There were no shrines in it, no altars, no visible symbols of sacred things, except the roll of the Law, which was reverently taken out of a sacred treasury and read aloud.
The manners of these southern people are very gentle and courteous; but they are lighter in their treatment of sacred things than we could wish.
This confiding of tribal secrets (the tradition and the knowledge of sacred things) to the young man about to enter on public life is a political necessity, but in the nature of the case connects itself with religious conceptions.
Once established in service, they would acquire a certain sanctity and power by their relation to sacred things, and at the same time would, as unattached, be sought by men.
In both cases they may serve a good purpose in worship by fixing the mind on sacred things.
Unlike God, creatures are subject to imperfections, moral or physical, and thus it is not always erroneous or blasphemous to attribute imperfections to the Saints or sacred things.
Nepotism, favoritism in giving offices, and political and dishonest maneuvers to obtain church dignities are not in themselves simoniacal; but they are an unworthy and scandalous treatment of sacred things.
Sacred things in which communication is possible are of three classes: (a) the chief acts of divine worship (i.
Now there would seem to be the same formal aspect of sin in all violations of sacred things, and that the only difference is one of matter.
In this way, by whatever kind of sin a man acts counter to reverence due to sacred things, he commits a sacrilege formally; although his act contains various kinds of sin materially.
In like manner the third species of sacrilege, which is committed against other sacred things, has various degrees, according to the differences of sacred things.
There is not the same aspect of holiness in all the aforesaid: wherefore the diversity of sacred things is not only a material, but also a formal difference.
Whether the Ceremonies of the Old Law Are Suitably Divided into Sacrifices, Sacred Things, Sacraments, and Observances?
Objection 1: It would seem that the ceremonies of the Old Law are unsuitably divided into "sacrifices, sacred things, sacraments, and observances.
Therefore "sacred things" should not be taken as a part of the ceremonies.
The instruments of worship refer to the sacred things, such as the tabernacle, the vessels and so forth.
A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science.
For all sensible creatures are signs of sacred things; according to Rom.
Even an oath has a certain relation to sacred things, in so far as it consists in calling a sacred thing to witness.
Defn: A treatise on sacred things; especially, the science which treats of the ancient writings and inscriptions of the Egyptians, or a treatise on that science.
Defn: One who has high and controlling authority in sacred things; the chief of a sacred order; as, princely hierarchs.
That is how Buddhism is a religion: in default of gods, it admits the existence of sacred things, namely, the four noble truths and the practices derived from them.
Up to the present we have confined ourselves to enumerating a certain number of sacred things as examples: we must now show by what general characteristics they are to be distinguished from profane things.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "sacred things" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
