Sentences with phrase «accepted as authoritative»

«Images and maps downloaded from Google Maps are now very common in criminal trials and often accepted as authoritative....

Then we must turn to the other religious writings accepted as authoritative within the religion, and to the art and music when they play an important role.

Rather than accepting as authoritative Scripture's total witness, the interpreter uses either his subjective experience with the Christ, or his contemporary sensibility, or the church's traditional understanding of the gospel, or perhaps some combination of these to judge what reasonably the «whole Bible» might be saying.

Not exact matches

Unfortunately, many of us have already been conditioned to accept these proclamations as fact without even conducting any independent research on our own to (1) determine if the authoritative figure is even an authority on the topic, which in many cases, he or she is not; and (2) determine if what the authoritative figure is stating is actually true or not.

In Reynolds v. United States (1878), a case rejecting a claim that it was unconstitutional to prosecute Mormons for polygamy, the Supreme Court accepted Jefferson's «wall of separation» letter as the «authoritative» interpretation of the First Amendment.

They accepted tradition in the role of guide and counselor; they denied it could act as authoritative teacher.

Perhaps evangelicalism's most common argument concerning Biblical authority runs as follows: If one will grant the general reliability of the New Testament documents as verified historically, then, as the Holy Spirit uses this witness to create faith in Christ as Lord and Savior, the Christian comes to accept Jesus Christ as authoritative.

As such he accepts the Bible as trustworthy (here is his meaning of «inerrancy») and authoritativAs such he accepts the Bible as trustworthy (here is his meaning of «inerrancy») and authoritativas trustworthy (here is his meaning of «inerrancy») and authoritative.

«9 The fact evangelicals want other Christians to face is that Jesus, the Son of God incarnate, accepted Scripture as divinely authoritative.

So it seems all the more difficult to accept the Bible as authoritative just because somebody — tradition or the early Church — says so, when in fact these somebodies did not know as much about the Bible's history and background and diverse elements as we do today.

Lutherans accept these books as authoritative because they understand them to be faithful witnesses to the teachings of Scripture.

But before this question can even be addressed we have to ask first whether we do in fact accept the Bible as authoritative canon; and if so, why; and if so, do we accept the whole or parts of it; and if parts of it, which parts, and why?

I won't waste time posting Jefferson / Madison quotes, but simply refer to the Establishment Clause, Jefferson's letter to the Danbury Baptists and Reynolds v U.S. (1878) which referencing the Jefferson letter's «separation» language in interpretation of the Establishment / Free Exercise clauses states: «Coming as this does from an acknowledged leader of the advocates of the measure, it may be accepted almost as an authoritative declaration of the scope and effect of the amendment thus secured.»

The Christian church accepts the Bible, where the dream is found, as the authoritative word of God.

This is why, as it was pointed out earlier, Luke - Acts constituted the final development of the Easter narratives among the writings finally accepted by the church as authoritative.

He apprehended God in terms of his present activity, as presently under - stood, but also accepted without challenge the authoritative witness to divine activity in the past.

Since I do not believe it is possible to genuinely describe God (Though I believe 1 Corinthians 13 comes the closest) and I do not accept any scripture as fully authoritative, I find it impossible to accept an argument as anything more than incomplete human perspective.

Thus they were led to accept certain books as equally authoritative, though recognizably late in appearing.

As we have already noted, permissive parenting shares the positive aspects of authoritative parenting: identifying and accepting the child's emotions, being nurturing and showing your love through words and actions, making the child feel comfortable in their own skin.

Mr Daudu's view implies that once the Supreme Court has delivered a decision, all are bound not merely to accept it as constituting an authoritative statement of the law of the land, but also immediately to accord it intellectual obeisance, and to undertake not to dissent publicly from that decision no matter how implausible or even improper it may seem.

Should I accept his discredited thoughts as authoritative, or not?

He admits reticence is appropriately recognised as an asset that makes IPCC conclusions authoritative and widely accepted.

What I find most surprising about the paper on my re-read and those who seem to have little problem accepting or at least finding no weaknesses of the indirect methodology used to make some rather far reaching conclusions is not that papers such as this one can get published, but the authoritative nature these articles seem to take on and particularly so when they are referenced in the IPCC reports.

I will accept encyclopedic references so long as they contain citations to more authoritative sources.

(really not good) I expect a non-scientist who is unaware of the facts to accept the IPCC as some kind of real authoritative science.

I expect a non-scientist who is unaware of the facts to accept the IPCC as some kind of real authoritative science.

Rather than independently confirming this prediction by collecting its own evidence, the agency simply accepted the IPCC report as authoritative.

Daley, [2008] N.B.J. No. 16: 20 Among the authoritative sources which have been accepted by courts as the proper subject of judicial notice are maps (D'Astous v. Baie Comeau (Ville)(1992), 74 C.C.C. (3d) 73 (Que.

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