godliness

Example Sentences

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Alcuin told the first holy Roman emperor to ignore such declarations of public godliness “since the riotousness of the crowd is always very close to madness.”

From Los Angeles Times

The Dorothy Day way to return “our country to a place of godliness” is not by government order but by the example of living a life of Christian service.

From Salon

Trump masks his abhorrent rhetoric in the cloak of godliness because with God on his side, he’s infallible.

From Salon

Once again, we see how “Society of the Snow” emphasizes a transferring of spirituality into people and things — consumption is equated with a pervasive sense of godliness, whatever form God takes.

From Salon

He said the role of fathers and men as mentors is strongly emphasized to guide boys, some of them without fathers, toward godliness and biblical manhood rooted in the “model of Jesus Christ himself.”

From Washington Times