"affirm" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- On the old and, I hope, now finally discredited hypothesis of an infinite being, the supporters of these various ideas, while explicitly affirming them, implicitly denied.
- Christian democratic parties are often likely to assert the Christian heritage of their country, and to affirm explicitly Christian ethics, rather than adopting a more liberal or secular stance.
- On the contrary, the canon law explicitly affirms that one surviving member can conserve the privileges of the corporate body, not for himself personally, but for the college.
- The Lateran Council of 649, attended by Maximus the Confessor, explicitly affirmed the teaching of Mary's virginity before, during and after birth.
- When defining the dogma in Ineffabilis Deus, Pope Pius IX explicitly affirmed that Mary was redeemed in a manner more sublime.
- The Catechism explicitly affirms this interpretation in paragraph 161 by insisting upon the necessity of actual faith in Jesus Christ for salvation.
- The Nicene Creed of 325 explicitly affirms the co-essential divinity of the Son, applying to him the term "consubstantial".
- Hand was only the first tier of refusal; the D.A.R.'s highest officers promptly and explicitly affirmed the singer's rejection on racial grounds.
- It affirms equally explicitly that the fight against terrorism cannot be pursued at the expense of human rights.
- Not too long ago, those countries signed a new ASEAN Charter in which they explicitly affirm their adherence to the principle of respecting and protecting human rights.
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