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proclaim (something) from the housetop(s)

To share some news or information publicly and with as many people as possible. I was ready to proclaim from the housetop that we'd be having a baby, but my wife wanted to wait for a while before we made the news public. I know you want to proclaim it from the housetops that you came in first in your class, but you should think about how it might make the other students feel and have a bit of modesty about it.

proclaim (something) from the housetops

To share some news or information publicly and with as many people as possible. I was ready to proclaim from the housetops that we'd be having a baby, but my wife wanted to wait for a while before we made the news public. I know you want to proclaim it from the housetops that you came in first in your class, but you should think about how it might make the other students feel.

proclaim (something) from the rooftops

To share some news or information publicly and with as many people as possible. I was ready to proclaim from the rooftops that we'd be having a baby, but my wife wanted to wait for a while before we made the news public. I know you want to proclaim it from the rooftops that you came in first in your class, but you should think about how it might make the other students feel and have a bit of modesty about it.

proclaim (or shout) something from the housetops

announce something publicly.

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From them, indeed from all the "sainted" faithful, the proclamation of the church lies within the ecclesial context of martyria--that proclamatory witness that draws each faithful individual toward the transformed reality of "blest communion, fellowship divine," wherein despite our feeble struggle all are gathered into "one within [God's] great design." (2) In its expression of transformation, martyria serves the church as a confession of faith, an essential action in which the normative ecclesial rule, lex credendi, is grounded.

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Like most liberation theologians, Song privileges Jesus' denunciatory and proclamatory roles, that is, his criticism of the oppressive nature of the religious and political hierarchies of his times and his announcement of the imminent coming of God's reign of love and compassion.

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Forced and, if necessary, obedient friendliness is better than a proclamatory mania for domination.

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Narrative theology, as opposed to foundational or proclamatory religious statement, might advance the cause of mutuality, but not necessarily.

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There are three wonderful drawings of "working clothes" for the actors, who were indeed to wear "production clothing." The designs are like proclamatory posters, with red and black lettering declaring that the image is prozodezhda (production clothing) for Aktera No.

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(The proclamatory task is not limited to the pulpit!) In his preaching, Jesus is careful not to call attention to himself as the one walking with them but to himself as the crucified and risen one, the one in whom all the prophets were fulfilled.

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The multicultural composition was the centre of the message (not just the form) of the teams' proclamatory lifestyle.

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"I am above all a total realist," he confessed on one of many proclamatory occasions.

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The preacher introduces the proclamation with words such as "What Jesus is saying to us through this story is ..." or "What God is saying to us through this story of Joseph is...." For example, in a sermon on John 1:1-18 the proclamatory word might be something like this: "What we hear Jesus saying through these words of John is: 'I am the Word from the beginning of creation.

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It is however correct to emphasize the proclamatory aspect in Isaiah's text and in the way Luke 4 is edited.

LUKE 4:16-30 -- THE SPIRIT'S MISSION MANIFESTO -- JESUS' HERMENEUTICS -- AND LUKE'S EDITORIAL