6 sentences with 'priest'
Example sentences and phrases with the word priest and other words derived from it.
• « This is how Lorenzo Curbelo, a priest living in Yaiza, described in his diary the volcanic eruption that occurred on the island of Lanzarote in September 1730. »
• « The concept of these different periods was created by Manetho, an Egyptian priest who, around 300 BCE, recorded the 'definitive' history of the ancient kings and created the very notion of the old, middle and new kingdoms. »
• « In the late third century, an Egyptian Christian priest named Arius created a firestorm of controversy when he made a simple logical argument: God the father had created Jesus, so it made no sense that Jesus was the same as God. »
• « Finally, the four types of doctorates, the PhD (doctor of philosophy), the JD (doctor of jurisprudence, i.e. law), the ThD (doctor of theology, a priest) and the MD (doctor of medicine), were derived from medieval degrees. »
• « Desiderius Erasmus (1466 - 1536): Erasmus was a surprisingly erudite priest who benefited from both the traditional scholastic education of the late medieval church and the new humanistic style that emerged from the Renaissance. »
• « At that time about one person in seventy-five was part of the Church, as a priest, monk, nun or member of a lay order. »