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. |
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. |
The Eucharist organizes the people of God, edifies the city, the people, the nations and civilization». |
Second, however theoretical a work was at times, classical theologians ever retained their pastoral eye for the way doctrine edifies the saints. |
The show is a piece of genuine curatorial flair: it edifies, it amuses, it's packed with knowledge. |