Sentences with phrase «edict in»

Participation in social networks by judges in the U.S. has reached a level that prompted the Florida judicial ethics committee to issue an edict in 2009 that judges and lawyers should not be Facebook «friends,» to avoid appearance of conflict in the event they end up in the same courtroom.

Now under a federal state of emergency, following a government edict in February, local media reports say that Day Zero — the day when the city's water supply is switched off — has been set back to July 9 — a relief to those who had previously believed that April 16 or May 11 would see the taps stop running.

However, a storm called Typhoon Vamei violated that edict in December 2001, arising just 150 kilometers north of the equator in the South China Sea, near Singapore.

With that edict in place on Wednesday, the R&A probably wasn't thrilled to see a pair of Northern Irishmen exchange some money in a very entertaining and public way.

A first edict in 257 for the first time banned Christian worship.

Aleander began to work very hard along with the Emperor's Confessor Fr Glapion to persuade the Electors that the Diet should issue an Edict in support of the excommunication handing Luther over to the ecclesiastical authorities.

The Hippocratic dictum against prescribing a deadly medicine has subsequently been set aside by initiative in the state of Washington, by legislative act in Vermont, and by court edict in Montana and New Mexico.

Louis XIV's revocation of the edict in 1685 was followed by a massive flight of some 200,000 Protestants from France, and renewed persecution at home met with a sustained guerilla uprising in the rural area of the Cévennes in the early years of the eighteenth century, which diverted French military forces at a critical moment from their struggle against foreign enemies.

When he saw that the first edict was not sufficient to torture Christians, he passed another edict in 258 AD.

Therefore to stop conversion he passed an edict in 202 AD.

However the Roman Emperor Aurelian passed an edict in A.D. 274 establishing the festival of Natalis Solis Invicti (Birthday of the Unconquerable Sun) while dedicating a temple.

It is comparable to the arrogance of the Supreme Court in the 1992 Casey decision, when it declared that not the Court but the character of the nation is being «tested» by whether or not it follows the Court's five - to - four edict in support of the abortion license.

There are plenty more edicts in the bible that people just ignore or just don't care.

The Oliners» work shows that the golden rule is far better than obedience to edicts in producing positive, life - affirming outcomes.

it is impossible for any adherent of xianity to be good people and still remain faithful to the admonitions, instructions and edicts in their bibles.

The law, which was drafted by the late Pope Shenouda III and is now under study, would allow Egyptian Christians to refer to their own religious edicts in matters such as marriage, divorce and inheritance, and would allow them to choose their religious clerics.

Basic rules twist into tyrannical edicts in his eyes.

«Buy locally» is among the most foolish edicts in the long list of commandments from today's environmental movement.

Not exact matches

At Fox News, Ailes» edict from Murdoch was to build a cable news network that could top Time Warner's CNN in the ratings, which Fox News finally did under Ailes in 2002.

Such edicts, meant to protect children with potentially fatal allergies, have forced parents to search the supermarket aisles — often in vain — for snacks guaranteed not to contain nuts or even nut residue.

While this edict by the founders is important to Google stockholders, users of Google's products, and owners of other stocks — outright or in mutual funds or retirements savings plans — should also beware.

Edicts won't work when it comes to getting this sort of a community moving in a common direction.

In the budget there are bold vows — oddly reminiscent of China's annual edicts for economic growth rates — about boosting exports by 30 % in the next eight years (even though exports have climbed just 2.9 % from eight year agoIn the budget there are bold vows — oddly reminiscent of China's annual edicts for economic growth rates — about boosting exports by 30 % in the next eight years (even though exports have climbed just 2.9 % from eight year agoin the next eight years (even though exports have climbed just 2.9 % from eight year ago).

Based on the BLS's findings, though, Mayer's new edict could be a blessing in disguise for Yahoo workers.

His edict helped corral a response that included expulsions of more than 100 Russian diplomats in more than two dozen countries.

Islamic Finance has a set of specific rules which people follow when conducting business; such as the strict edict not to engage in usury or collecting interest off of loans.

Although in Egypt the top Islamic cleric had issued a «fatwa» (edict) against bitcoin so making sure its permissible by local law is recommended.

In fact, government - issued fiat currencies are accorded value only because of a government edict.»

The details are spelled out in greatest detail c. 1645 BC in Ammisaduqa's edict § § 17f.

I'm reading NFIB v. Sebelius (the Obamacare decision) in preparation for teaching the case to my constitutional law students and came across the following most interesting passage in in Justice Ginsburg's opinion: «A mandate to purchase a particular product would be unconstitutional if, for example, the edict impermissibly abridged the freedom of speech, interfered with the free exercise of religion, or infringed on a liberty interest protected by the Due Process Clause.»

He issued an edict calling for the seizure of Donatist property, though later in 321 A.D., he asked the «catholic» bishops to show toleration towards them.

Who was the authority in these edicts?

Of course the other bible edict stating to pray in public is a big ol' Class A sin that won't hand you the remote to open the Pearly Gates... is breached each miserable Sunday you show up to fawn at the foot of some podium pounding bible pimp.

These hate mongers and people putting meaning into things themselves and preaching that interpretation an meaning as law and edict are the exact reason i stopped believing in the concept of organized religion.

In the beginning Joseph Smith didn't teach polygamy until Brigham Young suggested it and then then he wrote it in to a later edicIn the beginning Joseph Smith didn't teach polygamy until Brigham Young suggested it and then then he wrote it in to a later edicin to a later edict.

«Even those who claim the Bible's inerrancy make distinctions between Scriptural edicts, sensing that some passages — the Ten Commandments, say, or a belief in Christ's divinity — are central to Christian faith, while others are more culturally specific and may be modified to accommodate modern life.»

If we lived in a theocracy, where every debate would be settled by edicts from the Bishop of Washington, this wouldn't be a problem.

The only reason that the teaching of a «devil» exists in my opinion is because it is a useful tool for religious leaders to use to frighten people into obedience to their edicts.

WHEREAS, this situation has also weakened the authority of legitimate governments and enabled criminal groups to issue edicts attributed to Islam, but which, in fact, alarmingly distort its fundamental principles and goals in ways that have seriously harmed the population as a whole;

This edict seeks to bring religious groups to heel by requiring all employers to cover contraception and abortifacients in their health - care plans.

One might say there's a nice analogy between SCOTUS opinions and holy texts, in that if the edicts don't appeal to some self - evident consensus, for better or worse, they'll be re-intepreted to do so.

She asks that the edict be continued for one more day, but only in the city of Susa, and that Haman's ten sons be hanged on a gallows.

-1384), who produced the first English Bible (in 1382, not keeping it in Latin as the official language of the church), was condemned by Pope Gregory XI, issuing five edicts against him.

The Sun King, Louis XIV, revoked the Edict of Nantes (1598) in 1685, prompting Bishop Bossuet to boast that France, «the eldest daughter of the Church,» had reverted to being the most intolérant state in Europe, setting a model of religio - political propriety for others to follow.

In the 1500s, King Sigismund of Transylvania, who was converted to Unitarianism by his court minister, issued the world's first Edict of Religious Toleration, allowing his subjects to choose to observe religions other than the King's.

It seems that Constantine already tolerated Christianity in the provinces under his control, so the Edict of Milan may have extended this toleration to the Eastern Empire.

In 412, the Donatist church was banned by imperial edict and driven underground, though there are hints that Donatism survived as late as the time of Gregory the Great (590 - 604).

Even if I accepted the premise that the Christian bible (in its present form no less) somehow represents the final word on God's will... it still does not reveal any such edict.

the Edict of Milan / Tolerance started Christianity on a new path and events in history have further deluded, changed, interpreted or added to Christianity ever since.

I am as leery of government by referendum as I am of government by judicial edict, though what's interesting here is that the radical pro-lifers may have doomed their own movement by failing so spectacularly in an extremely conservative, Christian - dominated state.