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...ch continues to be victimized by the war, though they courageously refused to participate in it, are the thousands of fugitives from compulsory military ...d to fight in wars. Among those who came for such reasons were some of our Mennonite and Brethren in Christ forebearers. Many came as fugitives from compulsory

...ce Mennonite Church, have affirmed the sanctity of human life. We continue to make that affirmation and are agreed in our concern about the large number ...fertility as a sign of God's blessing</i>, as God's gift of life which is to be honored with reverence and respect. This mood is reflected by the Psalmi

The Holy Spirit In the Life of the Church (Mennonite Church, 1977) A summary statement adopted by Mennonite General Assembly June 18-24, 1977, Estes Park, Colorado

...stage for the reformers and whose different reading of the Scriptures led to their emphasis upon the constitutive affirmation of the love ethic and disc ...le="color: red">&rarr;30</span>''' and how were these developments related to hermeneutics?

...several of the axiological issues raised by this methodology. In addition to these formal and procedural limitations, I will further assume that histori ...and nourished the scientific and philosophical reflection which gave birth to modern skepticism. If this is indeed the case, then ecclesiastical events a

...ature, Old Testament scholar Bernhard W. Anderson called biblical scholars to both utilize and go beyond the historical-critical method in their study of ...any directions.”<ref>Bernhard W. Anderson, “Tradition and Scripture in the Church,” ''JBL'' 100 (Jan 1981), 5-21. Quotation on p. 5.</ref></blockquote>