10 sentences with 'souls'
Example sentences and phrases with the word souls and other words derived from it.
• « This is one of the cases of "multiple souls": the person is inside the image, but the natives assume that there is a ghost on the loose and that the real soul is in the heights, in a happy world. »
• « In Mexico today, death has a special place. Among those of Indian origin, the souls return for food on the Day of the Dead, i.e. on 1 November. »
• « A special bread is then baked and in some villages the souls are loaded with food: after the all-night vigil, the food has - mysteriously - lost its taste. »
• « Most church leaders saw no theological problem with this practice, arguing that the ultimate goal was the salvation of souls through conversion, so it made perfect sense to use existing holy days and rituals to ease the transition of new converts to Christianity. »
• « He sent missionaries to lands outside the kingdoms to spread Christianity, both out of a genuine desire to save souls and a pragmatic desire to see greater Church influence. »
• « Monasteries and convents grew to become some of the most important economic institutions in medieval Europe, despite their stated intention to house people whose full-time job was to pray for the souls of Christians everywhere. »
• « Without the Church, without the sacraments it alone could offer, without the prayers of monks and nuns for the souls of believers, and without its assurance of an afterlife, medieval Christians were certain that their eternal souls were condemned to hell. »
• « Catholic doctrine held that even the souls of those who avoided hell did not go directly to heaven at death. »
• « According to the religious of the time, the laity, left to their own devices, simply misunderstood the message of the Bible and endangered their souls in the process. »
• « De Maistre argued that human beings are unenlightened, not least because (as a staunch Catholic), he believed that all human souls are tainted by original sin. Left unchecked, human beings with too much freedom will always indulge in depravity. »