After Armageddon there will be a resurrection in the flesh of " both righteous and unrighteous " dead ( but not the " wicked "), based on Acts 24: 15.

In early March Congress, led in part by Radical Republicans, passed the first in a series of four Reconstruction Acts, initially providing for the recognition of provisional governments to be established thereunder by the Southern states, on the condition that each state ratify the Fourteenth Amendment and assure suffrage for freedmen.

The Convention on Offenses and Certain Other Acts Committed on Board Aircraft (" Tokyo Convention ") is a multilateral convention, done at Tokyo between 20 August and 14 September 1963, coming into force on 4 December 1963, and is applicable to offenses against penal law and to any acts jeopardizing the safety of persons or property on board civilian aircraft while in-flight and engaged in international air navigation.

See the United Nations website for full text on " Convention for the Suppression of Unlawful Acts Against the Safety of Civil Aviation ".

" Some scholars theorize that the " we " passages in Acts are just such " handed down " quotations from some earlier source who accompanied Paul on his travels.

One piece of evidence suggesting this is that, although half of Acts centers on Paul, Acts never directly quotes from the Pauline epistles nor does it even mention Paul writing letters.

Also, supporters of this view would characterize Luke ’ s portrayal of the Roman Empire as positive because they believe Luke “ glosses over negative aspects of the empire and presents imperial power positively .” For example, when Paul is before the council defending himself, Paul says that he is “ on trial concerning the hope of the resurrection of the dead ” ( Acts 23: 6 ).

Esler believes that this specific point is supported through Luke ’ s emphasis on citing examples of Romans who come to believe in Christ ( Acts 10: 1-11: 18 ; 13: 12 ; 18: 7 ).

“ Charges of sedition come from the Jews ” ( Acts 17: 6-7 ; 24: 5 ) which shows that Luke ’ s emphasis was not on the politics of the Empire but rather on the spiritual matters of believers.

Furthermore, when on trial, the church responds to the authorities by professing the name of Jesus Christ ( Acts 4: 20, 28-29 ; 5: 29-32 ).

Acts differs with Paul's letter on important issues, such as the Law, Paul's own apostleship, and his relation to the Jerusalem church.

Acts tells the story of the Apostolic Age of the Early Christian church, with particular emphasis on the ministry of the Twelve Apostles and of Paul of Tarsus.

While the complete title of the book is the Acts of the Apostles, really the book focuses on only two men: The Apostle Peter ( chs.

Acts features the " baptism in the Holy Spirit " on Pentecost and the subsequent spirit-inspired speaking in tongues.

Acts also features an emphasis on prayer and includes a number of notable prayers such as the Believers ' Prayer (), Stephen's death prayer (), and Simon Magus ' prayer ().

In England a number of statutes on the subject have been passed, the chief being the Bastardy Act of the Parliament of 1845, and the Bastardy Laws Amendment Acts of 1872 and 1873.

Bede's works included Commentary on Revelation, Commentary on the Catholic Epistles, Commentary on Acts, Reconsideration on the Books of Acts, On the Gospel of Mark, On the Gospel of Luke, and Homilies on the Gospels.

The title " Acts of the Apostles " ( Greek Praxeis Apostolon ) was not part of the original text.

“ Acts, then is a continuation of the Lucan Gospel, not in the sense that it relates what Jesus continued to do, but how his followers carried out his commission under the guidance of his Spirit .” Thus, part of the answer to the purpose of Acts is that Luke is writing to Theophilus, who is also mentioned in Luke 1: 3, in order to explain to him the occurrences that take place in the church that fulfill Jesus ’ promise to his disciples that “ you will be baptized with, the Holy Spirit not many days from now ” ( Acts 1: 5 ).

One admirer of Salisbury, Maurice Cowling largely agrees with the critics and says Salisbury found the democracy born of the 1867 and 1884 Reform Acts as " perhaps less objectionable than he had expected — succeeding, through his public persona, in mitigating some part of its nastiness.

The Harrowing of Hell, derived from the apocryphal Acts of Pilate, was a popular part of the York and Wakefield cycles.

The Naturalization Act of 1798, part of the Alien and Sedition Acts, was passed by the Federalists and extended the residency requirement from five to fourteen years.

As part of the preparation for the mission, in 862 / 863, the Glagolitic alphabet was created and the most important prayers and liturgical books, including the Aprakos Evangeliar ( a Gospel Book lectionary containing only feast-day and Sunday readings ), the Psalter, and Acts of the Apostles, were translated.

The proper interpretation of the Scriptures was seen as part of the faith of the Church, and seen indeed as the manner in which Biblical authority was upheld ( see Book of Acts 15: 28-29 ).

The Parliament Acts 1911 and 1949 are two Acts of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, which form part of the constitution of the United Kingdom.

The Acts of Union of 1800, which combined Great Britain and Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland, contained no equivalent provisions but preserved the principle of separate courts to be held in Ireland, of which the part called Northern Ireland remains part of the United Kingdom.

To meet the threat of Irish support for France, he engineered the Acts of Union 1800 and tried ( but failed ) to get Catholic Emancipation as part of the Union.

Paul, speaking of God, quotes the fifth line of Aratus's Phaenomena ( Epimenides seems to be the source of the first part of Acts 17. 28, although this is less clear ):

Acts such as applause, booing, or heckling often played a major role in a debate, and, in part because all senators had an absolute right to free speech, any senator could respond at any point if he was attacked personally.

The constant references to repentance in Peter's preaching to his fellow countrymen in the early part of the book of Acts may indicate an exceptional need for repentance amongst those who had recently been party to the crucifixion of Christ, see Responsibility for the death of Jesus.

The French priest Richard Simon brought these critical perspectives to the Catholic tradition in 1678, observing " the most part of the Holy Scriptures that are come to us, are but Abridgments and as Summaries of ancient Acts which were kept in the Registries of the Hebrews ," in what was probably the first work of biblical textual criticism in the modern sense.

Richmondshire's unification with the Principality of Wales and Kingdom of England into England and Wales was part of the same period as the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 – 1542, paralleled by the 1532 Union between Brittany and France, under Francis III, Duke of Brittany.

As part of its statutory management function the Agency permits the public to use the Parks for recreational purposes, subject to regulations issued under the Parks Regulation Acts, 1872 – 1926 which are considered necessary to secure proper management, preserve order and prevent abuse within the Parks.

One admirer of Salisbury, Maurice Cowling largely agrees with the critics and says Salisbury found the democracy born of the 1867 and 1884 Reform Acts as " perhaps less objectionable than he had expected — succeeding, through his public persona, in mitigating some part of its nastiness.

A failure on the part of a person to observe a provision of the Highway Code shall not of itself render that person liable to criminal proceedings of any kind but any such failure may in any proceedings ( whether civil or criminal, and including proceedings for an offence under the Traffic Acts, the c. 14.

Though Gregory of Tours made a version, mainstream Christian tradition rejects the Acts of Thomas as pseudepigraphical and apocryphal, and for its part, the Roman Catholic Church finally confirmed the Acts as heretical at the Council of Trent.

Some have suggested that the title " Acts " be interpreted as " The Acts of the Holy Spirit " or even " The Acts of Jesus ," since 1: 1 gives the impression that these acts were set forth as an account of what Jesus continued to do and teach, Jesus himself being the principal actor.

One of the central themes of Acts, indeed of the New Testament ( see also Great Commission ) is the universality of Christianity — the idea that Jesus's teachings were for all humanity — Jews and Gentiles alike.

Whereas the members of Jewish Christianity were circumcised and adhered to dietary laws, the Pauline Christianity featured in Acts did not require Gentiles to be circumcised or to obey all of the Mosaic laws, which is consistent with Noahide Law.

The Alien and Sedition Acts were four bills passed in 1798 by the Federalists in the 5th United States Congress in the aftermath of the French Revolution and during an undeclared naval war with Britain and France, later known as the Quasi-War.

The Alien and Sedition Acts were, however, never appealed to the Supreme Court, whose right of judicial review was not established until Marbury v. Madison in 1803.

Shortly after they returned, bringing John Mark with them, they were appointed as missionaries to Asia Minor, and in this capacity visited Cyprus and some of the principal cities of Pamphylia, Pisidia, and Lycaonia ( Acts 13: 14 ).

Returning from this first missionary journey to Antioch, they were again sent up to Jerusalem to consult with the church there regarding the relation of Gentiles to the church ( Acts 15: 2 ; Galatians 2: 1 ).

In the 1945-46 session alone, pensions and other benefits were substantially increased, and from 1945 to 1948, over 200 public Acts of Parliament were passed, with eight major pieces of legislation placed on the statute book in 1946 alone.

Acts of formal recognition, such as the erection of an altar over the saint's tomb or transferring the saint's relics to a church, were preceded by formal inquiries into the sanctity of the person's life and the miracles attributed to that person's intercession.

In 1801, of common land were enclosed under the Inclosure Acts.

The governance of the university is conducted through the Board of Governors and the Senate, both of which were given much of their present powers in the Unofficial Consolidation of an Act for the Regulation and Support of Dalhousie College in Chapter 24 of the Acts of 1863.

Mary set about trying to restore Roman Catholicism by making sure that: Edward's religious laws were abolished in the Statute of Repeal Act ( 1553 ); the Protestant religious laws passed in the time of Henry VIII were repealed ; and the Revival of the Heresy Acts were passed in 1554.

The New Testament says that the churches of Galatia ( Antioch of Pisidia, Iconium, Lystra and Derbe ) were founded by Paul himself ( Acts 16: 6 ; Gal 1: 8 ; 4: 13, 4: 19 ).

Lake wonders why it would be necessary for the Jerusalem Council ( Acts 15 ) to take place at all if the issue were settled in Acts 11: 30 / 12: 25, as this view holds.

8: 2 ), though the very first converts were of all classes ( Acts 16 ); and the parallel facts, their poverty and their open-handed support of the great missionary and his work, are deeply harmonious.

According to Ehrman, the Book of Acts tells a different story of Paul's career, but in this case it reports that, while there were " some " Jews converted during Paul's initial preaching in Thessalonica, the gentiles who were converted were " a large number " and the Jews as a body fiercely opposed Paul's work there.