Teaches holiness without being Legalistic.
Otherwise it would be Legalistic and worthless.
Their Legalistic justice usually eliminated mercy.
Yet, these sessions were not just endless Legalistic debates.
Of course, to some people the idea of covenants might sound dry, Legalistic, with little human interest.
I knew little of the Buddhist rituals and Legalistic procedures so the funeral home people
kindly explained everything for me.
The Legalistic fallacy that just because you have a legal right to do something it is the
right thing to do.
By Jesus' day, however, they were rigid, tradition- bound, Legalistic, proud, self-
righteous proselytizers and teachers who sought to control the nation through synagogue instruction.
As Fraser explains, this regulation is perfectly in line with the“micro-regulation” that's commonly associated with France's over-controlling government,
which is“infamous for its oppressive bureaucratic culture of Legalistic codes and decrees.”.
But on another level, Pope Francis's act is encouraging priests to be more sensitive to context of their parishioners' lives, as in the case of the nine-year-old girl,
and to rely less upon Legalistic formulas
and definitions when it comes to dealing with the complex realities of human life.