It was mainly due to him that much attention was given, both in the columns of the journal and in the meetings of the association, to efforts for secularising the State.
We may deplore the secularising influence of the temporal dominion on the spiritual character of the Papacy, but at least the scheme of Julius is infinitely preferable to that of Alexander VI.
This was an important step in the direction ofsecularising Christianity through "philosophy" and of emasculating the understanding through "revelation.
Footnotes: [Footnote 20: In itself the predicate "Catholic" contains no element that signifies a secularising of the Church.
No divine ordinances about morality could be adduced against the progressive secularising of Christianity; but there was need of statutory commandments by which all the limits were clearly defined.
But the book did not in the least ward off the danger of a total secularising of Christianity.
It is again different in Gnostic circles, which in this case, too, anticipated the secularising process: read for example the description of Marcus in Iren.
Their adherence to the old system of Church discipline involved a reaction against the secularising process, which did not seem to be tempered by the spiritual powers of the bishops.
But the ultimate motive was the effort to stop the continuous secularising of the Christian life and to preserve the virginity of the Church as a holy community.
But, finally, the thesis that Gnosticism is identical with an acutesecularising of Christianity, in the widest sense of the word, is confirmed by the study of its own literature.
Originally Israel is ruled only by the invisible Jehovah; gradually the secularising forces around lead to the institution of visible kings.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "secularising" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
