10 sentences with 'church'
Example sentences and phrases with the word church and other words derived from it.
• « From the other side of the mosquito net, my mother decrees: -Come back when the church bell rings. »
• « One important effect was that the church actively supported charitable works for the poor and hungry, a practice that won new converts. This was one of the most remarkable moments in history when a religion coupled a message of compassion for the needy with real, practical efforts to help the needy. »
• « In another sharp contrast to Roman practice, Christianity saw disenfranchised groups such as women and the poor (not to mention poor women) play an important role in the organisation of the church, especially before "official" Christianity was born under Constantine. »
• « Bishops also moved in administrative circles, representing not only the church but their cities in actions and petitions before governors and assemblies. »
• « When the western empire fell, the archbishops of Rome had begun their attempts to assert their authority over the church (however, they would not succeed even in the west for many centuries). These assertions were never accepted in the East, where it was the emperor who had the final say in matters of religious doctrine. »
• « However, the piety of the empire sometimes undermined secular learning. Over time, the church became increasingly suspicious of learning that did not focus on the Bible and religious instruction or that did not have direct practical applications in craftsmanship or engineering. Thus, there was a marked decline in scholarship throughout the empire. »
• « After the iconoclasm, the leaders of the orthodox church, the patriarchs of Constantinople, claimed that innovations in Christian theology or practice were heresies. This attitude extended to secular learning as well - it was acceptable to study classical literature and even philosophy, but new forms of philosophy and academic innovation were considered dangerous. »
• « The popes were not only at the pinnacle of the western church, but often ruled as kings unto themselves, and always had complex relationships with other rulers. »