8 sentences with 'devotion'
Example sentences and phrases with the word devotion and other words derived from it.
• « The Covenant stated that, in return for their devotion and worship, and the circumcision of all Hebrew males, the Hebrews would receive from Yahweh a "land of milk and honey", a place of peace and prosperity of their own forever. »
• « Jesus, upon his resurrection, renewed his call to devotion to God and the offer of salvation for those seeking forgiveness, and then passed into the divine presence. »
• « The Christian message that emerged from the "correct" version of the New Testament was a deeply personal philosophy of prayer, devotion and morality that did not correspond to many of the structures and practices of the Latin Church. »
• « Loyola wrote a book, the Spiritual Exercises, which encouraged a mystical veneration of the Church and unconditional devotion to its institutions. »
• « The Jesuits raised young men, often nobles or wealthy members of the non-noble classes, with an excellent humanist education and a fierce devotion to the Church. »
• « Meanwhile, Protestant leaders were equally hardened in their beliefs and actively inculcated devotion and loyalty in their followers. »
• « Robespierre inspired disgust and fear even among some of his former supporters because of his fanatical devotion to the revolutionary cause and his evident attachment to using terror to achieve his ends. »
• « So when his 87-year-old grandmother became seriously ill, he sat beside her and prayed "with great devotion". The old woman soon recovered. »