living stones
Americannoun
Example Sentences
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"We are the living stones of the Church."
From BBC
"These Christians are living stones, and without their presence, the Holy Land and its holy sites risk becoming a museum," Parolin told Vatican Television on the eve of the trip.
From US News
Be sure the cement that must unite the living stones of the spiritual house is brotherly love and fervent charity.
From Project Gutenberg
You are rearing temples of living stones which shall survive all the changes and chances of earth and time, and look sublimely down upon the world's catastrophe.
From Project Gutenberg
Thus we have the living God, the living Stone, the living stones.
From Project Gutenberg
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