Definitionadj. tending to become more severe or wider in scope
Last update: August 13, 2015
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He is taking an active interest in Indian politics. [Please select]
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The majority, in which Cardinal Manning pla t ed a very active part, took their stand on theological reasons o the strongest kind; they invoked the promises of Our Lord o St Peter: " Thou art Peter, and upon this rock will I build y Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against her " and again, " I have prayed for thee, Peter, that thy faith ail not; and do thou in thy turn confirm thy brethren "; they showed the popes, in the course of the ages, acting as the g ardians and judges of the faith, arousing or welcoming dogmati controversies and authoritatively settling them, exercising the supreme direction in the councils and sanctioning their decis ons; they explained that the few historical difficulties did not in olve any dogmatic defect in the teaching of the popes; they i sisted upon the necessity of a supreme tribunal giving judg ent in the name of the whole of the scattered Church; and finally, they considered that the definition had become opportu e for the very reason that under the pretext of its inopportuneness the doctrine itself was being attacked. [Please select]
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It is a shy, active little bird, and very difficult to shoot. [Please select]
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, and if they were not very active in the pursuit, these purloinings were thrown overboard. [Please select]
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"A better present for a boy of an active turn of mind could not be found." [Please select]
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The active was the Logos, or reason in it, which is God. [Please select]
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But how could the active principle, or God, be conceived of as a body. [Please select]
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