8 sentences with 'debates'
Example sentences and phrases with the word debates and other words derived from it.
• « As noted above, there were serious debates about who or what Jesus was. For centuries, there could be no 'orthodoxy', i.e. 'correct belief', because there was no authority within the church (including the popes) who could impose a certain set of beliefs over rival interpretations. »
• « In the debates, students were expected to cite not only the passage itself, but whatever supporting evidence they could glean from the vast body of sacred and ancient writings. »
• « Although men had dominated these debates from the beginning, women educated in the humanist tradition joined the fray in earnest during the Renaissance, arguing both that education was the key to raising women's competence and that women shared precisely the same spiritual and moral nature as men. »
• « Although initially organised to try to reconcile, at least in part, with Protestantism, the hardliners within the Church were victorious in the ensuing debates and the Council of Trent reaffirmed almost all the controversial parts of the Church's doctrine and disputed articles of faith; »
• « Simultaneously, debates arose among the "roundheads" (Parliamentarians) about the kind of government they were fighting for; some, called the Levelers, argued for a popular government, a true democratic republic. »
• « These more radical elements were eventually defeated by the army, but the language they used to speak of justice and good governance survived to inspire later debates, ultimately informing the concept of modern democracy itself. »
• « Thanks in large part to the ongoing political debates of the time, the English Civil War led to an explosion of the press in England. »
• « The British parliament also became increasingly familiar with financial matters, and numerous debates arose over the best and most cost-effective use of state funds. »