Search results for "Abstinence" - New World Encyclopedia
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- Anglicanism (from Anglia, the Latin name for England) describes the Christian denominations that follow the religious traditions developed by ...21 KB (3,167 words) - 05:52, 28 July 2023
- of condoms, and promotion of abstinence or fidelity in marriage are examples of public health measures advanced in various countries. ...21 KB (3,080 words) - 15:09, 25 January 2023
- was hardly controversial: Good parenting, abstinence, and maintaining a nuclear family were common themes. ===Acquisition by Disney=== ...19 KB (2,902 words) - 00:51, 9 January 2023
- came to value the ideals of chastity and sexual abstinence as discussed in Father Sergius. He was not only a pacifist but also a vegetarian. ...19 KB (2,878 words) - 19:54, 7 May 2024
- prophecy, miracles, extraordinary abstinence from both sleep and nourishment. ... prophecy, miracles, extraordinary abstinence from both sleep and nourishment ...40 KB (6,382 words) - 17:02, 2 October 2023
- and is incorruptible if there is complete abstinence, but it is under the domination of a foreign power. Humans are said to be able to be saved from ...22 KB (3,392 words) - 11:06, 9 March 2023
- on the diamond trade while it promotes abstinence and distributes condoms and anti-retroviral drugs to stem the epidemic. ==History== ...20 KB (2,852 words) - 19:53, 20 November 2023
- encourage young people to make sexual abstinence part of their marriage ... to a lifetime of purity including sexual abstinence from this day until the ...46 KB (7,206 words) - 14:15, 7 May 2024
- taboo. The belief that heterosexuality and abstinence were both ethical and statistical norms had never before been seriously challenged. ...23 KB (3,418 words) - 08:17, 20 July 2023
- vegetarian diet. He took a vow of sexual abstinence at a relatively early age ... Becharji, the he would observe the Hindu abstinence of meat, alcohol, and promiscuity ...56 KB (8,938 words) - 15:04, 16 June 2023
- and without desire…. When there is this abstinence from action, good order is universal." DDJ (3), translated by James Legge and accessed ...24 KB (3,958 words) - 14:34, 20 May 2023
- liturgy-centered life with days of fasting and abstinence. Their devotion to the Mar Thoma Cross was absolute, and their churches were modeled after ...27 KB (3,937 words) - 22:35, 11 January 2024
- as experts weighed the claims of complete abstinence from food. Believers referenced the duality of mind and body, while skeptics insisted on the ...25 KB (3,785 words) - 05:13, 31 July 2023
- morality (such as thrift and abstinence from alcohol) rather than social activism. In the last quarter of the twentieth century, social work become ...28 KB (4,129 words) - 15:02, 27 April 2023
- * “Inability is a disaster; patience is bravery; abstinence is a treasure, self-restraint is a shield; and the best companion is submission ...25 KB (4,139 words) - 18:19, 21 July 2023
- of goddess's mythos (from her sexual abstinence and her association with virginal handmaidens, to her status as a nature deity (or huntress ...26 KB (4,093 words) - 10:51, 16 August 2023
- King was left reputedly furious at his enforced abstinence. Kenneth Rose, King George V. (Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1983, ISBN 0297782452). ...28 KB (4,475 words) - 16:52, 22 November 2023
- Fridays, and the Christian calendars prescribe abstinence from some foods at various times of the year; but these customs vary from place to place, and ...30 KB (4,716 words) - 23:04, 8 April 2021
- with AA attendance was increased abstinence, followed by reductions in alcohol-related consequences. "The magnitude of these benefits did ...34 KB (5,182 words) - 05:06, 17 June 2023
- * Abstinence from drinking alcohol, smoking cigarettes, and taking drugs. * Detachment from the material world. * Meditation, preferably at 3:00 ...33 KB (4,966 words) - 15:00, 23 October 2023
