Sentences with phrase «special act»

Now we must see how this discussion relates to the question of special acts of God.

I'd add two points to support your point, «The Crown of Life, however, is a reward for special acts of service and perseverance under trial.

To interpret significant events as special acts of God is to turn God into an agent of mechanical intervention.

[73] In this case, Canadian Transit — established as a federal corporation under the federal Special Act to pursue federal objects and invoking a federal provision allowing the Federal Court to make declarations concerning federal works and undertakings — has asked the Federal Court what exactly its rights are... [more]

«36 And, even in the case of the types of events which are uniquely adapted to becoming special acts of God, i.e. human words and deeds, the specialness is still due only to human doing.

«Even basic improvement requires special acts to be passed, and not all of them have,» explains Mayersohn.

The South Korean Special Act on Safety Control of Children's Dietary Life recommends colour - coded labelling for use on the front of pre-packaged children's «favourite food» including cookies / candies / popsicles, breads, chocolates, dairy products, sausage (fish or meat based), some beverages, instant noodles and fast food (seaweed rolls, hamburgers, sandwiches).

The sacramental substance can not be manipulated through special acts or intentions (kavanot).

They, like Jesus, make the most of every opportunity to give the gospel message along with special acts of service.

So each of the crowns mentioned above represents a reward for some particular special act of service or perseverance within the Kingdom of God.

TRADITIONAL CATEGORIES: PICTURES ACTING VISUALS AURALS (plus: traditional nomination tallies) EXTRA CATEGORIES: SPECIAL ACTING REAL CHARACTERS BEST SCENES (plus: all nomination tallies)

Important points of transition, both collective and individual, somehow need to be acknowledged and accentuated by special acts and symbols; graduation from college continues to be such an event, and the widespread impersonal character of diploma presentations does not satisfy the need for marking the time in a special way.

To answer that question, the Federal Court, armed with one of the «laws of Canada,» namely section 52 of the Constitution Act, 1982, will draw in large part upon its interpretation of the federal Special Act and section 91 of the Constitution Act, 1867, another one of the «laws of Canada.»

The Crown of Life, however, is a reward for special acts of service and perseverance under trial.

The list of entities eligible to spend SMFP money also would be expanded under the new budget to include «special act school districts, schools for the blind and deaf and other students with disabilities subject to article 85 of the education law, and private schools for students with disabilities authorized pursuant to chapter 853 of the laws of 1976.»

«Freeing God from the burden of special acts of creation does not remove Him as the source of the things that make humanity special, and of the universe itself.

But they do not follow by a special act of divine wrath or retribution; they follow by the reaction of God's loving power against that which violates love.

If my understanding as to what would constitute an act which is peculiarly someone's is accepted, then Ogden's explanation of a special act of God is not adequate.

For one condition of an adequate explanation would be that it somehow attribute the specialness of a special act of God partially to God.

For Ogden, a person's special act is one which «reveals» or «represents» his inner being to another person.

As in the human example, not only must the nature of the event be appropriate in order to have a special act of God, God's intention must also have a sufficiently large influence in determining the nature of the action.

A revelatory act would have both an objective and a subjective aspect; the objective aspect of it would be the special act.33

With this understanding of what makes an act peculiarly mine, the act becomes a special act of mine if someone interprets my inner being accurately on the basis of this act.

«37 Thus, whether the specialness of an event is due only to an interpreter of the event, or whether it is due to both a person who is speaking and acting and to someone receiving this as a special act, it is man who turns an ordinary act of God into a special one.

Of course, a special act of God is to some extent an expression of God, but so is every event; the thing that differentiates a special act of God from an ordinary one is not at all due to anything done by God.

For an event to be a special act of God, the special - ness of it would have to be partially a function of God35 However, according to Ogden's explanation of what constitutes a special act, this is not the case.

Thus, while Ogden's usage equates a special act and a revelatory one, mine implies a distinction.

The term «special act» is synonymous with the notion of an act of a person which is «peculiarly his.»

When I say there is «no problem,» I am not referring to the question as to how one would establish which special act was the normative one.

This is why the specialness of a special act is partly a function of one's inner being, and partly a function of the body.)

According to his interpretation, one of my special acts would be a word or deed which represents to someone else the person I really am.

The point I am making is that for him the «specialness» of a special act is entirely a function of someone other than the person whose special act it is.

A special act would be only potentially revelatory; a revelatory act would be a special act which is in fact received in such a way that it does reveal the inner being of the person to the one receiving it.

For, objectively speaking, according to his explanation a special act does not express the person's inner being any more than his other actions do; it does reveal his inner being more than other actions do, but this is due to its being received in a certain way by others.

The Crown of Life is special reward for a special act of service and dedication to the King.

But the resurrection, as pointed out in the last chapter, is a special act of God.

It is really impossible to affirm this totally and also to do full justice to the notion of a special act of God» (p. 219f).

Witness, e.g., the following: (1) «Likewise, in speaking of a special act of God, the specialness of this act must be attributed at least partly to God.