I may be asked, are we expected, as young people, to understand about the doctrines and dogmas of Christianity as necessary to an intelligent religious faith?
On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations and worn-out dogmas that for far too long have strangled our politics.
On this day, we come to proclaim an end to the petty grievances and false promises, the recriminations, and worn out dogmas that for far too long have strangles our politics.
It is a pity that there are dogmas received by the Latin Church, and rejected by the Greek.
They mixed up, in Alexandria, a portion of the dogmas of the Stoics with their ancient Jewish ideas.
In this second case there come what are called the dogmas of the Church.
Instead of supernatural ideas and the dogmas of faith it would substitute the cult of "humanity.
He admitted even more, that the law's intent was to protect apostasy, the rebellion of disloyal theologians against the dogmas and discipline of the Church.
In an attempted explanation of the dogmas of the Trinity and of the Incarnation he displayed an ignorance as to their true conception.
The Government no longer dared to touch upon the religion of the soul; it perceived clearly that dogmas and the internal rules of morality were beyond the scope of civil legislation.
The main dogmas of modern theology are based on distorted myths, "under the shadow of which we have been cowering as timorously as birds in a stubble when an artificial kite in the shape of a hawk is hovering overhead.
The fact is, churches and scriptures and dogmas are the outcome of that religious element which is inherent in human nature.
Can a pastor believe in his heart the dogmas of the Westminster Confession, and yet devote so much time to ants?
These foolish fears show a great want of confidence in human nature, and falsely assume that moral character depends mainly upon an unquestioning faith in certain dogmas which, in point of fact, have no necessary connection with it.
The Neo-Platonists taught that these occult rites were a form of representing philosophic and religious dogmas as if in scenes of common life by living persons, and of shadowing them by ceremonies and processions.
The main dogmas of Romish and orthodox Protestant creeds are false, and it is absurd to suppose that a pure system of public virtue can be founded upon ignorance, superstition, and falsehood.
It is well said that "Actions speak louder than words;" and we need only ask the question, "Do ministers who profess to believe these horrible dogmas preach as if they really believed them?
The teleschi, following the example of Adam and Eve in Paradise, performed their religious rites in a state of nature; and there were other branches whose various dogmas and practices it would be impossible to describe.
Nevertheless the desire for it has never been destroyed, and continues to inspire the teachings of all those who revolt against dogmas that tend to restrict the soul's activities instead of widening them.
Mahometanism, although noted for its unshakable fidelity to the dogmas of Mahomet, did not by any means escape the mystic influences by which it was surrounded.
For the rest, their doctrine was innocent enough, and, but for certain extravagances and some dangerous dogmas borrowed from other sects, their diffusion among the working-classes of the towns might even have been desirable.
Far from lessening the numbers of those who deserted the established church, persecution only increased them, and inflamed the zeal of its victims, so that they clung more passionately than ever to the new dogmas and their hunted exponents.
A life-and-death struggle, lasting for some centuries, took place between Russian orthodoxy and this sect whose socialistic ideas threatened to overthrow the aristocratic dogmas of the official church.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "dogmas" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
