Adherence to and cultivation of these virtues is regarded as a fundamental part of Falun Gong practice.

Over 1, 000 members of a New England group practice who were prescribed antihypertensive medication participated in Pro-Change ’ s Adherence to Antihypertensive Medication intervention.

... Adherence to the policy of neutrality that derives from an accommodation of the Establishment and Free Exercise Clauses has prevented the kind of involvement that would tip the balance toward government control of churches or governmental restraint on religious practice.

Adherence to the code also ruled out in advance any possibility of the film ending with Rick and Ilsa consummating their adulterous love, effectively making inevitable the ending with Rick's noble renunciation, one of Casablancas most famous scenes.

Adherence to this was required in order to hold any office in government or the church, although the edition of the Book of Common Prayer prescribed by the Act ( 1662 ) was so new that most people had never even seen a copy.

* Adherence to a Fee-Only standard is strict: NAPFA members cannot accept compensation in any form from any source other than their clients.

WOSM explains " Duty to God " as " Adherence to spiritual principles, loyalty to the religion that expresses them, and acceptance of the duties resulting therefrom.

The WOSM Constitution explains " Duty to God " as " Adherence to spiritual principles, loyalty to the religion that expresses them and acceptance of the duties resulting therefrom.

Adherence to such new movements is limited, however, remaining below 2 % worldwide in the 2000s ( decade ).

Adherence to this Principle is a condition of ICSU membership.

Adherence to Islamic law and ensuring fair play is also at the core of Islamic banking.

Adherence to this pledge is monitored by the Global Trade Alert, providing up-to-date information and informed commentary to help ensure that the G20 pledge is met by maintaining confidence in the world trading system, detering beggar-thy-neighbour acts, and preserving the contribution that exports could play in the future recovery of the world economy.

Adherence to no particular style is also a style in its own right ; some may think it undesirable, others not.

Adherence to the code of ethics is required as a condition of membership or certification.

Adherence to the Code is overseen by the Financial Consumer Agency of Canada ( FCAC ), which investigates consumer complaints.

Adherence to such a position is rare among modern Presbyterians, however.

Adherence to the Telugu language is still common in the community, which however has developed a distinct dialect of its own, one that features numerous loan-words from Tamil and Kannada, and a remarkable paucity, in comparison with standard Telugu, of loan words from Urdu.

Adherence is a local rather than a global phenomenon.

Adherence to the treaty is open and not limited to member countries of the Council of Europe.

Adherence is an essential step in bacterial pathogenesis or infection, required for colonizing a new host.

Adherence to the Articles was made a legal requirement by the English Parliament in 1571.

A report by the US State Department called " Adherence to and Compliance With Arms Control, Nonproliferation and Disarmament Agreements and Commitments " which was released on 28 July 2010 stated that Russia was not in full compliance with the treaty when it expired on 5 December 2009.

# Adherence by Gentile Christians to the Torah Laws originally given to the Israelites ( i. e. the 613 Laws given to Israel at Sinai ).

# Adherence by Gentile Christians to Torah Laws intended for Gentiles.

* Adherence to the internationally accepted human rights standards as laid down in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and other international instruments ;

Adherence to note relationships ( not writing ), decades of ear training and transpositions, that enables the Maninka musician to easily adjust to other styles, tunings, and repertoires of music.

* Adherence to Sharia as a complete way of life that will bring not only justice, but complete freedom from servitude, peace, personal serenity, scientific discovery and other benefits

Adherence to Marxism-Leninism, and individual behavior consistent with that philosophy's prescriptions, were among the crucial traits expected of the New Soviet man.

Adherence to the gold standard prevented the Federal Reserve from expanding the money supply in order to stimulate the economy, fund insolvent banks and fund government deficits which could " prime the pump " for an expansion.

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Adherence to the proscriptions of the Word of Wisdom was not made a requirement for entry into LDS Church temples until 1902.

Adherence to Ibadism accounts in part for Oman's historical isolation.

Yet your list of things left undone did not include repeal of the Connally amendment to this country's domestic jurisdiction reservation to its Adherence to the Statute of the International Court of Justice.

Adherence to the philosophy of the Māyāvādīs, belief in the fruitive results of the karma-vādīs, and belief in plans based on materialistic desires are called avirodha-prīti.

Adherence to the geocentric model stemmed largely from several important observations.

Adherence to Eastern Orthodox fasting periods contributes to an improvement in the blood lipid profile, including a decrease in total and LDL cholesterol, and a decrease in the LDL to HDL cholesterol ratio.

Adherence to the Hauhau movement, which included incantations, a sacred pole, belief in supernatural protection from bullets, and occasionally beheadings, the removal of the hearts of enemy and cannibalism, spread rapidly through the North Island from 1864, welding tribes in a bond of passionate hatred against the pakeha.

Adherence to the litany ranges between individuals and tribes from strict obedience to simple lip service.

Adherence to those high standards continued even during the Great Depression, when Condé Nast introduced innovative typography, design and color.

Supporters of this view believe that “ to a hypothetical outside reader, presents Christianity as enlightened, harmless, even beneficent .” Some believe that through this work, Luke intended to show the Roman Empire that the root of Christianity is within Judaism so that the Christians “ may receive the same freedom to practice their faith that the Roman Empire afforded the Jews .” Those who support the view of Luke ’ s work as political apology generally draw evidence from the facts that Christians are found innocent of committing any political crime ( Acts 25: 25 ; 19: 37 ; 19: 40 ) and that Roman officials ’ views towards Christians are generally positive.

There is a third view that sees merit in both arguments above and attempts to bridge them, and so cannot be articulated as starkly as they can ; it sees more than one Christianity and more than one attitude towards paganism at work in the poem, separated from each other by hundreds of years ; it sees the poem as originally the product of a literate Christian author with one foot in the pagan world and one in the Christian, himself a convert perhaps or one whose forbears had been pagan, a poet who was conversant in both oral and literary milieus and was capable of a masterful " repurposing " of poetry from the oral tradition ; this early Christian poet saw virtue manifest in a willingness to sacrifice oneself in a devotion to justice and in an attempt to aid and protect those in need of help and greater safety ; good pagan men had trodden that noble path and so this poet presents pagan culture with equanimity and respect ; yet overlaid upon this early Christian poet's composition are verses from a much later reformist " fire-and-brimstone " Christian poet who vilifies pagan practice as dark and sinful and who adds satanic aspects to its monsters.

* Evangelism – practice of sharing about Christianity to those who are not Christians.

Because it was a minority church of widely differing traditions in a non-Christian culture ( except in Kerala, where Christianity has a long history ), practice varied wildly.

Although some Kunama still practice traditional beliefs, most are converts to either Christianity ( Roman Catholic and Protestant ) or Islam.

In 337 Emperor Constantine I, who had legalised and promoted the practice of Christianity in the Roman Empire, died.

Matthew may have been influenced by Jewish Christianity, a movement in the first few centuries CE which saw Jesus as the Messiah, but continued to practice Jewish customs and traditions.

Partly as a result of these factors, some scholars have identified a distinctive form of Celtic Christianity, in which abbots were more significant than bishops, attitudes to clerical celibacy were more relaxed and there was some significant differences in practice with Roman Christianity, particularly the form of tonsure and the method of calculating Easter, although most of these issues had been resolved by the mid-seventh century.

) The illumination of religious images with lamps or candles is an ancient practice pre-dating Christianity.

Radama's successor, Queen Ranavalona I ( 1828 – 61 ), responded to increasing political and cultural encroachment on the part of Britain and France by issuing a royal edict prohibiting the practice of Christianity in Madagascar and pressuring most foreigners to leave the territory.

The Empire defeats the Armenians militarily but guarantees them freedom to openly practice Christianity.

Molokan practice was first sanctioned by the Nestorian Church in the 11th century in order to accomodate the conversion of some 200, 000 Kerait Tatars to Nestorian Christianity.

It is a syncretistic church incorporating elements of Native spiritual practice from a number of different tribes as well as symbolic elements from Christianity.

Furthermore, there are heterodox branches of Esoteric Christianity that practice divination, blessings, or appealing to angels for certain intervention, which they view as perfectly righteous, often supportable by gospel ( for instance, claiming that the old commandment against divination was superseded by Christ's birth, and noting that the Magi used astrology to locate Bethlehem ).

Immersion ( or aspersion or affusion ) of a person in water is a central sacrament of Christianity ( where it is called baptism ); it is also a part of the practice of other religions, including Islam ( Ghusl ), Judaism ( mikvah ) and Sikhism ( Amrit Sanskar ).

Ironically, although Portugal introduced Christianity and the customs related to Catholic practice to Brazil, the country has begun to adopt some aspects of Brazilian-style Carnival celebrations, in particular those of Rio de Janeiro with sumptuous parades, samba and other Brazilian musical elements.

Orthodox Christianity identifies itself as the original Christian church ( see early centers of Christianity ) founded by Christ and the Apostles, and traces its lineage back to the early church through the process of Apostolic Succession and unchanged theology and practice.

It was on his orders that Priscillian and 6 companions became the first people in the history of Christianity to be executed for heresy, in this case of Priscillianism, by other Christians ( though the civil charges were for the practice of magic ), and their property was confiscated.

This stemmed from his rejection of some European notions as unfit for Japan, as they stemmed from European constitutional practice and Christianity.

In Esoteric Christianity, theurgy usually is the practice of trying to gain the knowledge and conversation of one's Higher Self, or Inner God, to teach one spiritual truths and wisdom from God that one couldn't learn from man ( see Alchemy, Kabbalah, and Theosophy ).

The queen repudiated the treaties that Radama I had signed with Britain and in 1835 after issuing a royal edict prohibiting the practice of Christianity in Madagascar, she expelled British missionaries from the island and began persecuting Christian converts who would not renounce their religion.

In Europe and America, fortune-telling is considered a sin within Judaism and Christianity ( see Micah 5: 12 ) and civil laws have forbidden the practice.