Sentences with phrase «of supposed authority»

I will never understand why people allow themselves (given that there is a choice) to be told what they can and can not have, or what they must have on / in their homes by some» group» of supposed authority figures who govern their homes.

It's perfectly judged, never taking the horrors of Stalin's regime lightly, but instead deriving humour from the petty bureaucracy of the supposed authorities.

Not exact matches

Hensarling and other Dodd - Frank critics have called that ability — known as «orderly liquidation authority» — a bailout, even though any taxpayer money used is supposed to be recouped from the sale of the company's assets or an assessment on the financial industry.

It was compiled over hundreds of years after the supposed death and resurrection of Jesus by various religious authorities, translated, retranslated, revised and modified thereafter on an ongoing basis.

margot707, I suppose you don't mind that the children of the world steal from you, as they lie to you, having no respect for you, your neighbors, or authority while they are doing what they want to do, when they want to do it.

Does not the Scripture, which is supposed to be the Protestants» sole authority for faith, have something quite singular to say of Mary — «blessed are you among women»?

Sure, the church you attend... whatever,... but the religion you believe in teaches right from wrong and claims a connection to, or understanding of, or words directly from, the supposed ultimate moral authority does it not?

Only journalists very badly instructed in theology could therefore suppose that Vatican II might cancel the doctrine defined by Vatican I regarding the papal primacy of jurisdiction and teaching authority, or out of ecumenical spirit and desire to please, might revoke the dogma of the Immaculate Conception or the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.

I suppose it isn't as > controversial < as a story of someone who wants to get over a personal issue without having to rely on a two thousand year old irrelevant system of authority disguised as morality.

Critical scholarship is supposed to have proven the unscientific nature of belief in biblical authority.

As this title intimates, the supposed subject is religious liberty, but the real matter at hand is contraception and (for those who have ears to hear) the rapidly eroding moral authority of U.S. priests and bishops.

Light Shines and Jeff: Biblical quotes are only relevant to those who accept the supposed authority of the bible.

But it would be a mistake to suppose that an Augustinian emphasis on original sin or predestination (which, oddly, Pagels does not discuss) leads inevitably to a denial of the right of civil protest or to passive submission to authority.

Protestants are less apt to agree, however, that authority itself serves the positive function of promoting the plenitude of gifts and blessings ecclesial and political life are supposed to encompass.

More comparative study of the foundation upon which authority is supposed to rest, the forms which it may take, the methods by which it works, its execution and its delegation, are necessary.

Thus, within the common tradition, moral education is supposed not only to prepare people to rule but to prepare them as well to recognize in their fellows the virtues necessary for the exercise of authority.

But is it less bizarre for these lawyers to suppose that «the people» in 1787 «transferred all of their governing power» over their own children to these artificial authorities?

Ask yourself, what middle - class parent in America today supposes that her authority over the crucial details of her child's life is nothing more than a revocable delegation from New Mexico or the feds?

Some of my Episcopal friends tell me that episcopacy is not a name for a particular kind of church constitution (as Presbyterians might suppose), but rather an understanding of representative authority and responsibility in ministry vested in a college of «sacramental persons» — an understanding compatible with a wide range of constitutional theories and structures.

He was supposed to be the greatest religious ruler, but he used his power and authority to whisper, and hiss like a viper in the ears of politicians and judges in order to influence their decisions his way.

I keep hoping that evangelicals will not think my work compromises their emphases on the love of Jesus and on biblical authority, and that liberals will not suppose it is inconsistent with intellectual openness or commitment to peace and justice.

In such a case, if it exists, the scientist would, of course, be compelled to withdraw his assent to the legitimate teaching authority of the Church, if it were supposed that he really considered the certainty of the scientific «result» as definitively truer and surer than the grounds which he had previously believed he possessed in justification for the claim of the Church to teach.

I had taken the word of supposed experts and authorities.

''... The churches do not offer solace and acceptance of the prevailing order; the schools can not maintain discipline over their pupils; the police and courts can not maintain orderly processes of action (they often infringe the very laws they are supposed to enforce); the hospitals can not cure; the jails burst at their seams; and, finally, the government itself fails to function with the respect and authority it requires.

Then he came to a series of «Offers» to the Church authorities: (1) «Allow us to teach the Gospel freely... Do not persecute and resist that which you can not do and are all the same supposed to do and which others want to do for you... (2) Luther and his followers would continue to work without any expectation of payment from the established Church authorities.

The other point is Yeah that you have no knowledge of what you are talking about you are a echo of all the supposed authorities and you are not sure since you do nothing but quote and do no research to prove what they are saying is true.

Let us still further suppose that this supervisor has absolute authority to permit one person to eat the food and prevent another, so that each one will eat what is suitable for his temperament and the sick person will therefore not be tormented nor the healthy one fall into loathing because of excess of food.

Sorry, but isn't the government allowed by God to rule and aren't you supposed to submit to earthly authority because of that?

But this means that the subordinate authorities that are supposed to assist in the interpretation of Scripture can not be identified unless one has first decided on a correct interpretation of Scripture.

Out of loyalty to both the gods and to the memory of the murdered father, the mother must be destroyed, the mother who represents security, warmth, religion, authority, but who has become corrupt and an evil bearer of all that she is supposed to represent.

This is key to understanding what Wright means when he refers to the authority of God when it relates to Scripture, which I suppose is why we've now spent three posts discussing it!

If by social gospel they mean the good news that God loves the world and intends to redeem it, that God is building a new kingdom in our midst under the authority of Jesus Christ, and that we show our allegiance to this kingdom whenever we love our enemies, serve the poor, turn the other cheek, pursue holiness, preach the gospel, and care for the least of these — then yes, I suppose I have.

Israel is in the odd position of propping up a Potemkin village» the Fayyad administration of the Palestinian Authority» to which it is then supposed to make territorial concessions that threaten Israeli security.

The substantial pamphlet went through twenty editions in Germany and Switzerland, so low was the reputation of the papacy, so willing were people of all classes to listen not just to abuse, but to solid argument against papal authority, without in anyway supposing this to be an attack on Christianity.

You're supposed to be the authority, and she says, «Get out of the house, bitch.»

There is a mechanism already in place in the US constitution which has for aim to temper the supposed «excess» or «irrational enthusiasm» of the people, but without resorting to any other ultimate authority than the authority of the people itself.

There is an irony that the report from the «Centre for policy studies» failed to mention that the NHS is the only public body, that we are aware of, that has it's own full time litigation authority costing some # 7 million per year set up to deal with the complaints from patients regarding treatment they have received from a healthcare system that is supposed to protect them.

Or at least, they were supposed to be - but many local authorities have been avoiding doing so because of a legal loophole.

And the $ 16.7 million pales next to the $ 495 million from the New York Power Authority — funds literally generated upstate at the Niagara and Fitzpatrick Power projects — that was supposed to go to reduce electricity costs for the few remaining industries upstate, figuratively and literally turning out the lights for thousands of upstate workers and their families.

The Chief Psychiatrist of the Mental Health Authority, Dr. Kwasi Osei, has called for the enforcement of laws that prevent supposed healing centres from chaining psychiatric patients in their care.

That public watchdog probe was supposed to address how the New York City Transit Authority made knowingly false, fake and inflammatory information about myself, when they chose to state in writing to the Department of Labor that I had falsified records, documents and company sign sheets.

In the case of Libya, we are witnessing the results of abusing the authority of the United Nations Security Council and ignoring the opinion of regional organisations, in this instance, the African Union (AU), which are supposed to be the United Nations» partners in the maintenance of international peace and security».

A majority of the project is supposed to be funded by private investment, but roughly $ 325 million is supposed to come from government funds — $ 150 million of which was to come from the the Port Authority.

It is supposed to meet the uninsurable costs of freak occurrences and will be funnelled into local authorities to reimburse them for the cost of emergency services and the flood clean - up.

But suppose the people with the authority to draw district lines prefer party A. Even if they are obligated to make every district have the same number of voters, they could, at the most extreme, draw 1 district that has 20,000 B's and 9 districts each with 8,889 B's and 11,111 A's.

Gov. Cuomo on Monday approved an independent monitor to oversee repairs at the New York City Housing Authority — a humiliating slap at Mayor de Blasio, who is supposed to be in control of the troubled agency.

The Chief of Staff was then supposed to have taken the matter up with Cabinet, which in the event of approval, would then request a waiver from the Public Procurement Authority to enable the government to sole - source the supply of vehicles.

The report, by the independent Authorities Budget Office, says the Cuomo Administration mishandled its attempts to use $ 500 million dollars in federal Clean Water monies to help finance work on the massive Tappan Zee Bridge reconstruction, including ignoring a warning letter from the EPA that the bridge project was an inappropriate use of the revolving loan fund, which is supposed to go to communities who need to clean up pollution.

Hardly a day passes without clear cases of theft by leaders of our country and the supposed intelligent leader we have either part - takes or does not know that he has been given an authority to be able to correct the wrongs.

They have therefore called on the city authorities to intensify the exercise and also consider the state of the market since that is the only place the discharged and stranded traders are supposed to settle for their business.