Sentences with phrase «precepts best»

Categorical precepts best guide our behavior, and thus keep transgression within bounds.

Not exact matches

Indeed, its precepts have come to be widely regarded as a model for «good governance» and for the brand of investor activism illustrated by the Allergan story.

zealous belief in ANYTHING (or in the absense of an anything) is not good, intelligent people make good choices based on the information available and realize that everything is not perfect no matter what precept you prescribe to.

I couldn't have said it better myself - I will go one step further; if she isn't following the precepts of the Church she ISN «T Catholic!

They must know better then I. I hungered to know God better and all they did was fill me with precepts, teach me that God rewards us according to our works and they talk with 2 mouths.

The author knows how to make an impact, often using short pithy sentences to good effect: «Peace of soul is the tranquility of order; an ordered heart, an ordered life according to God's precepts» (p. 55).

That original Islam is only hinted at in the Qur» an and the Hadith, which were written years after the prophet Mohammed had his mystical experience — just as the original precepts of Christianity are minimized and only obliquely presented in the New Testament and its «authorized» translations, interpretations and commentaries, which were written over many years, well after Jesus» ministry and Paul's mystical experience.

Certainly the new element can not simply be separated from one's ordinary life, but by fulfilling the precepts of the catechism and the commandments of the Church and being in this sense a good Christian, we have not yet adequately responded to God's call to our concrete and unique person.

That distinction being presupposed, let us first ask what is to be said on the question of mutability or immutability of canon law and the Catholic style of life bound up with it, if we may so describe all the practices, rules, modes of behaviour in a Catholic's church life and his secular life lived on Christian lines, which hold good or previously held good through education, church precept etc..

Accordingly, the first precept of practical reason is that «good is to be done and promoted, and evil is to be avoided» (637, emphasis deleted), which means that the natural law is somehow derived from the comprehensive good defined by the final end or divine purpose.

Already in Nigeria, the Sudan, Indonesia and the Philippines as well as Brazil and Guatemala, rapidly growing religious factions are fiercely competing for converts, struggling for political power, inciting persecution and trying to legislate and enforce laws taken from various sacred precepts.

In continuing his pursuit of the truth, which carries with it a precise method of making the distinction between the definitely true and the possibly false, he employs the triage of his second precept of Discourse on Method: «The second, to divide each of the difficulties that I would examine as individual parcels, as much as it would be possible and required for a better resolution» (18).

The scribes and Pharisees give good advice, but they do not practice their own precepts.

Nor is it true, as some suppose, that he was referring only to such formal principles as «good is to be done,» for he speaks for the greater part of the tradition when he expressly includes such precepts as «Honor thy father and thy mother,» «Thou shalt not kill,» and «Thou shalt not steal.»

They [the forty pioneers] had the Bible, and they had the precepts of the Oxford Group (DR. BOB and the Good Oldtimers [New York: Alcoholics Anonymous World Services, 1980], p. 96).

I do prescribe to the generalities of religion in that I believe in precepts of doing good for its own sake.

On this view, a rule is only as good as the number of people who keep it, and hypocrisy (espousing a precept while flouting it oneself) is ridiculous and morally bankrupt.

When Christ utters the precepts: «Love your enemies, bless them that curse you, do good to them that hate you, and pray for them which despitefully use you, and persecute you,» he gives for a reason: «That ye may be the children of your Father which is in heaven: for he maketh his sun to rise on the evil and on the good, and sendeth rain on the just and on the unjust.»

Jesus spoke in parables to help common folk better comprehend complex Biblical precepts.

Yet undeniably I believed that I was following the dictates of my own conscience as well as the fundamental precepts of what I had learned was the Judeo - Christian ethic.

The fear of the LORD is the beginning of wisdom; all who follow his precepts have good understanding.

They violated no moral precept by moving to a better school district.

Developed cultures contribute additional layers of differentiation, replacing myth and tradition with unified cosmologies and higher religions, articulating well - codified moral precepts, and positing universalistic principles as modes of legal and political legitimation.

There are still some good Catholics who become scrupulous about having missed Mass when there was a reasonable excusing cause, such as illness, lengthy travel or the care of the sick, but far more common is the lack of any sense that there is a grave obligation to assist at Mass on days of precept and that it is a sin to miss Mass without a good reason.

It was far better and far wiser in God to be content with a Faith that was quite amazingly right about the basic precepts of God, morals, and creation as good, and of its nature allowed for developmental growth in a straight line as time and culture called it forth.

Any well - catechized confirmation student knows that to be called a Catholic one must not only partake in the sacraments of initiation but also follow the precepts of the Church.

The objective was neither the pastoral good of the people nor the psychological welfare of the priest, but the observation of the evangelical precepts of poverty and chastity.

(b) Notes of the May meeting made well after it by Bishop Fliss, of the diocese of Superior, state that the CDF «was not encouraging us to proceed with any formal dismissal on the basis of 24 yrs of apparent good conduct and the precept impeding exercise of orders currently in effect».

However the real process of character formation involves not merely an absorption of precepts, but also the general orientation of the soul in which the ethical life is integrated with «the good life» in its broadest sense, so that morality becomes a matter of aspiration as well as exhortation.

As international solidarity between states as well as UN resources have significantly decreased since the financial crisis in 2008, the new precept in international affairs appears to be that no major development project can be carried out without the active participation of major corporations and their front foundations / agencies, often in the form of public - private partnership (PPP).

In the spirit of the fundamental legal precept of pacta sunt servanda, the principles of the Law of Armed Conflict (LOAC) are binding upon parties to it and must be performed in good faith.

What makes you a really good doctor, what makes you a really good scientist is the people that observe nature very carefully and don't put their precepts, their beliefs, their dogma on the observations they see.

So, the entire «preserve your metabolism firing at optimum capability by all the time consuming» sounds good in precept, however actuality tells a special story.

What's The Deal: A smart send - up of the Superman myth and the age - old precept of good vs. evil, Megamind is a refreshingly solid animated tale that soars on vibrant visuals, energetic vocal performances and clever writing.

Mindhunters has a good grasp of precept # 1, but doesn't have a clue about # 2.

From the simplest of precepts Japanese director Kore - eda Hirokazu spins a marvellously tender story of parents and children in Like Father, Like Son, as well as a subtle portrayal of the nuances of contemporary Japanese society.

Koretz uses this precept to frame the discussion of test - based accountability efforts as well as more in - depth discussion in later chapters about some of the more pernicious corruptions of test - based accountability: artificial test - score inflation, undesirable types of test preparation, and outright cheating.

Those kids need and deserve great schools, too, and if it's really a great school (check out the author's 16 precepts), it'll do them a world of good.

And while hands on task driven processes are in many cases chronological in orientation; it is in the analysis and application of precepts and standards to diagnose and repair problems which require a better understanding of learning intelligences.

Teachers who internalize and practice feedback based on these precepts will be well on their way to teaching that improves learning.

Doug is a former CEO of Precept Builders, Inc., and has served on the finance committee of the Dallas County Republican Party for four years, as well as the Executive Committee for the West Texas Chapter of the Young Presidents Organization.

Under the precepts of the decades - old, traditional public education model the district clings to, children are supposed to come to school well - fed, well - rested and from stable, middle - class families.

I've done my best, in regard to people and to life, without precepts, but with a taste for justice.

BUT!!!!!! ~ Consider this: A person might very well check out your book to see if they can follow the precepts, then buy the book when they discover they can.

One of the first precepts of permaculture is «prolonged observation» of the land, and this applies as well to green building.

Important Bauhaus precepts included the virtue of simple, clean design, massproduction and the practical advantages of a well - designed home and workplace.

Speaking to their precept of «URL continues IRL», and vice versa, founders and curators Anna Mikkola and Hanna Nilsson (of PWR Studio) spent the past year exploring place and our relation to it by playing with the notion of the online and offline gallery, as well as its documentation.

But it is high time to stop pretending that it is true, or that it does a particularly good job of laying out valid moral precepts for living.

This doesn't make it any easier for people to reckon with the degree to which the movement cuts against traditional religious precepts, as well as secular scientific inquiry.

The ECHR thereby overruled thirty years of international case law, discounted the fundamental purposes of the Hague Convention of deterring international child abduction and of not rewarding international child abduction, and ensured that any Hague case that follows its precepts will be lengthy and expensive as well as often unfair to the left - behind parent who must now defend what could be almost a custody case on the taking parent's home turf.