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 she was led to the cave by two angels.

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.

Population and building booms in the late 20th century led to the formation of other areas west and south of Port St. Lucie including St. Lucie West and the new master planned community of Tradition.

Tradition maintains that UGA's oldest permanent building, Old College, is modeled on Yale University ’ s Connecticut Hall.

Tradition states that Shu prince Shu Pan () founded a kingdom called Âu Lạc () building his capital and citadel at Cổ Loa, thirty-five kilometers north of present-day Hanoi.

Military Tradition is used in the strategy game Sid Meier's Civilization III, released by Atari, as a technological advance that allows the building of cavalry units.

Tradition relates that in 814, the body of Saint James the Greater was discovered in Compostela and that Alfonso was the first pilgrim to that famous medieval ( and modern ) shrine.

Tradition holds that the text was written by Luke the companion of Paul ( named in Colossians ) and this traditional view of Lukan authorship is “ widely held as the view which most satisfactorily explains all the data .” The list of scholars maintaining authorship by Luke the physician is lengthy, and represents scholars from a wide range of theological opinion.

Tradition derives the name from Aegina, the mother of Aeacus, who was born on and ruled the island.

Tradition has it that this was the reason for the expedition of Ru, from Tupua ' i in French Polynesia, who landed on Aitutaki, and Tangiia, also from French Polynesia, both of whom are believed to have arrived on Rarotonga around 800 AD.

Tradition also held that the coffin should be lifted and lowered in three different directions as it was carried from the house to confuse a possible draugr's sense of direction.

Tradition states that when El Cid first laid eyes on her, he was enamored of her great beauty.

Tradition holds that the text was written by Luke the companion of Paul ( named in Colossians ).

Tradition holds that Habakkuk was buried here, but the site may actually be the tomb of a local sheikh of Yaquq, whose name was misunderstood to sound like " Habakkuk ".

Tradition, however, maintains that Hezekiah was a righteous man and that the turbulence increased after Hezekiah's death.

" Theologian and author Arthur A. Cohen, in The Myth of the Judeo-Christian Tradition, questioned the theological validity of the Judeo-Christian concept and suggested that it was essentially an invention of American politics, while Jacob Neusner, in Jews and Christians: The Myth of a Common Tradition, writes, " The two faiths stand for different people talking about different things to different people.

Tradition has it that Alfonso of Aragon was an illegitimate son of the King of Naples and that her brother Cesare may have had him murdered after his political value waned.

Tradition has it that as the reliquary was carried to the high altar of Dunfermline Abbey, past Malcolm's grave, it became too heavy to move.

Tradition has it that he died and was buried possibly in Corwen church of SS Mael & Sulien close to his home, or possibly at his estate in Sycharth or on the estates of his daughters ' husbands — Kentchurch in south Herefordshire or Monnington in west Herefordshire.

The Apostolic Tradition, attributed to Hippolytus of Rome ( died 235 ), describes how to perform the ceremony of baptism ; it states that children were baptised first, and if any of them could not answer for themselves, their parents or someone else from their family was to answer for them.

Tradition holds that Ninian was a Briton who had studied in Rome, that he established an episcopal see at the Candida Casa in Whithorn, that he named the see for Saint Martin of Tours, that he converted the southern Picts to Christianity, and that he is buried at Whithorn.

Tradition attributes the whole of the Pentateuch to Moses, however in the late 19th century, the documentary hypothesis was proposed by Julius Wellhausen.

Tradition at the university has it that this was the only program Kilburn ever wrote.

Tradition has it that he was a member of the Sanguini family.

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

Tradition holds that this was given to St. Simon Stock by the Blessed Virgin Mary, who appeared to him and promised that all who wore it with faith and piety and who died clothed in it would be saved.