Sentences with phrase «historical purposes as»

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But the purpose of a historical dictionary such as the OED is to give such questions the solemnity they deserve.

As a historical matter, the original purpose of the corporation — reflected in debates about limited liability and general incorporation statutes — was to facilitate economic growth by enabling projects that required large - scale, long - term investment.

The editors clearly hope so, but they express that hope with a sober realism: «To the extent that the Constitution still matters — as a framework, as a statement of broad purposes, as a point of recurring reference, as a legitimation of further developments, as a restraint on the overbearing and the righteous — to that extent it is worthwhile to try to enter into that world of discourse» (I: xii) As always, however, where the historical scholarship is very good, the contemporary application must be very cautiouas a framework, as a statement of broad purposes, as a point of recurring reference, as a legitimation of further developments, as a restraint on the overbearing and the righteous — to that extent it is worthwhile to try to enter into that world of discourse» (I: xii) As always, however, where the historical scholarship is very good, the contemporary application must be very cautiouas a statement of broad purposes, as a point of recurring reference, as a legitimation of further developments, as a restraint on the overbearing and the righteous — to that extent it is worthwhile to try to enter into that world of discourse» (I: xii) As always, however, where the historical scholarship is very good, the contemporary application must be very cautiouas a point of recurring reference, as a legitimation of further developments, as a restraint on the overbearing and the righteous — to that extent it is worthwhile to try to enter into that world of discourse» (I: xii) As always, however, where the historical scholarship is very good, the contemporary application must be very cautiouas a legitimation of further developments, as a restraint on the overbearing and the righteous — to that extent it is worthwhile to try to enter into that world of discourse» (I: xii) As always, however, where the historical scholarship is very good, the contemporary application must be very cautiouas a restraint on the overbearing and the righteous — to that extent it is worthwhile to try to enter into that world of discourse» (I: xii) As always, however, where the historical scholarship is very good, the contemporary application must be very cautiouAs always, however, where the historical scholarship is very good, the contemporary application must be very cautious.

As a purposeful undertaking, a new quest of the historical Jesus would revolve around a central problem area determined by its purpose.

Some may wish to use it as an historical book; after all, it is a collection of writings bound up together in one volume, telling us of the way in which the Jewish people came by God's self - disclosure to a deeper understanding of the God they worshipped and a more adequate conception of his purpose for his «chosen» race.

God in His will through history had into reality seemingly illogical or cruel events to happen in our world, but no one is spared if the purpose is for the good of humanity, wars pestilence even the holocust has a reason and purpose beyond our comprehension at our times but will be reveald in the future, The Phillipine catasthrophy for example is viewed by some as Gods punishment, we experienced the brunt of natures punishing power but it also unveiled the true feelings and concern of the whole world in helping us materially and spiiritually by aiding and consoling us that was unprecedented in history, The whole world had demostrated, to me, a kind of humanitarian concern and love that trancends races and culture, A kind of demonstration by higher being the we humans is one with Him.The cost of human lives and misery is nothing in history compared to its positve historical consequences

«The purpose of tomorrow's vote is to decide whether the building has a special character or special historical or aesthetic interest or value as part of the development, heritage or cultural characteristics of New York City, New York State or the nation,» commission spokeswoman Elisabeth de Bourbon said Monday.

So far as the historical circumstances of the ministry of Jesus are concerned, the exorcisms could only have become significant to his purpose if they were accepted as manifestations of the Kingdom of God.

During the nineteenth century, a number of writers tried to write historical biographies of Jesus, which, as we have seen, was not the purpose of the evangelists.

The understanding of historical judgment as positive in divine purpose may well be already implicit in Amos (see 4:6 - 11 and the discussion above) But still in the eighth century, it is most warmly expounded in Hosea (see especially 2:14 - 23; 5:15; 11:11) It is a pervasive if often only implicit element in the utterances of Jeremiah and makes possible that stunning declaration of a new covenant with Israel «after those days» of judgment:

As proposed for some unspecified subject initially, the proposition is rendered determinate by being entertained and thus actualized concretely in the context of the purpose, interest and historical situatedness of the subject experiencing the proposition.

All of this in an historical succession in which the past of the tradition still lives in the present of contemporary human existence, with an aim toward fulfillment of the dominant and dominating purpose which in the earliest witness was declared as having been enacted in the originating event of Jesus Christ himself.

Now that the existence of sources underlying the Gospels is fairly assured, and also their extent and contents — whether as written documents or as cycles of tradition — the next step is to investigate the quality and character of the traditions they contain, and the value of these traditions for historical purposes.

The relation of God's purposings to the historical situation suggests his role as source of the power that makes for creative transcendence of the given.

Whereas Fackre has enough sense of history to make clear that it is never just a matter of the sum of our individual stories constituting «our story» — but the story of a people in time as God works his purpose out historically — there is the danger that others will not be as historical - minded.

Thus to pose «conciliarism» as an all - purpose tool with which to fix what ails the Church would be, to Newman, an implausible idea, given the historical record.

So far as we can tell today, there is no single pericope anywhere in the gospels, the present purpose of which is to preserve a historical reminiscence of the earthly Jesus, although there may be some which do in fact come near to doing so because a reminiscence, especially of an aspect of teaching such as a parable, could be used to serve the purpose of the Church or the evangelist.

They are presented in more or less their original form because in this form they served the purpose of the Church, or the evangelist, and not because there was any historical interest in the original form as such.

The Babylonian deportation serves the same purpose in this historical scheme: it is an event of transition that terminates the age of kings and ushers in a new period of Israel's history as Jechoniah is carried into captivity with the Jewish people.

The work of the Eternal Word of God, present in men spermatically, as Justin Martyr for example put it, offered this possibility of salvation, so that the historical accident of having lived after Jesus or having heard about Him was not the necessary condition of the salvation which God purposed for His human children.

Divine judgment, historical judgment, consistent, on the one hand, in its punitive quality with the concept of God - as - Creator - Judge but, on the other hand, transcended in the main by the concept of God - as - Redeemer into judgment not merely punitive but ultimately itself redemptive in character and purpose.

The laws of nature are the most general of contingencies now prevailing, and for ordinary purposes possibilities excluded by those laws are regarded as «only logically possible,» while possibilities not excluded by them (or by historical circumstances) are regarded as «really possible.»

In biblical times to know about history was to interpret human events in relation to our purpose: to see the building of the Tower as idolatry was to understand an historical event.

It is a remarkable fact that mission as the historical searching out of God's universal purpose became distinguished by its scrupulous development of vernacular particularity.

This does not mean, of course, that nothing nonhistorical is real; the whole purpose of the event, according to Christian faith, was to provide an historical medium for the revelation of God, who is the ultimate reality above and beyond history as well as within it.

Once, however, God is conceived as exerting his power directly, or by means of heavenly creatures wholly subservient to his will, the actual deployment of historical forces becomes irrelevant to the realization of divine purposes.

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23) as surely as God directs natural and historical events to serve the divine purposes (e.g. Is.

So the nature and purpose of the gospels as this is revealed by critical scholarship support Bultmann's understanding of the significance of the historical Jesus for Christian faith.

«Historical knowledge» of Jesus of Nazareth might be held to Include the fact that he accepted his death as the necessary consequence of his proclamation of the Kingdom, and of his «table - fellowship of the Kingdom» with «tax collectors and sinners», and that he went to the cross with a sure confidence that it would ultimately serve, and not hinder, the purpose of God.

That Jesus died nobly or showed confidence in God are historical statements, subject to the vicissitudes of historical research, but that his death fulfilled the purpose of God in regard to «my sins» is certainly not such a statement, and it lies beyond the power of the historian even to consider it, even though, as a Christian, he might believe it.

The final result of this kind of analysis will be historical, we should claim; but it will also be theological in so far as we finally concern ourselves with the basic purpose or purposes which the authors had in view.

Officials plan to operate the school as a year - round classroom, and other government bodies in Elmhurst and surrounding areas, such as Bensenville and its Park District, have expressed an interest in using the school for educational and historical purposes.

Developed in collaboration with the Laboratory Medicine, Information Technology and Health Science Research departments of Mayo Clinic Geneticist Assistant NGS Interpretative Workbench, is a web - based tool for the control, visualization, interpretation and historical knowledge base of next generation sequencing data targeted at specific genes for the purpose of identifying potentially pathogenic variants associated with specific conditions such as hereditary colon cancer.

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The Wilson Yip films, starring Donnie Yen, follow a more conventional historical biopic structure with the great man caught in the sweep of historic events leading to triumph and tragedy; while Wong Kar - wai's The Grandmaster uses Ip as a conduit to explore the passing of one age of China's history into another, with martial arts serving a metaphorical purpose.

A calling requiring specialized knowledge and often long and intensive preparation including instruction in skills and methods as well as in the scientific, historical, or scholarly principles underlying such skills and methods, maintaining by force of organization or concerted opinion high standards of achievement and conduct, and committing its members to continued study and to a kind of work which has for its prime purpose the rendering of a public service.

The purpose for a gay enclave was in response to a historical intolerance for gay lifestyles; many found it necessary to congregate as a means of living in a safe community that would allow for the exploration of the social and political dimensions of gay life.

The true purpose of a platform is to create a community of like - minded readers — to find the people who like dystopian YA, or historical romances, or the paleo diet just as much as you, and then finding ways to help them.

Publishers are not in business to preserve content for historical purposes, and as a commercial entity, I'd argue a potential conflict of interest.

From the Afghan Hound to the Turkish Angora, the Meet the Breeds event will showcase 160 AKC registered dog breeds and 41 CFA registered cat breeds in booths individually decorated to depict each breed's country of origin, historical purpose / function, and attributes as a family pet.

Jakarta is a great place to visit for any purpose has it is positively teaming with culture as well as modern and international influences making it a very cultural place to be as well as providing a number of historical attractions and the incredible shopping and nightlife.

«The New - York Historical Society explores how shoes have transcended their utilitarian purpose to become representations of culture — coveted as objects of desire, designed with artistic consideration, and expressing complicated meanings of femininity, power, and aspiration for women and men alike.

One can discern certain items in this painting that are loaded with art historical import such as a palette, a pipe, and a seated figure with a landscape view behind, yet the purpose of the puzzle remains purposely unresolved.

Whatever the facts, Blachly and Shaw's roles as the delusional guardians of an almost certainly nonexistent archive have allowed them to employ a dizzying array of often contradictory strategies, layering irony, and apparent incompetence on sincere historical inquiry and emotion to create disorienting and comical experiences that leave viewers tantalizingly unsure as to the meaning or ultimate purpose of the Chadwicks» often Herculean efforts.

All three artists work with the body / figure as an origin of story telling for political, social, historical and / or erotic purposes.

Each of these five artists work with the figure / body as an origin of story telling for political, social, historical and / or erotic purposes.

Placing different obligations for snow removal on different kinds of properties (e.g., businesses and small homes) is entirely sensible and is part of a larger historical trend recognizing that liability for landowners should not hinge on hard - and - fast legal rules (such as the «natural accumulation rule») but instead should depend upon the purposes for which the property is used.

As the community fights for justice, injured workers remember the historical purpose the system was designed for: a system to support injured workers for as long as their disabilities lasted, so that they would not become a burden to themselves, their families or to societAs the community fights for justice, injured workers remember the historical purpose the system was designed for: a system to support injured workers for as long as their disabilities lasted, so that they would not become a burden to themselves, their families or to societas long as their disabilities lasted, so that they would not become a burden to themselves, their families or to societas their disabilities lasted, so that they would not become a burden to themselves, their families or to society.

I view my library as having a dual purpose: like a law firm library, it must have a practice - based focus to support the information needs of each legal practice group within the government's legal department, but we also have a duty to be stewards of historical materials that might be otherwise lost forever.