Sentences with phrase «threat of persecution»

Even in modern times new religions that might compete with established order are typically under threat of persecution.

An indication of a well - founded fear is the fact that an applicant has already been subject to persecution or serious harm or to direct threats of persecution or harm (article 4 under 4 of the Directive).

Of all the Christians, I've only heard of two families who converted under threat of persecution.

He believed that the American church would thrive when freed from the threat of persecution and enlivened by that spirit of voluntarism made necessary by pluralism.

Even though Secretary Anderson envisioned conversion and church membership in so - called spiritual terms, in India this goal necessitated a break with an entire social system effecting family, vocation, and physical well being through the threat of persecution.

Pagels and Ehrman tell a similar story: Under the threat of persecution, certain church leaders, especially Irenaeus, became convinced that Christianity could survive only if it became more unified in doctrine and structure.

COLUMBUS, Ohio (Legal Newsline)-- Doctors and other health care professionals will continue to be able to express sympathy without the threat of persecution after the Ohio Supreme Court's recent ruling in Stewart v. Vivian.