| In so far as the drama uplifts and edifies the audience, it does so, not by precept or by syllogism, but by emotional suggestion. |
| True faith edifies the fellow believers and pursues the righteousness of God. |
| These works are nebulous by design and solicit an instinctual interpretation, which in time edifies as an intellectual one onene in which the viewer is necessarily an accomplice. |
| Second, however theoretical a work was at times, classical theologians ever retained their pastoral eye for the way doctrine edifies the saints. |
| To her great surprise she hears that the sister continues there, and edifies the whole community by her piety. |
| His book — at once a memoir, how-to, advice column, stand-up act, confession and, most of all, ode to the art form — edifies and entertains while reflecting on the unexpected turns that poets' lives are bound to take. |
