Sentences with phrase «based upon traditions»

I have tried thus far to demonstrate that the secular part of Western culture has itself raised the community question with unprecedented urgency and that the religious are best situated to address the question with authority based upon both tradition and experience.

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They fail to distinguish two types of religious persons who may be part of this group: the first, who depend completely upon the literal interpretation of Scripture and tradition by an authoritarian pastor, and second, those who undertake rescue activity as the command of God, based upon a thoughtful and self - ratified interpretation of the ethical imperatives of the gospel.

This is something that a religious morality can not do, being based upon authority, tradition, and inflexible absolutes, all of which discourage and forbid independent thought.

My only problem with your article centers on the Traditions violation and in that the Traditions are based upon humility of the individual and primacy of AA as a whole, perhaps they would be worthy of consideration.

The Jewish basis for this hope lies especially in the Noahide Laws, a set of seven laws binding upon all humanity that were, according to rabbinic tradition, given to Noah.

Theological exegesis of the Bible advances upon the assumption that the Nicene tradition, in all its diversity and controversy, provides the proper basis for the interpretation of the Bible as Christian Scripture.»

Upon the basis of Paul's teaching, taken alone, Christianity might possibly have foundered a century later in the rising sea of Gnosticism; possessing Mark's compilation of the historic traditions, later amplified by the other evangelists, the church held true to its course, steering with firm, unslackened grip upon the historic origins of its faUpon the basis of Paul's teaching, taken alone, Christianity might possibly have foundered a century later in the rising sea of Gnosticism; possessing Mark's compilation of the historic traditions, later amplified by the other evangelists, the church held true to its course, steering with firm, unslackened grip upon the historic origins of its faupon the historic origins of its faith.

What is either right or wrong is that punctual decision, based upon the facts of the case at just that instant, and the just war tradition delivers the criteria for adjudicating that decision.

Second, as I suggested earlier, each of the various religious traditions, I maintain, is based upon a particular preconceptual «vision of reality.»

They continued to be made until well on in the second century, upon the basis of still floating oral tradition.

The gospel which a preacher is to proclaim is to be seen as a bold affirmation, based upon the earliest Christian witness and the confirmation of that witness in the agelong Christian tradition, that we humans are loved, that we can be delivered from the lovelessness which makes us miserable and lonely, and that we can be enabled to return love even if very inadequately and partially.

[4] Religious historian James Noel points out the problematics inherent in the contradictory worldviews upon which New Thought is based: philosophical non-dualism on the one hand, and the dualism of the Judeo - Christian biblical tradition on the other.

The sermons in the mosque — for in this respect they follow Jewish and Christian custom — are based upon the Koran mainly, though frequently upon the Traditions as well.

The principle, Ijma, is based in part upon an important tradition to the effect that what Moslems agree upon is right — that is, the principle of consensus, «My people shall never agree on an error.»

They are the provisional harvest of unprecedented ecumenical dialogues, based upon expanded, open - minded scholarship in Scripture, tradition, history and theology.

Hence all human traditions, which are called ecclesiastical commandments, are binding upon us only in so far as they are based on and commanded by God's Word.»

Balthasar was far more concerned to base his theology upon Scripture and Tradition than was Rahner, and he was aware that the Gospels contain many passages where Our Lord himself implies not only that all may not necessarily be saved but that many won't be.

These evidences remain very important; but, whether we like it or deplore it, the older type of argument for Christianity based upon the documents and traditions and heroism of the age of the Apostolic Fathers has no longer the evidential power of former days.

Lepard distinguishes between positivist legal traditions based upon «state - oriented» values (emphasizing state sovereignty) and the more dynamic human rights laws derived from common practices and understandings, including religio - ethical principles.

He has taken on the monumental task of rethinking the principles of humanitarian intervention within an ethical framework based upon «universal» religious tenets — universal because they are core values in all these religious traditions.

Far more promising is the approach of Professor Branscomb in «The Moffatt New Testament Commentary» (1937), who views the Gospel as based upon «the common tradition of the Gentile churches,» though the use of sources, even of written sources, is not only not denied but even presupposed in the discussion of more than one section of the Gospel.

Furthermore, it has insisted — and rightly — that Christianity is a faith and not a philosophical or ethical system; it is a faith in which affirmations are made about an historical person in whom God is believed to be specially at work; it has insisted that we have to do with a tradition which has been nourished by the lives of holy men and women, by saints and scholars, but which is based upon the gospel, whose grounding is in the scriptural record and witness and which therefore can not exist without constant reference to that «deposit» of God's self - revelation.

Since the priests were the law givers in their theocracy this was a book of laws and traditions based on the Hebrew God's commands as deciphered or decided upon by Moses.

The richness of educational opportunities offered at the department is based upon a long and distinguished tradition of teaching and research.

Rather, the tradition has arisen based upon calculations and observations in acute studies (Fletcher et al. 1958; Garhammer, 1980; Garhammer, 1993).

CPS Department of Arts Education encourages and supports strategic partnerships and collaborations in the arts between schools, community based organizations, and teaching artists built upon quality indicators to enhance student learning at all levels and celebrate and honor student voice, culture, and traditions, both in and out of school time.

Likened to be the visual equivalent of a mantra, Shapiro develops series of work based upon Eastern traditions and concepts, such as «Mudra» (Buddhist hand symbols) and «Savasan» (the lying - down posture in yogic practices).

However the primary questions concern the extent to which courts - an entity whose origins are based upon deeply entrenched traditions, customs and procedures - have the capacity to implement big data that implies advanced technological innovations in its day to day operations.

Finally, respect for human rights obligations, especially the right of indigenous communities «to practice and revitalise their cultural traditions and customs» [74] and to equality before the law, including in the enjoyment of the right to equal treatment before the tribunals and all other organs administering justice [75], calls for the development of principles which address the unique evidentiary issues involved in native title litigation, including the reality of claims based substantially upon orally - transmitted traditions, the lack of written records of indigenous laws and customs, the «unsceptical» receipt of uncorroborated historical evidence incapable of being tested under cross-examination, and the epistemological, ideological and cultural limitations of historical assessments of traditional laws and customs by non-indigenous commentators.

The appeal raises the question as to the place, if any, of the concept of «abandoning of laws and customs based on tradition», first articulated by Brennan J in Mabo [No 2][44] and relied upon by the trial judge and Branson and Katz JJ in the Full Court [45], in the statutory determination of native title pursuant to sub-sec 223 (1).

«The most credible source of information concerning the traditional laws and customs of the area... is to be found in Curr's writings... The oral testimony of the witnesses from the claimant group is a further source of evidence but being based upon oral tradition passed down through many generations extending over a period in excess of two hundred years, less weight should be accorded to it than to the information recorded by Curr.»