Sentences with phrase «on principles»

Those matters are based on principles that can be clearly derived from our traditions and holy texts.

Alternatively, and in contrast to the first two positions, there is the view that value is rooted in a «moral universe» which can be at least fairly well known and approximated by man through his rational capacities; this moral universe participates in, yet in its fullness transcends, the actual shape of culture, history and human will; and the task of moral agents is to discover and act on the principles, laws and rules that this universe contains and reveals to the discerning moral conscience.

This country was founded on principles of the Enlightenment.

The state only recognises the Protestant «Three - Self Patriotic Movement», a government - aligned church based on the principles of «self - governance, self - support, and self - propagation.»

Process thought has much to offer in suggesting a sound perspective on the principles that should govern the work of — as it should also determine the approach to — education both of the young, whether they be children or adolescents, and of adults who are enrolled in institutions of higher learning or in other ways participate in what appropriately is called the educational process.

On your principles the nature of things is to describe things like atoms interacting.

He told me that his inspiration had been the vision given earlier to his mother Agnes Holloway and that the book was based on the principles she had been given.

«The laws of nature and of nature's God» ultimately are our constitutional order: to be a citizen of America is to adhere without qualification to the regime based on those principles.

2) No laws that are not based on the greater good of society, but solely based on the principles of a given religion.

Neither those imbued with the romantic spirit, a Weltanschauung which Humboldt had always regarded with distrust, nor the radical democrats felt that they could learn from him about freedom based on principles.

This chapter will highlight some growth resources in systemic therapies by focusing on the principles of family therapy.

Which put me in mind of a document I discovered in 1997 in a dusty Cracovian library while ingesting copious amounts of antihistamines: «The Foundations of the Church's Doctrine on the Principles of Conjugal Life.»

You have only to read the journals and papers of our founding fathers to recognize that we indeed are (were) a Christian nation founded on the principles of the Christian / Judaic Bible.

But this country was founded on the principles of the separation of Church and State.

No, the country was built on the principles laid out in the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

On a number of specific policies, notably parental choice in education, and, more important, on principles regarding the right ordering of religion and public life, JCS is usually and sometimes harshly opposed to the position of the Catholic Church.

The fact that a research university necessarily sets aside any subject's claim to rest on revealed principles that can not themselves be the subject of critical inquiry poses no serious problem because, Schleiermacher argues on philosophical grounds, religions like Christianity do not rest on principles in the first place, revealed or otherwise.

Although some individuals elect to act on principles (again, for good or ill) in concert, the fact remains it has always been that singular person's free will to act in groups or not, to follow that group's complete manifesto or not, and to take actions on that group's behalf....

He spoke on the value of the human person made in the image of God, on the principles of subsidiarity and solidarity that are fundamental to a just society, and on the dangers consumer culture poses to spiritual values.

A country that was founded on the principles of liberty and justice for all will remember how justice was too long denied to African - Americans, how the civil rights movement made clear that separate is not equal, and how King's dream of all people living together in peace was «deeply rooted in the American dream.»

As such I must reflect on these principles further rather than accept them at face value.

To give some basic details on principles of sound literal, grammatical, historical hermeneutics I would recommend the short 14 - page manuscript on the subject by Dr. Andy Woods which can be downloaded from:

Personally, I find Christians that only care about preserving their moral supremacy at the cost of everyone else to be a far greater evil than same gender oriented individuals seeking equal treamtent in a country founded on the principles of freedom and equality.

Your country was founded on principles of religious freedom, as stated explicitly in your most venerated docu.ments.

But we don't agree about enough things to settle our basic political issues by reference to a body of agreed - on principles.»

In the midst of his work to combat institutional racism within the United States, Martin Luther King Jr. relied heavily on principles taught in Scripture.

Indeed, in order to create a new and profound spiritual brotherhood, based on the principles enunciated by a new faith, old bonds have to be broken.

But its precursor was The Purpose Driven Church (Zondervan), the defining handbook of how to build a church on the principles employed at Saddleback.

In times when politicians promise change to the world, followers of Jesus can offer true and lasting change, based not on the principles of power or greed, but on service and generosity.

From the beginning, the pastoral psychology movement concentrated on the principles of working with individuals and small groups.

To found a dynasty it was necessary that the kingdom be founded on principles and an ideal.

He observed that so far we considered our responsibility towards the other, responsibility based on the principles of common good, is the most cherished value of life.

(In my Understanding the Christian Faith, which is intended primarily for laymen, I have given a survey of the basic convictions of Christian faith, with a chapter on principles of biblical interpretation.

The attractiveness of socialism lies in its approach to distribution, as opposed to its effectiveness at production, and in its stated underlying principles — that is, socialism is not supposed to be based on our self - interest but on the principles of providing for everyone, of distributing the wealth in an equitable manner.

They hoped to construct a republic on principles so sound that it might avoid their fate.

Also, while I am a pastor and I believe in God's Word, I do not advocate for legislation based solely on God's Word but also on principles of science, human rights, etc..

Each of these nations, as well as others, has rejected their past tyranny in favor of building a society based on the principles of liberty.

A.: Triage is an entirely justifiable procedure based on the principles of distributive justice.

This Court was specifically mandated to «proceed and act and give relief on principles and rules which, in the opinion of the said Court, shall be as nearly as may be conformable to the principles and rules on which the ecclesiastical courts of Ireland have heretofore acted and given relief» [and] the [Irish] Constitution has inherited and amended this former jurisprudence in matrimonial matters.

And I'm working on these principles with my kids.

Andy Peck visits a mega church based on principles which apply... More

Its ultimate objective is the creation of an open and integrated international order based on the principles of democratic capitalism, with the United States as the ultimate guarantor of order and enforcer of norms.

As for the law, I think opposing abortion on principles (religious or other) but as long as no church is forced by the state to preform a ceremony.

On his principles, advocates of intelligent design have reversed the proper order of knowing.

It can not be said that the principles according to which this question must be answered are sufficiently clear and that there is the determination to act on these principles even if local interests may sometimes get hurt in the process.

In my preceding lecture I emphasized the development of counter-cultural, and that means counter-imperial, communities, that is, communities that function on principles quite contrary to those of empire.

[9] The Church's social vision, built on principles of justice, peace, freedom and solidarity, [10] presents, this writer would submit, values which serve much better if we want to uphold the dignity of the human person.

Random variation and the survival of the fittest appeared to provide explanations of the emergence of new forms, including the human, on principles that removed the need for an intelligent creator and lawgiver.

(Religions act on their principles regardless of how the opposition responds) This implies that ISIS is nothing more than a business run by egocentric tyrants that happen to identify with a particular religion... thus tainting that religion with their insecurity as they attempt to use it as a platform to try and convince their selves of control and eliminate any challenge to their personal views... All because their figurative pee pees can't handle it.

He also denies both that the biblical grasp of universal moral principles is irrelevant to Eastern cultures, and that the West has a monopoly on those principles.