Sentences with phrase «civil authorities as»

Furthermore, proper respect for the civil authorities as commanded in Romans 13 also demands that we not disturb their investigation.

Most are quickly reported to civil authorities as required by law,» he said, but he warned the leaders that they must respond quickly to reports and share information with their congregations for the sake of transparency.

The role of a civil authority is to govern society and we're instructed to respect our civil authority as a clear biblical mandate.

Not exact matches

Moyo told the civil service that the army was moving to protect them against the purge, and told the judiciary that the aim was to «ensure that as an independent arm of the state you are able to exercise your independent authority without fear of being obstructed as has been the case with this group of individuals.»

On August 31, 2007, the president of Clemson University opened a letter from the South Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union that read, «Coach [Tommy] Bowden... has abused his authority as... head football coach by imposing his strong personal religious beliefs upon....

The job of civil authority is to protect that religious liberty — to protect the right of every American to worship as they see fit, and to live out the teachings of their faith and never be compelled to violate the teachings of their faith.

Butler shows how in the early national period, as the line of distinction between religion and the civil authorities («separation of church and state») developed and the citizenry relied ever less on the government for things spiritual or ecclesiastical, church life prospered.

It helps one to conceptualize women's struggles for «civil rights» in the church and for our theological authority to shape Christian faith and community as an important part of women's liberation struggles around the globe.

He is God incarnate, to whom all authority is given (Mt. 28:18), and from whom the power of the sword is delegated to the civil magistrate as God's deacon for the reward of good and the terror of evil (Rom.

In our review we have shown that the stand taken by it against the Law and against the civil authority is exactly the same as in colonial time, just as in 1810, 1822, 1833, 1836, and 1865; and that after the lengthy period enjoyed by it for recovery it has again adopted the same attitude in 1913, 1914, 1917, 1926, and 1934 «51 Portes - Gil exaggerates, however.

«85 What the report fails to acknowledge, of course, is that Protestantism (as well as Catholicism) in the United States achieves this harmony by relinquishing to civil agencies the authority to define God's commands.

The second sibilating sound in my title refers to the least avoidable theme in American religious history: separation, as in the (Jeffersonian) «separation of church and state,» or the (Madisonian) «line of separation between the rights of religion and the civil authority.»

On August 31, 2007, the president of Clemson University opened a letter from the South Carolina chapter of the American Civil Liberties Union that read, «Coach [Tommy] Bowden... has abused his authority as... head football coach by imposing his strong personal religious beliefs upon student - athletes under his charge.»

Israel, unlike the early Christian community, was a political State, and during much of its history its leaders had civil as well as religious authority.

When the Reformer insisted that civil magistrates «have been invested with divine authority, and are wholly God's representatives, in a manner acting as his vicegerents,» he explicitly warns that this does not settle questions about the merits of a specific form of government.

Yet whether it was the ecclesiastical or the civil authorities that opposed them by imprisonment, ejection, scourging, or death, or as often happened, a conjunction of the two when the crowd stirred up trouble, the book of Acts gives a remarkable picture of their steadfastness under opposition and attack.6 The gospel of salvation through Christ put iron in their souls, and nothing could daunt them in their witness to it.

As a consequence, this passage is used as a justification for 1) not reporting abuse disclosures to the civil authorities and 2) convincing sexual abuse victims to privately confront their perpetratorAs a consequence, this passage is used as a justification for 1) not reporting abuse disclosures to the civil authorities and 2) convincing sexual abuse victims to privately confront their perpetratoras a justification for 1) not reporting abuse disclosures to the civil authorities and 2) convincing sexual abuse victims to privately confront their perpetrators.

Thus a teacher is not and never can be a civil servant... Whatever authority he may possess to teach and control children, and to claim their respect and obedience, comes to him from God, through the parents and not through the State, except in so far as the State is acting on behalf of the parents.

As GRACE works with churches and other Christian institutions, we often encounter professing Christians who struggle with whether suspected abuse within the Christian community should be reported to the civil authorities.

I think that the picture that we see in Scripture shows a civil authority that is disconnected from the believer, as most if not all forms of government ould have been at the time.

Of course, there was also the fear that the Church would be perceived as caving under pressure from the media and, especially, from civil authorities.

No one actually takes the Monarchy seriously any more as the «Divine Right of Kings», and maybe it provides a good opportunity for discussion of precisely that wierd and anachronistic notion and the origins of state and civil authority in Western Civilization.

When he sought reinstatement as a Parisian civil servant — a job he had despised in younger days — the authorities disqualified him for moral turpitude.

«It may not be easy, in every possible case, to trace the line of separation between the rights of religion and the Civil authority with such distinctness as to avoid collisions and doubts on unessential points.

This expanded argument applies the prohibition on the use of force — «violence» — to people in their capacities as civil authorities, as well as in their personal capacities.

And there is still no mandate for the civil authorities to be contacted when there is an accusation of abuse, as public school employees are required.

The facts were, chiefly, these: Jesus of Nazareth, a man anointed by the Spirit and divinely accredited by mighty works, who went about doing good, and healing all those who were oppressed by the devil (for God was with him), who was put to death by the blind and misguided authorities, religious and civil, at Jerusalem, where he was crucified — all this is preliminary and descriptive, as identifying him, like the central clauses in the Apostles» Creed.

Among them were pantheism and the positions that human reason is the sole arbiter of truth and falsehood and good and evil; that Christian faith contradicts reason; that Christ is a myth; that philosophy must be treated without reference to supernatural revelation; that every man is free to embrace the religion which, guided by the light of reason, he believes to be true; that Protestantism is another form of the Christian religion in which it is possible to be as pleasing to God as in the Catholic Church; that the civil power can determine the limits within which the Catholic Church may exercise authority; that Roman Pontiffs and Ecumenical Councils have erred in defining matters of faith and morals; that the Church does not have direct or indirect temporal power or the right to invoke force; that in a conflict between Church and State the civil law should prevail; that the civil power has the right to appoint and depose bishops; that the entire direction of public schools in which the youth of Christian states are educated must be by the civil power; that the Church should be separated from the State and the State from the Church; that moral laws do not need divine sanction; that it is permissible to rebel against legitimate princes; that a civil contract may among Christians constitute true marriage; that the Catholic religion should no longer be the religion of the State to the exclusion of all other forms of worship; and «that the Roman Pontiff can and should reconcile himself to and agree with progress, liberalism and modern civilization.»

This is why, in the face of the growing phenomenon of re-composed families, the mechanism was made more flexible in 2002 (Law no. 2002 - 305 of March 4, 2002, relative to parental authority) and now offers family law judges the possibility of organizing the sharing of parental authority as best suits the educational needs of the child and in accordance with parental wishes (article 377 - 1 Civil Code).

The Imperial populace and civil authorities besides the Emperor rejected the Union of Florence, and the new Sultan duly obliged them by appointing as Ecumenical Patriarch Gennadios II, who was hostile to the Union and repudiated it.

(iii) Ironically the US and German cases evinced against the Pope concerning abuses back in the 70s and 80s (as with the much more recent Ealing headmaster case used very prominently against Archbishop Nichols) show the Church being decades ahead of the game as they had all involved full and appropriate cooperation with civil authorities.

«Security engagements are in top gear, as we are working with the Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigerian Navy, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA).

«Even at the ministry of finance, as many as eight civil service positions have been filled by officers who hitherto were working with the Minister of Finance at Databank and have been put on the payroll of the Ghana Revenue Authority.

The group comprised representatives from airlines, airports, passenger groups, business, environmental groups and other industry bodies such as the Civil Aviation Authority and NATS.

«This action by the deputy governor and the state police authorities is contrary to both section 39 of the 1999 Constitution of Nigeria (as amended) and article 19 of the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights to which Nigeria is a state party.»

The civil service welcomes combined authorities with DEEMs as a way of achieving its long - held aspiration to diminish by amalgamations the number of councils, and thus councillors who do not want to accept the line from Whitehall.

However, a News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent who monitored the situation reports that flight operations went on smoothly at both the international and domestic wings of the airport Also, staffers of the Federal Airports Authority of Nigeria (FAAN), the Nigerian Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) and the Nigerian Airspace Management Agency (NAMA), were at their respective offices and duty posts, as directed by the government.

Thus, THE ADOPTION BY THE AUTHORITIES OF THE «TRNC» OF CIVIL, ADMINISTRATIVE OR CRIMINAL LAW MEASURES, AND THEIR APPLICATION OR ENFORCEMENT WITHIN THAT TERRITORY, may be regarded as HAVING A LEGAL basis in domestic law for the purposes of the Convention».

The current strategy being adopted involved the simultaneous conduct of consolidation and stabilisation cases so as to enable the civil authorities take lead role as quickly as possible.

When the committee demanded to know why she could entertain any letter from the AGF as against the Civil Service practices and norms, Oyo - Ita said, «The AGF is the number legal authority of this country.

This birth voter's apathy, civil disobedience to constituted authorities and failure to perform statutory duties as a precursor to the eventual burial of social contract.

As more is revealed about what really went on then that is still existing, and how the AG covered it up by refusing to indict the corruption now running the State Agencies and Authorities in Albany for massive Civil Service Law abuse and the granting of Pension System Final Average Salaries (FAS) way above the their permanent competitive status, you'll hear more excuses than a corrupt regime gives when it is about to collapse and they're in total fear.

Professor Aaron Michael Oquaye has written and published journals on several topics including politics In Ghana 1982 - 1992, culture, conflict and traditional Authority in Africa: a Ghanaian perspective in the Political economy of peace and security in Africa, human rights in Africa in the new global order: a dilemma as well as civil society and the domestic policy environment in Ghana.

The Bureau notes that the rights of self - expression and media freedom are enshrined in our constitution, and several governmental and not - governmental institutions such as the National Media Commission (NMC), the National Communications Authority (NCA), the Ghana Journalists Association (GJA) and other Civil Society Organizations, recognized by statute or otherwise, have a primary responsibility to regulate the communication sector and avoid inflammatory commentary that has the potential to threaten the peace and stability of the country.

Personally, with the experience I have as a military man and during the civil war, using local intelligence, using local authorities from ward, to local government, to the state can improve our intelligence collection,» Buhari noted.

She stood as Green Party candidate for London Mayor in 2012 and also sat on both the Metropolitan Policing Authority's Strategic and Operational Policing Committee and Civil Liberties Panel.

A similar gambit for expanding the civil law enforcement authority of the governor's Department of Financial Services should be rejected by the Legislature as well.

A statement in this regard signed by FPRO, ACP Olabisi Kolawole said, «The Force Management Team has taken a step towards the restoration of civil authority in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states and some of the liberated areas in the North East as it deployed the Deputy Inspector - General of Police in charge of Department of Operations, DIG Sotonye Wakama, to move with a team of intelligence officers to the area for need assessment and other scooping activities».

As an authority, LIPA is exempt from civil service rules that impose legal limits on political activity and affiliation being the basis for employment, and is not constrained by union contracts.

Blair responded post-1997 by crafting a Presidential Premiership, giving political appointments such as Jonathan Powell and Alistair Campbell the authority to instruct civil servants, and instituting what David Cameron in opposition called «Sofa Government» - in other words, making decisions in meetings unminuted by Whitehall.