In England during the Middle Ages, King Alfred ordered every man to
give his allegiance to a lord in exchange for mutual benefit.
A follower is defined as a person who accepts another as a guide or leader; accepts the authority of or
give allegiance to, to conform to, comply with, or act in accordance with; obey: (to follow orders; to follow advice) or to imitate or copy; use as an exemplar (They follow the latest fads.).
We are independent thinkers who
give our allegiance only to causes that make sense to us.
How do we identify our alpha males and females and decide to
give them our allegiance?
Thus the church is that gathering of the reign of God assembled to be a sign of the reign of God, to proclaim the word of God in word and deed, to make decision, and to
give allegiance to their Ruler.
You'll soon
give your allegiance to my imagination and I will control your choices, behaviors and ideas.
But... would anyone argue that this regime was legitimate, and that Germans were required, morally, to
give it their allegiance and obedience?
He simply declared Aton, originally only the sun's disc, but under his grandfather made one of the sun gods, to be not only the god of the sun but the universal divinity of the world, to whom men everywhere ought to
give their allegiance.
Should
we give our allegiance to the State?
What links them together is their common respect for the Bible (though they interpret it in different ways) and their desire to
give their allegiance to Jesus as the Christ (albeit in many different forms).
The order of value which is defined by love is the unifying fact, partly realized, partly stretching beyond realization as a possibility, to which we can
give our allegiance completely.
In the second sense, the kingdom is a present fact and we participate in it as
we give our allegiance to God and seek to do his will on earth.
DM,,,, You wrote in your end of post stating, «To devote one's life to a country or to
give allegiance to such is not Biblical.
The giant corporations or professional organizations to which individuals
give allegiance and with which they identify their lives supply a temporary pattern of meaning.
Today, I'm discovering that faith is about how you behave and what
you give allegiance to, not what you believe.
To devote one's life to a country or to
give allegiance to such is not Biblical.
And Zora Neale Hurston, one of the most renowned Afro - American woman writers, wrote reactionary essays (some of which appeared in the Reader's Digest) and
gave her allegiance to the Republican Party — facts often overlooked by her contemporary feminist followers.
I am drawn, and I have
given my allegiance [The Death of God Controversy, by Thomas Ogletree (Abingdon, 1966), p. 43].
At the beginning, the distinctive deity of the Hebrews was a tribal divinity to whom the clans of Joseph first
gave their allegiance at the time of the Exodus from Egypt.
Now Rooney has weighed in on the discussion, claiming his disappointment was natural
given his allegiance as a lifelong Everton fan and the importance of the fixture.
«Vice President has
given his allegiance and it is not to the people of Nigeria or even Nigeria.
Our protagonist is a rookie who must fight against the Queen and the corrupted bloodthirsty vampires that
gave their allegiance to this seemingly unstoppable force.
Not exact matches
Except for the vulgar
allegiance of what McGinn calls «Fundamentalist Christians,» «the legend» of Antichrist no longer captures the imagination: «Most believing Christians seem puzzled, even slightly embarrassed by Antichrist, especially
given the legend's use in fostering hatred and oppression of groups.»
Mormonism demands adherents» first
allegiance is to Mormonism (which isn't necessarily any different from other religions), and ALSO
gives adherents an ethical obligation to lie if it benefits the religion.
Giving all other powers their due and their respect, we Christians can not as a matter of total confidence or supreme trust embrace the flag, support the government, or pledge
allegiance to the country for which they stand.
In such communities people keep faith with the
allegiances that
give meaning to their lives.
Impatient with theologians and ratiocinating intellectuals, he will
give his heart's
allegiance to no matter what, and abandon himself to the currents of the world.
Brother, why do you
give more
allegiance to a theology of men, never stated in words of scripture, (i.e..
But don't ask me to feel any co mpassion for them unless,
given the opportunity, they quickly disavow any
allegiance and move quickly to the other side.
When Christians say that «Jesus Christ is Lord,» meaning that since nothing else can command our total
allegiance, the state and the government are not Lord, they are saying what Jews declare when they
give assent to the first commandment: «You shall have no other gods before me.»
It is taken for granted that, whatever their own religious and other
allegiances may be, they will aim at objectivity in their expositions and
give adequate representation to viewpoints other than their own both in the articles and» no less important» in the bibliographies.
I honor and respect every person who has ever
given his or her life for others but I would never choose a flag over a human being and by pledging
allegiance to our flag causes division and creates a divide between the Gospel and Patriotism.
Wherever there are signs of widespread social discontent and / or the fear of war, we have the conditions in which people are ready to
give their blind
allegiance to a charismatic, authoritarian leader in the belief that he or she will be able to restore a more ordered and secure environment and save them from a much worse fate.
Other situations might arise when
giving Caesar what is his might compromise
allegiance to God, but this is not one of them.
I've talked with some who have
given up on faith altogether, others who have shifted
allegiance to another religious tradition, and a lot who (like me) are still a little uncertain about which road to take next.
To
give expression to and thus to strengthen the fellowship that is already ours, we can and should, despite our different ecclesial
allegiances, do many things together.
Shane helped me to move past nationalism towards a Jesus - shaped spirituality that puts people before countries, that
gives me first and only
allegiance to the Kingdom of God, never The Empire.
While pledging
allegiance to the flag (with a more subdued physical salute) continues to this day to be routine in America's public schools, for the seventy years since Barnette it has been unlawful to compel any student to participate, and no student who elects not to participate is obliged to
give any reason for that choice.
In the ancient world there were gods in plenty who competed for the attention of men, but here was a man, a true man, who called for attention, and men found themselves
giving him the attention and
allegiance that they had previously
given only to the gods.
Many of them took the oath of
allegiance reluctantly, and Ali himself did not
give his approval until six months later.
That we are
given healthy lives, rightly adjusted to the things that are, and delivered from
allegiance to the things that seem to be; 2.
Early in my theological work I learned from extended exposure to Amos, Micah, Isaiah, Ezekiel and Jeremiah that the worst sin is that of idolatry —
giving uncritical
allegiance to human constructs that can never he worthy of uncritical
allegiance.
They don't care about it because they became AMERICAN (which means
giving up
allegiance to any other nation — including your India).
I
give no public account of your communion and
allegiance; that is for you to do.
«Therefore the United States Code at 18 U.S.C. § 2381 states «whoever, owing
allegiance to the United States, levies war against them or adheres to their enemies,
giving them aid and comfort within the United States or elsewhere, is guilty of treason and shall suffer death,»
Regardless of how he has been understood, such
allegiance and constancy have been
given to no other man in history.
And when men today seek to
give him part of their
allegiance, they do it at the risk of tearing their inmost selves apart.
Its citizens were expected to
give their primary
allegiance to Rome, and specifically to whomever was its supreme ruler.
This has nothing whatever to do with «party»
allegiance in any
given church, nor with the differences, such as they are, between Anglicans and Presbyterians or Lutherans or Congregationalists or Methodists or any other Christians.
Arsenal is not the only team around, I am sure when we fans
give up on a club falling apart, many plastic ones will just switch
allegiance.