The Decree of Canopus, which was issued by the pharaoh Ptolemy III, Euergetes of Ancient Egypt in 239 BC, decreed a solar leap day system ; an Egyptian leap year was not adopted until 25 BC, when the Roman Emperor Augustus successfully instituted a reformed Alexandrian calendar.

Two other fragmentary copies of the same decree were discovered later, and several similar Egyptian bilingual or trilingual inscriptions are now known, including two slightly earlier Ptolemaic decrees ( the Decree of Canopus in 238 BC, and the Memphis decree of Ptolemy IV, ca.

* Decree of Canopus

To avoid the calendar creep of the latter, a reform of the ancient Egyptian calendar was introduced at the time of Ptolemy III ( Decree of Canopus, in 238 BC ) which consisted of the intercalation of a sixth epagomenal day every fourth year.

A temple to Osiris was built by Pharaoh Ptolemy The Good ( the third ruler of Egypt's Ptolemaic dynasty ), but, according to Herodotus, very near to Canopus was an older shrine, a temple of Heracles that served as an asylum for fugitive slaves ( the Decree shows that Heracles here stands for Amun ).

In Ptolemy III Euergetes ' ninth regnal year ( 239 BC ), a great assembly of priests at Canopus passed an honorific decree ( the " Decree of Canopus ") that, inter alia, conferred various new titles on the king and his consort, Berenice.

The bilingual decrees for the Three-Stela Series are: Ptolemy III, Ptolemy IV, Ptolemy V, the Decree of Canopus ( also named the " Şân Stele "), the famous " Stele of Rosetta " ( Decree of Memphis ), the Rosetta Stone, ( grandfather, son and grandson ).

* The Canopus Decree

* Decree of Canopus ( Stone of Canopus ), for Ptolemy III.

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The Decree of Canopus is a bilingual inscription in two languages, and in three scripts.

* The Canopus Decree, full translation by S. Birch ( about 1800 words — 25 paragraphs )

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It made the same statement with regard also to later ordinations by those bishops, saying that, " as for those who have already thus unlawfully received ordination or any who may yet accept ordination from these, whatever may be the validity of the orders ( quidquid sit de ordinum validitate ), the Church does not and will not recognise their ordination ( ipsorum ordinationem ), and will consider them, for all legal effects, as still in the state in which they were before, except that the ... penalties remain until they repent " ( Sacred Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Decree Episcopi qui alios of 17 September 1976-Acta Apostolicae Sedis 1976, page 623 ).

Combined with Decree No. 91-337, it regulates disclosure, although the decree also applies to any person who provides to another person a corporate name, trademark or trade name or other business arrangements.

The NRC also imposed the Investment Policy Decree of 1975 — effective on January 1977 — that required 51 % Ghanaian equity participation in most foreign firms, but the government took 40 % in specified industries.

Some such prayers are provided in the Raccolta Catholic prayer book ( approved by a Decree of 1854, and published by the Holy See in 1898 ) which also includes prayers as Acts of Reparation to the Virgin Mary.

Ronglu also deliberately hid an Imperial Decree from General Nie Shicheng.

The Decree ordered him to stop fighting the Boxers because of the foreign invasion, and also because the population was suffering.

It also states such a trial is instigated by either a Royal Decree or a decision by the House of Representatives.

* Heinsohn, Gunnar: “ The Rise of Blood Sacrifice and Priest Kingship in Mesopotamia: A Cosmic Decree ?” ( also published in Religion, Vol.

The Royal Decree of Graces of 1815, also brought a strong influx of immigrants from Europe, further strengthening its economy and assuring its progress.

All land had been declared nationalized by the Decree on Land, finalized in the 1922 Land Code, which also set collectivization as the long-term goal.

Some such prayers are provided in the Raccolta Catholic prayer book ( approved by a Decree of 1854, and published by the Holy See in 1898 ) which also includes prayers as Acts of Reparation to the Virgin Mary.

The United Fruit Company, a U. S. corporation, was also threatened by the Decree 900 Agrarian Reform of the Árbenz Government.

Some of the most important events constituting this history include the 1066 Granada massacre, the Persecution of Jews in the First Crusade ( by Catholics but against papal orders, see also: Sicut Judaeis ), the Alhambra Decree after the Reconquista and the creation of the Spanish Inquisition, the publication of On the Jews and Their Lies by Martin Luther which initiated the Protestant antisemitism and strengthened German antisemitism, the pogroms and the Holocaust.

Dumouriez had also written a letter to the Convention scolding it for not supplying his army to his satisfaction and for the Decree of 15 December, which allowed the French armies to loot in the territory they had won.

It is also found in the Didache and the Apostolic Decree includes a prohibition from the " pollution of idols ".

The speech also responded to Vladimir Lenin's Decree on Peace of October 1917, which proposed an immediate withdrawal of Russia from the war, calling for a just and democratic peace that was not compromised by territorial annexations, and led to the Treaty of Brest-Litovsk on March 3, 1918.

The lifting of Martial Law Decree and the ban on veterans to visit their mainland China relatives was approved in 1987 ; the removal of the ban on registration of new newspapers in 1988 was also a historical event.

The Revolution and the whole movement were also a way to work against Laws that would reduce military costs and would reformulate the whole Portuguese Military Branch ( Decree Law: Decretos-Leis n. os 353, de 13 de Julho de 1973, e 409, de 20 de Agosto ).

The first chapter opens with the Shema (" you shall love God "), the Great Commandment (" your neighbor as yourself "), and the Golden Rule in the negative form ( also found in the " Western " version of Acts of the Apostles at 15: 19 and 29 as part of the Apostolic Decree ).

He also released many activists and students who had been arrested under the Ninth Decree.

The French also founded a university (" École centrale ") in 1810 ( which was disbanded in 1813, when Austria regained control, but whose Basic Decree of 4 July 1810, which ordered the reorganization of the former Austrian lycees in Ljubljana and Zara into ecoles centrales, is now considered the charter of the University of Ljubljana ).

The Pragmatic Sanction of 1830 (), issued March 29, 1830 by King Ferdinand VII of Spain, ratified a Decree of 1789 by Charles IV of Spain, which had replaced the semi-Salic system established by Philip V of Spain with the mixed succession system that predated the Bourbon monarchy ( see also Carlism ).

While the terms used for the Roman emperor are Kaisar Augustos ( Decree from Caesar Augustus, Dogma para Kaisaros Augoustou, Luke 2: 1 ) or just Kaisar ( see Render unto Caesar ...) and Pontius Pilate is called Hegemon ( Matthew 27: 2 ), Herod is Basileus ( in his coins also Basileôs Herodou and by Josephus )

Holmes also dealt with the notorious Whitechapel serial killer Jack the Ripper in A Study in Terror in 1965 and Murder by Decree in 1978.

The decision of the Council came to be called the Apostolic Decree () and was that most Mosaic law, including the requirement for circumcision of males, was not obligatory for Gentile converts, possibly in order to make it easier for them to join the movement.

The Decree called " upon all the belligerent nations and their governments to start immediate negotiations for peace " and proposed an immediate withdrawal of Russia from World War I. Leon Trotsky was appointed Commissar of Foreign Affairs in the new Bolshevik government.

The most infamous were the Commissar Order ( which stipulated that Soviet political commissars were to be shot on sight ) and the Night and Fog Decree ( which called for the forced disappearance of resistance fighters and other political prisoners in Germany's occupied territories ).

This was called the Apostolic Decree (), which may parallel Jewish Noahide Law.

The Alhambra Decree ( 1492 ) promptly rescinded the Jews ' rights, expelling the observant Jews and leaving a population of conversos suspected of secretly practicing Judaism ( crypto-Judaism ) called Marranos.

This law is called " Ley de Proteccion al Consumidor " or " Consumer Protection Act of Honduras ", approved by Legislative Decree No. 24-2008, and it regulates the activities of any goods and services providers stating the principles that they must follow in order to operate in this country.

In 1985 this association, called simply " The Groningen Horse ", was recognized by Royal Decree and by the European Union 10 years later.

The General Directorate for the Security of the People ( Romanian initials: DGSP, but more commonly just called the Securitate ) was officially founded on August 30, 1948, by Decree 221 / 30 of the Presidium of the Great National Assembly.

Ahmad published a book called The Heavenly Decree, in which he challenged his opponents to a " spiritual duel " in which the question of whether someone was a Muslim or not would be settled by God based on the four criteria laid out in the Qur ' an, namely, that a perfect believer will frequently receive glad tidings from God, that he will be given awareness about hidden matters and events of the future from God, that most of his prayers will be fulfilled and that he will exceed others in understanding novel finer points, subtleties and deeper meanings of the Qur ' an.

( May 7 ) As the nation's President Mr. Don Victoriano Castellanos Cortes, issued the Legislative Decree No. 3 in which is given the title of " REPUBLIC OF HONDURAS " to our country, therefore, no longer called " State of Honduras.

Before its enactment, obstinate, anti-republican Catholic priests, called ' refractory clergy ' (), were alleged to be royalist suspects by the Decree of 17 November 1791.

Originally called Enniskillen Royal School, the school was established some ten years after the Royal Decree, in 1618, 15 miles outside Enniskillen at Ballybalfour, before moving to Enniskillen in 1661.

After the experience during the Trienio Liberal the Council of Ministers was formally created by King Ferdinand VII, who ordered by Royal Decree of 19 November 1823 that his Secretaries of State ( Secretarios de Estado y del Despacho ) should gather to form a body, which was to be called Council of Ministers.

" Federalized, the University through Decree No. 2, 524 of 04 / 07 / 1955 combined with Law No. 2, 920 of 10. 13. 1956, joined the federal system of education as an teaching institution and library, to be called " University Library Federal Rural de Pernambuco ( B-UFRPE ).

In March 2003, " Volmer's Decree " later called the " Fischer degree "- since it was his responsibility, was cancelled.

In Spain, the conversion ( called transformation ) is regulated by the Royal Decree 736 / 1988, of 8 of July, por el que se regula la tramitación de las reformas de importancia de vehículos de carretera.

However, the Council did retain the prohibitions against eating meat containing blood, or meat of animals not properly slain, and against " fornication " and " idolatry ", which is commonly called the Apostolic Decree and is still observed by the Greek Orthodox.

In addition to Decree No. 3 in which it is ordered that the nation should be called " Republic of Honduras " instead of the State of Honduras, also signed other decrees which created the Department of: Islas de la Bahia.