Sentences with phrase «of abstinence from»

Each client is assisted in the establishment of a healthy support system to maintain the goal of abstinence from their addiction.

As to proper spacing of children, traditional cultures do not practice birth control; the proper spacing was therefore only regulated by the periods of abstinence from sexual activity observed in most cultures alongside of the fasting regiments.

Even the great philosophers of antiquity like Plato, Seneca, and «The Father of Modern Medicine» Hippocrates, were extolling the virtues of short periods of abstinence from food.

After performing an initial scan on all participants, 15 smokers who successfully quit were scanned again after three months of abstinence from smoking and nicotine replacement.

Nadine Dorries, a Tory backbencher who is starting to gain a reputation for adopting Christian positions on moral issues, introduced the ten minute rule bill, which would «require schools to provide certain additional sex education to girls aged between 13 and 16» and «to provide that such education must include information and advice on the benefits of abstinence from sexual activity».

In 1966, the U.S. bishops released a pastoral statement on penance and abstinence that terminated the traditional law of abstinence from meat on Fridays.

Not exact matches

Even though some Christians advocate for the total abstinence of alcohol as a moral mandate for all believers, the Bible never requires all believers to abstain from alcohol.

(CNN)- Muslims around the world on Monday ushered in Ramadan, a month of dawn - to - dusk abstinence from food and drinks.

It is a considerable test of endurance since the ninth Moslem month lasts a full thirty days and demands abstinence from food, drink and sexual relations from dawn to dusk.

Suppose, in a kind of contented abstinence, we were to refrain from trying to understand more of the landscape before us than the landscape cared to display for us, that we were willing to follow the bend of bough and straggle of gravel and tilt of pole wherever the bend and the straggle and the tilt chanced to take us, that we concerned ourselves not with pattern or profit or even pleasure but merely with watching like a token sentinel in safe country, that we gave our eyes a quiet carte blanche and permitted our minds to play at liberty over the face of an untouched terrain?

We affirm the wholeness and freedom that flow from sexual abstinence before marriage and lifelong, monogamous fidelity within the mutual covenant of marriage between one man and one woman.

Indeed, with the Incarnation, the Crucifixion, and the Resurrection more intensely and vividly present to him, one imagines at these times than at others, it is not abstinence from sexual communion, but rather (one would suggest) the fullest, most joyful, most grateful expression of it that becomes at such times his just response to the costly redeeming love of God.

Fur ther, wherever a Salvationist goes, he is a part of an in - group which requires absolute abstinence from alcohol from all its members.

When, for example, the taboo of total abstinence from food, which Saul had announced in the midst of the battle, had been broken and Yahweh had withdrawn his guidance, lots were cast to locate the guilt.

For example, a reduction in the number of binges, hospitalizations, days lost from work, arrests for drunkenness per year represent significant improvement, even though the ideal goal of permanent abstinence is not achieved.

According to Powell, this position is best represented by Nicolaus Ludwig von Zinzendorf (1700 - 1760), who, «in good Protestant fashion, swore abstinence from all forms of metaphysics, natural theology, and the contamination of theology by philosophy.»

In our earlier sections, we have noted that F.C. Burkitt, Arthur Voobus and several other historians have shown that the emphasis on celibacy and abstinence from marriage belonged to an authentic tradition of the Syrian church till the fourth century.

Abstinence from wine signifies rejection of frenzy and debauchery.

Addictionary: A Primer of Recovery Terms and Concepts from Abstinence to Withdrawal [New York: A Fireside / Parkside Recovery Book, 1992], pp. 181 - 82; bold face added).

There may be extensive arguments over precisely what constitutes a cure in many areas of mental and emotional breakdown, but with an alcoholic or drug addict the first measure is complete abstinence from alcohol or drugs.

Christians and Jews With their «True Love Waits» jewelry, conferences and T - shirts, Christians may be the face of the abstinence movement, but Muslims and Hindus are more likely to abstain from premarital sex.

The fasts consisted of complete abstinence from food for 25 to 30 days.

The ritual observance of dietary rules — fasting and abstinence from meat in Lent, and abstinence from meat and meat products every Friday, as well as the eucharistic fast from midnight before the reception of Communion — were as much defining marks of Catholicism before the council as abstention from pork is a defining characteristic of Judaism.

Christian fasting and abstinence did not, of course, spring from a ritual distinction between clean and unclean meats, but it was just as deeply embedded in theological conviction as the older dispensation.

Considered from this perspective, compulsory fasting and abstinence, practiced regularly, routinely, and in common, was a recognition by the Church that identification with the poor and hungry, with those who know themselves to be needy before God because they were needy among men, is not an option for Catholics, but a necessary and definitive sign of their redemption, as essential in its way as attendance at Mass..

Up to now, spouses who really sought to live their conjugal relationship as God wished, to sanctify themselves in and through their marriage, received little orientation from the teaching of the Church, aside from the idea that a certain abstinence is a recommendable means not just of family planning but of positive growth in married sanctity.

High on the list of these virtues was the abstinence from marriage, or from sexual relations on the part of those already married.

For when anyone is about to take his daily meal he puts in a few drops of oil» not so that he may enjoy some kind of pleasant flavor from the taste of it (indeed, the amount is so small that it is hardly enough to smear the passages of his throat, never mind to pass through it), but so that by doing this he may weaken the boastfulness of heart that usually creeps in flatteringly and surreptitiously with a stricter abstinence....

Written from a purely secular perspective, the book even speaks of the advantages of periods of abstinence for a relationship as a means of rekindling the romantic feelings of courtship and experiencing afresh the joys of the honeymoon.

«The abstinence - only approach to s.ex education is not supported by the extensive body of scientific research on what works to protect young people from HIV / AIDS, se.xually transmitted infections (STIs), and unplanned pregnancy.

The Anglican leaders, like Buttiglione, claimed to be keeping their moral standards in place: They issued a «strong condemnation of the use of any methods of conception control from motives of selfishness, luxury, or mere convenience,» and said «complete abstinence» should be the first option.

Carl Henry wrote: The code of Fundamentalism emphasizes external adherence to a few arbitrary customs and external abstinence from a few arbitrarily prohibited things.

For the Jaina, the task was that of real purification, requiring definite modes of action and abstinence from action.

The code of Fundamentalism emphasizes external adherence to a few arbitrary customs and external abstinence from a few arbitrarily prohibited things.

Addictionary: A Primer of Recovery Terms and Concepts from Abstinence to Withdrawal.

`... in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods...» (verses 1 - 3, ESV)

The fact that the students from abstinence backgrounds frequently begin drinking outside their homes, without their parents» knowledge and in opposition to their religious teachings (which would tend to arouse guilt), and with no ethical guidelines from their churches to distinguish responsible from irresponsible drinking, also may contribute to the high incidence of problem drinking behavior.

My list of beliefs which «faith» required included; literal creation and a young earth / universe, complete scriptural inerrancy, total abstinence from alcohol, no women in church leadership, absolutely sexually chaste outside of marriage, homosexuality equals pure abomination, and on and on the list goes.

1 Timothy 4:1 - 3 1Now the Spirit expressly says that in later times some will depart from the faith by devoting themselves to deceitful spirits and teachings of demons, 2through the insincerity of liars whose consciences are seared, 3 who forbid marriage and require abstinence from foods that God created to be received with thanksgiving by those who believe and know the truth.

In contrast, 50 percent of the Methodist students and 57 percent of the nonaffiliated (with any religious group) students from abstinence backgrounds reported social complications.

One was McIntyre's insistence on total abstinence from alcohol, an issue the Machen group considered a matter of Christian liberty, while the Holiness and pietist traditions had long emphasized the importance of a Christian life separated from the world» no alcohol, tobacco, dancing, cards, or theater, along with no short skirts or bobbed hair for women.

This guidance seems like a first rough draft of the present Catholic practice of excusing ourselves from most disciplinary precepts, including those pertaining to fasting and abstinence.

Abstinence from Kona, tobacco, and alcohol by many Adventists has afforded a near - unique opportunity for studies to be conducted within that population group on the health effects of Kona drinking, free from confounding factors.

You should also stress that, aside from abstinence, condoms are the only method of contraception that offers reliable protection from sexually transmitted diseases.

While charging the parents in this tragedy is questionable as it smacks of too much interference by government into private life, it does communicate a clear message to other vegans: abstinence from all animal foods is a danger to one's health and most particularly, your baby!

While some argued that his constant accusations of corruption against the party gave the NPP enough fodder to campaign with, others are of the view that his outright abstinence from the party's campaign activities led to voter apathy among his staunch followers, especially in the Volta Region.

There is a body of thought that argues drugs policy should shift from abstinence education and government attempts to disrupt supply to harm reduction policies.

In addition to the health and spiritual benefits of the exercise of abstinence and self denial by Moslems the world over, there is also the benefit of nationalism that Ghana derives from it.

Although the effects of abstinence on the alcohol - abused brain vary, it appears that we display at least some ability to recover from the effects of excessive drinking.

The most common restrictions fall into three categories: 1) The level of fibrosis (i.e., scarring of the liver); 2) substance use and abstinence from alcohol / drug use together with toxicology screening; and 3) provider limitations, which limit the physicians allowed to prescribe sofosbuvir.