Esler, who advanced this legitimation view, has suggested that in Luke ’ s community there were Roman officials who were recent converts and they wanted to make sure that their new found faith could successfully coexist with their allegiance to the empire.

Many other " community day schools " that are not affiliated with the Solomon Schechter network take a generally Conservative approach, but unlike the Schechter schools, these schools generally have " no barriers to enrollment based on the faith of the parents or on religious practices in the home.

A creed is a statement of belief — usually a statement of faith that describes the beliefs shared by a religious community — and is often recited as part of a religious service.

The marriage, however, caused a stir within St. Thomas ’ small Jewish community, either because Rachel was outside the faith or because she was previously married to Frederick's uncle, and in subsequent years his four children were forced to attend the all-black primary school.

In contrast, most Christian denominations actively seek converts, following the Great Commission, and conversion to Christianity is generally a declaration of faith ( although some denominations view it specifically as adoption into a community of Christ, and orthodox Christian tradition views it as being a literal joining together of the members of Christ's body ).

Within the " Central " grouping individual ecclesias also may have their own statement of faith, whilst still accepting the statement of faith of the larger community.

The good confession has to demonstrate a basic understanding of the main elements-" first principles "-of the faith of the community.

The ancient Churches, such as the Roman Catholic and the Eastern Orthodox exclude non-members from Communion under normal circumstances, though the Catholics may allow exceptions, e. g., for non-members in danger of death who share their faith in the reality of the Eucharist and who are unable to have access to a minister of their own community.

Without understanding, there cannot be true faith and that understanding is built on the foundation of the community of believers, the scriptures and traditions and on the personal experiences of the believer.

The fall of the city and the end of Davidic kingship forced the leaders of the exile community – kings, priests, scribes and prophets – to reformulate the concepts of community, faith and politics.

Cultural dependency robs one of faith and identity and thus destroys Islam and the Islamic community ( ummah ) far more effectively than political rule.

* to serve the Infinite Spirit of Life and the human community by strengthening the worldwide Unitarian and Universalist faith,

Jainism is presently a strong faith in the United States, and several dozen Jain temples have been built there, primarily by the Gujarati community.

During the medieval and Reformation eras, infant baptism was seen as a way to incorporate newborn babies into the secular community as well as inducting them into the Christian faith.

Likewise, baptism doesn ’ t create faith ; it is a sign of membership in the visible covenant community.

The deacons are a congregational-level group whose duty is " to minister to those who are in need, to the sick, to the friendless, and to any who may be in distress both within and beyond the community of faith.

Many Indian restaurants of the sizeable Thai-Indian community will also have vegetarian dishes on offer, due to the fact that vegetarianism is held as an ideal by many followers of the Hindu faith.

To solve the ongoing feud, concerned residents of the city met secretly with Muhammad in Aqaba, inviting him and his small band of believers to come to Yathrib, where the Prophet could serve as disinterested mediator between the factions and his community could practice its faith freely.

It enables planners to make decisions that reflect community needs and values, it fosters faith in the wisdom and utility of the resulting project, and the community is given a personal stake in its success.

With most widespread practice in the U. S, becoming the Reform Judaism, it doesn't require or see the Jews as direct descendants of the ethnic Jews or Biblical Israelites, but rather adherents of the Jewish faith in its Reformist version, in contrary to the Orthodox Judaism, the mainstream practice in Israel, which considers the Jews as a closed ethnoreligious community, with very strict procedures of conversion.

The ideal state is a civil community ruled by a universal or Catholic church, the principles of which are equally distinct from mere passive pietism, or faith which will know nothing, and from the Protestant doctrine, which is the very radicalism of reason.

In 1933 he entered a Jewish community of faith.

The Arts Council of Beaufort, Port Royal and the Sea Island, nurtures the arts via ARTworks, its community arts center, theater, and gallery in Beaufort Town Center ( 2127 Boundary Street, 29902, in Beaufort Town Center ) that also includes the studios of working artists, Strings ' n Things music shop, and spaces for workshops, classes, and conferences, as well as an after-school program.

* a student-centered instruction that nurtures each individual amid an intentionally diverse community ;

The Burke welcomes a broad and diverse audience and provides a community gathering place that nurtures life-long learning and encourages respect, responsibility, and reflection.

First, the community has an active facilitator who monitors, guides, and nurtures the discourse.

Hesston College, the two-year college of the Mennonite Church USA, educates and nurtures each student within Christ-centered community, integrating thought, life, and faith for service to others in the church and the world.

To derive Utopian communism from the Jerusalem Christian community of the apostolic age or from its medieval successors-in-spirit, the monastic communities, is with an appropriate shift of adjectives, misleading in the same way as to derive it from Plato's Republic: in the Republic we have to do with an elite of physical and intellectual athletes, in the apostolic and monastic communities with an elite of spiritual and religious athletes.

An abbey ( from Latin abbatia, derived from Latin language abbatia, from Latin abbās, derived from Aramaic language abba, " father ") is a Catholic monastery or convent, under the authority of an Abbot or an Abbess, who serves as the spiritual father or mother of the community.

Hasan Ali Shah received protection from the British government in British India as the spiritual head of an important Muslim community.

The judgement was significant in that it legally established the status of the Khojas as a community referred to as Shia Imami Ismailis, and of Hasan Ali Shah as the spiritual head of that community.

* His view of the second coming of Christ is also unusual ; he suggested that this would not be a physical reappearance, but that the Christ being would become manifest in non-physical form, visible to spiritual vision and apparent in community life for increasing numbers of people beginning around the year 1933.

The members of an intentional community typically hold a common social, political or spiritual vision and share responsibilities and resources.

Dimona is home to Israel's Black Hebrew community, governed by its founder and spiritual leader, Ben Ammi Ben-Israel.

Faith in Buddhism centers on the understanding that the Buddha is an Awakened being, on his superior role as teacher, in the truth of his Dharma ( spiritual teachings ), and in his Sangha ( community of spiritually developed followers ).

The Regional Council of Bizkaia acquired the site in 1982 and refurbished it as a Museum with the aim of presenting an exhibition to promote the understanding of the historical, political and cultural meaning of the spiritual community of Euskal Herria.

The tradition has a focus on community, placing great emphasis on ethical conduct and reverence towards all sentient beings as central to spiritual maturity.

To be recognized as the one who performs this function of bridging between the natural world and the spiritual world for the benefit of the community, an individual must be validated in his role by that community.

She noted that there are those who would argue that " the Pagan community is one of the only spiritual communities that is exploring humor, joy, abandonment, even silliness and outrageousness as valid parts of spiritual experience.

Benedict's concerns were the needs of monks in a community environment: namely, to establish due order, to foster an understanding of the relational nature of human beings, and to provide a spiritual father to support and strengthen the individual's ascetic effort and the spiritual growth that is required for the fulfillment of the human vocation, theosis.

* Chapter 4 lists 73 " tools for good work " " tools of the spiritual craft " for the " workshop " that is " the enclosure of the monastery and the stability in the community ".

He suggested that this would not be a physical reappearance, but rather, meant that the Christ being would become manifest in non-physical form, in the " etheric realm " – i. e. visible to spiritual vision and apparent in community life – for increasing numbers of people, beginning around the year 1933.

The Shia extend this belief to Muhammad's family, the Ahl al-Bayt (" the People of the House "), and certain individuals among his descendants, known as imams, who have special spiritual and political authority over the community.

The Paṅth or the community of followers was to be the physical manifestation of the Gurū, while the Graṅth was to be the spiritual.

` Abdu ' l-Bahá first used the term " Universal House of Justice " to distinguish the supreme body from those local ' Houses of Justice ' to be established in each community, and the secondary ' Houses of Justice ' ( current Bahá ' í national spiritual assemblies ).

The centre of each jurisdiction was referred to as a “ free seat ” (), and its head or chairman () was often a secular or spiritual prince, sometimes a civic community, the archbishop of Cologne being supreme over all ().

With that, Durkheim argues, we are left with the following three concepts: the sacred ( the ideas that cannot be properly explained, inspire awe and are considered worthy of spiritual respect or devotion ), the beliefs and practices ( which create highly emotional state — collective effervescence — and invest symbols with sacred importance ), and the moral community ( a group of people sharing a common moral philosophy ).

His Life of the Fathers comprises twenty hagiographies of the most prominent men of the preceding generation, taking in a wide range the spiritual community of early medieval Gaul, including lives of bishops, clerics, monks, abbots, holy men and hermits.