Search results for "Obedience" - New World Encyclopedia
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- and thy mother,” was generally held to command obedience to magistrates also. Filmer considered the power of a ruler over his state to be equal ...12 KB (1,931 words) - 05:04, 15 December 2022
- Obedience to conscience has been claimed by many dissenters as a God ... #039;s consciences could rank higher than obedience to church authorities or ...25 KB (3,722 words) - 21:26, 7 September 2023
- affirmed salvation by faith, not by works or by obedience. (see ... Besides making Christ's death, rather than Christ's obedience ...24 KB (3,726 words) - 19:08, 4 December 2023
- by faith," rather than by works or obedience to the Jewish ceremonial law. However, Paul himself had to contend with Christians who believed ...13 KB (2,152 words) - 19:10, 13 February 2024
- is due. Christ's death, the ultimate act of obedience, brings God great honor. As it was beyond the call of duty for Christ, it is more honor than ...16 KB (2,590 words) - 18:13, 21 August 2023
- stressed absolute self-abnegation and obedience to Pope and superiors. ... effective way was born the vow of special obedience to the Pope, who he classified ...26 KB (4,095 words) - 19:47, 22 December 2022
- the guru, and unwavering commitment, devotion and obedience in the student. In some forms of Buddhism, the Guru-disciple relationship is called "dharma ...14 KB (2,161 words) - 07:58, 24 July 2023
- wives as near possessions from whom maximum obedience is extracted. Whereas young men and their families have to work hard to accumulate the wealth ...14 KB (2,300 words) - 02:03, 12 January 2023
- Chained, naked, beaten with rods, and lashed into obedience. The outcome of her lobbying was a bill to create, expand, and develop state mental ...13 KB (2,071 words) - 09:38, 15 January 2023
- daughter's diary reveals that perfect obedience and submission were expected. William McGuffey spent his life striving to instill his strong convictions ...14 KB (2,020 words) - 18:23, 17 April 2023
- In 1702, in obedience to his father's wishes, he began the study of law at the University of Halle, but after his father's death the ...12 KB (1,833 words) - 15:57, 20 May 2024
- and resurrection alone; and not even diligent obedience to the Law of Moses or other good works of charity and morality could bring about salvation ...15 KB (2,291 words) - 10:03, 29 July 2022
- to leave the Druid’s place of servitude. In obedience, he escaped, traveling approximately two hundred miles on foot. When he reached Westport, a city ...14 KB (2,321 words) - 00:49, 23 December 2022
- owed as a mark of legitimate Muslim identity and obedience. He was a skilled and astute leader at a time when his community lacked political autonomy ...14 KB (2,157 words) - 08:33, 13 March 2024
- 33:51-56; Deuteronomy 7:1-5), Israel's obedience to this command had not been complete. Even though it was forbidden by Mosaic Law, intermarriage ...14 KB (2,226 words) - 08:58, 28 January 2024
- offer of his old life in exchange for quiet obedience to religion. Instead, he takes solace in his wife Sarah and the new life they will create together. ...13 KB (2,029 words) - 06:17, 12 August 2023
- of all Christian clerics who refused to offer obedience to the state by sacrificing to its gods. On September 13, 258, he was imprisoned at the ...14 KB (2,280 words) - 19:36, 22 December 2022
- equate right or wrong action with obedience or disobedience to moral laws, they see rightness or wrongness as intrinsic to certain types of actions ...19 KB (2,981 words) - 00:53, 27 July 2022
- the old virtues of bravery, loyalty, and obedience to the emperor. After separating the Operations Department from the Army Ministry and reorganizing ...14 KB (2,206 words) - 10:08, 22 May 2023
- to the Old Testament, characterized by obedience of mankind to the Rules of God. * The Age of the Son, between the advent of Christ and 1260, ...14 KB (2,212 words) - 05:54, 5 April 2024
