It is clear, however, that both the indifferentist position and the rigorist position pose serious problems from a moral and theological perspective. |
His theology and his disciplines were rigorist, but he as a man who lived them himself with great commitment and dedication. |
Even if this fear has a religious dimension, especially in the rigorist anti-Shiite Sunni backgrounds, it is the political aspect of the matter that concerns governments the most. |
Eugene had to face rigorist opinions in his own relatives. |
It surely comes from some circle of rigorist dissidents, who enouraged fasting and abstinence and detested second weddings. |
We refer to John's particular evaluation because the church later on did not follow the rigorist position of John on these matters. |