7 sentences with 'rejection'
Example sentences and phrases with the word rejection and other words derived from it.
• « In turn, for the Cynics the only route to happiness was a more aggressive rejection of social life than that advocated by the Epicureans (who, again, were quite sedentary). »
• « Stoicism celebrated self-denial, strength, political service and the rejection of frivolous luxuries; these were all ideas that seemed laudable to the Romans. »
• « Anthony would have remained in obscurity had it not been for a book about him written by Bishop Athanasius, "The Life of Anthony", which celebrated Anthony's rejection of the material world and embrace of divine contemplation. »
• « Among Catholics at all levels of the social hierarchy, Catholic rituals were comforting, and while the rejection of the excesses of Catholic ritual had been part of the appeal of Protestantism for some, for many others it was precisely those familiar rituals that made Catholicism attractive. »
• « He also imposed the Church's position that the Bible should not be translated into vernacular languages but should remain in Latin, an explicit rejection of the Protestant practice of translating the Bible into the everyday language for Christians to read and interpret for themselves. »
• « Perhaps the main theme of Enlightenment thought that ran counter to almost all forms of religious practice at the time was the rejection of 'superstitions', things that simply could not happen according to science (such as a virgin giving birth to a child, or wine turning to blood during communion). »