His ministry affirms the divine inspiration of the Bible, the authority of Tradition, and says "... that there is a place within the full life and ministry of the Christian Church for lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender Christians, both those who are called to lifelong celibacy and those who are partnered.

Tradition says that the building was designed by Nicola Pisano.

Tradition says that Barnabas preached in Alexandria and Rome, and was stoned to death at Salamis about 61 CE.

Tradition says that she often returns there to weep for her lost son, only to find a sacrificial knife.

Tradition says the city is named after a former slave, freed by Captain Hugh Bradley, the namesake of the county and leader of the main early settlement party which established the city.

Tradition says that the town's name became Alvin ( with an " i " instead of an " a ") because the post office misspelled it and refused to correct the error.

Tradition says he decided to build a town there and asked Edward Smith's daughter, Jenny, to name it.

Tradition says one Corydon miller overpaid by $ 200 ; Morgan promptly returned it to him.

Tradition says Eliza Harris

Tradition says that an anchor hanging inside the rim of a locomotive wheel at the center of town was taken by Goslee from his ship, the Matamora.

Tradition says that the little log school went by the name of the Duke School House from the fact that Chattam Duke was the teacher of the first term of school in the new district — this was on or about the year 1851.

" Tradition says a certain Drummond and McKelpin, Loyalists, were very early settlers, but left as the Revolutionary War came closer to the area.

Tradition says they were attracted to the flat coastal terrain that reminded them of their homeland ( although the heat most certainly did not ).

Tradition says that he assisted in the decorations of the church of S. Egidio, however no records confirm this.

Tradition says that he organized a 10 pm service on Christmas Eve in a temporary wooden shed serving as his cathedral and that a key purpose of the service was to keep men out of pubs on Christmas Eve.

Tradition says that the Viking invaders failed to defeat the native Anglo-Saxons on the coast of Formby, so they sailed inland, up the River Alt, and attacked from the rear.

Tradition says that were the same monks arrived with Saint Columbanus who started the growing of the vine after it was abandoned during the dark age of Middleage.

Tradition says that the name Almería stems from the Arabic المرية Al-Mariyya: " The Mirror ", comparing it to " The Mirror of the Sea ".

Tradition says that King Menestheus took part in the Trojan War, and Codrus, the last king, was the one to repel the Dorian Invasion of Attica.

Tradition says that he memorized the Qur ’ an at the age of seven ; by ten, he had memorized the Muwatta of Imam Malik ; he was a mufti ( given authorization to issue fatwa ) at the age of fifteen.

Tradition says that the pioneers used to rest in a guesthouse-situated 150 km from São Paulo, around the river Tatuibi, which the name in Tupi-Guarani means small armadillo.

Tradition says, that it was built by some jealous regulus, to confine a handsome wife in ".

Korea, Moon says, was " chosen by God to be the birthplace of the leading figure of the age ", and to be the birthplace of " Heavenly Tradition ", ushering in God's kingdom.

Tradition says that each of the twelve clans are divided into twelve sub-clans, or khut.

Tradition holds that she was born on the Feast of the Epiphany, but there is no documentary evidence ( d. 1431 )

Tradition holds that she served as a Maid of Honour to Margaret of Anjou, but the evidence of this is uncertain.

Tradition states that Palden Lhamo, the female guardian spirit of the sacred lake, Lhamo La-tso, promised the First Dalai Lama in one of his visions "... that she would protect the reincarnation lineage of the Dalai Lamas.

She conducts music workshops around the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and Australia, including a workshop she created called " Building a Vocal Community: Singing in the African American Tradition ".

Tradition suggests that St Monenna founded a chapel here, as she is said to have done at Edinburgh, although it is now thought that the legend of Monenna results from a later confusion of early Christian figures, including Modwenna and Moninne.

Tradition suggests that as she lay in her final repose, her heart-stricken father had painted her final portrait.

In the United States, Alexandrian priestess Mary Nesnick, an initiate of both traditions, created a deliberate fusion of the two, which she named the Algard Tradition.

In 1994, she issued her first recording in several years, Tradition: A Family at Christmas, along with her two daughters.

Though Lena came up with an innovative and commercially viable product, she had trouble getting the word out: Tradition dictated that topics like pregnancy were not discussed in the press.

On 14 April 2007, she was awarded an Honorary Degree by the Open University, for a " Notable contribution to education and culture ", while in 2008 she was given the " Good Tradition " award at the BBC Radio 2 Folk Awards.

Tradition held that she was to remain there to be educated in preparation for her role as Mother of God.

According to Tradition, Mary was taken -- presented -- to the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem as a young girl, where she lived and served until her betrothal to Joseph.

Tradition has it that she was also known for her exceptional strength, which, for example, she showed by driving nails into the wall with her bare hands and cracking nuts between her fingers.

In 1979 she withdrew as high priestess, and now serves as matriarch and advisor to the Council of High Priestesses of the McFarland Dianic Tradition.

Tradition has it that Elisabeth Christine could not understand Frederick's indifference and that she had an unrequited love her her spouse.

Tradition holds that she commissioned the famous Rohan Hours.

Through her letters and teachings she contributed to the development of other traditions, including the Keepers of the Ancient Mysteries, the Georgian Tradition and others.

The Sacred Tradition of Eastern Christianity teaches that the Virgin Mary died a natural death ( the Dormition of the Theotokos, the falling asleep ) like any human being ; that her soul was received by Christ upon death ; and that her body was resurrected on the third day after her repose, at which time she was taken up, soul and body, into heaven in anticipation of the general resurrection.

Meanwhile, she had taken up a room in the Ship and Mermaid Inn, which overlooked Circular Quay, Sydney, where she began reading various books on the subject of the Western Esoteric Tradition, including those on demonology, the Qabalah and comparative religion.

Tradition also has it that before Thyra consented to marry Gorm, she insisted he build a new house and sleep in it for the first three nights of winter and give her an account of his dreams those nights.