David V Barrett in his Book on The New Believers expresses a counter to Rudd's earlier view, " Family life is important to the Exclusive Brethren: they devote a lot of care and attention to their children, who are brought up within a consistently sound moral code.

Believers whose accounts were overdrawn at the final accounting went to Hell ; believers without enough merit for Heaven went to Purgatory, where they could work off the debt they owed to God.

In the western region of Oran, Sultan Abderrahmane of Morocco, the Commander of the Believers, could not remain indifferent to the massacres committed by the French Christian troops and to belligerent calls to enter jihad from the marabouts.

The Popovtsy, or Popovschina ( Поповцы, Поповщина in Russian ; this name could be translated as " priested ones "), were one of the two principal movements ( along with the Bezpopovtsy ) of the Old Believers, which was formed by the end of the 17th century in Russia.

It was also suggested that St. Seraphim could have descended from a family of Edinovertsy ( old-rite uniates ), or from a family of secret, cryptic Old Believers ( that were widespread in northern and eastern areas of Russia ), possibly with consequent gradual shift towards edinoverie.

Believers in the lunar theory suggest several different mechanisms by which the behaviour of the moon could influence the behaviour of human beings.

Believers may be similarly violent in disposition towards apostates or heretics, even if those espouse only a slightly different version of the faith.

Believers say that the negative experiences might occur only when acting without appropriate guidance or ignoring advice, as this is a system designed for personal spiritual growth.

Believers in the theology affirm that Jesus Christ paid only for the sins of the House of Israel and the House of Judah and that salvation must be received through both redemption and race.

Believers, on the other hand, can only receive a portion of the Spirit and are not permanently bonded with God as Jesus is.

The transfer of Kiev to Russia came only days after patriarch Nikon, who reformed the rites within the Muscovite partriarchate, had won the upper hand over his adversary Avvakum, resulting in an inner-Russian schism ( raskol ) between reformed orthodoxy and the Old Believers.

From the beginning of the 19th to the early 20th century, it was a center for Old Believers movement and the only place to produce Old Believers ' religious items such as lestovka prayer beads.

And We have set none but angels as Guardians of the Fire ; and We have fixed their number only as a trial for Unbelievers ,- in order that the People of the Book may arrive at certainty, and the Believers may increase in Faith ,- and that no doubts may be left for the People of the Book and the Believers, and that those in whose hearts is a disease and the Unbelievers may say, " What symbol doth Allah intend by this?

Geoffrey only used the group as an opportunity to gain intelligence on the Runaways and never returned to them after the end of the " True Believers " arc.

Believers in large number go on a pilgrimage on Holy Name of Mary's when sanctuary is full of pilgrims not only from Slatine but from other surrounding places as well.

Believers in Odic force said that it is visible in total darkness as colored auras surrounding living things, crystals, and magnets, but that viewing it requires hours first spent in total darkness, and only very sensitive people have the ability to see it.

Groups associated with John Thomas met under various names, including Believers, Baptised Believers, the Royal Association of Believers, Baptised Believers in the Kingdom of God, Nazarines ( or Nazarenes ) and The Antipas until the time of the American Civil War ( 1861 – 1865 ).

Hungarians ( Székely and other Magyars ; see Hungarians in Romania ), especially in Harghita, Covasna, and Mureş counties, and the Roma are the principal minorities, with a declining German population ( Banat Swabians in Timiş ; Transylvanian Saxons in Sibiu, Braşov and elsewhere ), and smaller numbers of Czechs, Slovaks, Serbs, Chinese, Croats, and Banat Bulgarians ( in Banat ), Ukrainians ( especially in Maramureş and Bukovina ), Greeks of Romania ( especially in Brăila and Constanţa ), Turks and Tatars ( mainly in Constanţa ), Armenians, Russians ( Lipovans, Old Believers in Tulcea ), Jews and others.

Believers may consider or believe that they can communicate with the deity, who can respond supernaturally to their entreaties, and that the deity's myths are true.

The Shakers of the United Society of Believers in Christ ’ s Second Appearing should not be confused with the Indian Shakers of the Pacific Northwest of North America.

A few less-committed Believers lived in " noncommunal orders " as Shaker sympathizers who preferred to remain with their families.

Adam's sin was understood as sexual impurity ; therefore, marriage was done away with in the body of the Believers in the Second Appearance, which was patterned after the Kingdom of God, in which there would be no marriage or giving in marriage.

Believers may stage " drills " and " marches " with sticks for rifles and use military-style insignia and national insignia painted on their bodies to make them look like soldiers, thereby treating the activities of Western military personnel as rituals to be performed for the purpose of attracting the cargo.

Another element of dispute is the doctrine of the Three Treasures, with the treasure of the Priest seen by SGI as the Treasure of Sangha or Community of Believers.

The Niagara Bible Conference ( officially called the " Believers ' Meeting for Bible Study ") was held annually from 1876 to 1897, with the exception of 1884.

Believers commonly argue that Earth governments, especially the Government of the United States, are in communication or cooperation with extraterrestrials despite public claims to the contrary.

The main differences in beliefs of both sides center on: The doctrine of Heritage of the Law: attributed by the Priesthood to " one person " the High Priest while attributed by the Sōka Gakkai to ordinary people, The Priesthood's demand for " Absolute faith and Strict Obedience " to the High Priest a demand contrasted with SGI definition of related relationship: " mentor and disciple are comrades standing side by side ”, and also: The doctrine of the Three Treasures, in which the Treasure of the Priest is taught by the Sōka Gakkai as the Sangha or " Community of Believers ", while it is restricted solely to the Priest, by Nichiren Shōshū administration.

During his Oxford years he wrote Justitia Divina ( 1653 ), an exposition of the dogma that God cannot forgive sin without an atonement ; Communion with God ( 1657 ), Doctrine of the Saints ' Perseverance ( 1654 ), his final attack on Arminianism ; Vindiciae Evangelicae, a treatise written by order of the Council of State against Socinianism as expounded by John Biddle ; On the Mortification of Sin in Believers ( 1656 ), an introspective and analytic work ; Schism ( 1657 ), one of the most readable of all his writings ; Of Temptation ( 1658 ), an attempt to recall Puritanism to its cardinal spiritual attitude from the jarring anarchy of sectarianism and the pharisaism which had followed on popularity and threatened to destroy the early simplicity.

This ruthlessness goes far to explain the unappeasable hatred with which the Old Believers, as they now began to be called, ever afterwards regarded Nikon and all his works.

In America, the designation of the building in which Open Brethren assemblies meet most often include the word " Chapel " in their formal name, combined with a biblical place name or principle or otherwise a local geographic feature — for instance, Bethany Chapel, Central Gospel Chapel, Park Road Bible Chapel, Riverview Believers Chapel.

These were released on Kavus Torabi's record label Believers Roast, with all proceeds going directly to the continuing care of Tim Smith.

The Raskol ( schism ) still exists, and with it a certain antagonism between the Russian Orthodox Church of the Moscow Patriarchate and the Old Believers, although on an official level both sides have agreed on a peaceful coexistence.

Nakata was scheduled to make his English-language debut with True Believers, but later pulled out.

The enforcement of the three-finger sign was one of the reasons for the schism with the Old Believers whose congregations continue to use the two-finger sign of the cross.

Believers live almost entirely in Turkey, with minorities in Bulgaria, Cyprus, Greece and the Turkish Diaspora.

In 1865 Robert Roberts published a collection of Scottish psalms and hymns called The Golden Harp ( which was subtitled " Psalms, Hymns, and Spiritual Songs, compiled for the use of Immersed Believers in ' The Things concerning the Kingdom of God and the Name of Jesus Christ '").

Believers in the Loch Ness Monster often point to this story, which notably takes place on the River Ness rather than the loch itself, as evidence for the creature's existence as early as the 6th century.

At the same time, after the schism in the Orthodox Church ( Raskol ), some Old Believers migrated west, seeking refuge in the Rzeczpospolita, which allowed them to freely practice their faith.

: A Praise Gathering for Believers, " the first album from a Christian record company to achieve this honor ", which was certified gold by the RIAA, and nominated in 1974 for a Dove Award for Gospel Song of the Year, their arranger Ronn Huff added the prefatory words to " God Gave the Song " that are similar to those in " The Tune ".

The Old Believers began moving to Erskine around 1998 in order to escape a farming crisis and suburban sprawl which threatened their community near Woodburn, Oregon.

His Apology for the Believers in the Shakespeare Papers which were exhibited in Norfolk Street, appeared in 1797, followed by other tracts on the same subject.

On June 2, 1814, 128 Believers bound themselves together in a more formal covenant, which established the community in the pattern of the Shaker Ministry's village at New Lebanon, New York.

In 1887, he published a pamphlet entitled An Address to All Believers in Christ, in which he affirmed his testimony of the Book of Mormon, but denounced the other branches of the Latter Day Saint Movement.

She has published three novels, Everything You Know ( 1999 ), Notes on a Scandal ( 2003 ), which was one of six books shortlisted for the Booker Prize in 2003 and made into a film in 2006, and The Believers ( September 2008 ).

The Surah begins with an assertion, " Most certainly the Believers have attained true success ", intending to put across a point that the criterion of success and failure which people who disbelieve in Islam, hold in mind is in fact erred because it is based on misconceptions and is transitory and limited in nature, in turn leading to eventual failure and not true success.

In 1887 he published his An Address to All Believers in Christ which promoted his church and affirmed his testimony of the Book of Mormon.

Dobrokhotov and other critics, including Russian Orthodox researcher Nikolay Uspensky, Dr. Aleksandr Musin of Sorbonne, and some Old Believers quote excerpts from the diaries of Bishop Porphyrius ( Uspensky ) ( 1804 – 1885 ) which told that the clergy in Jerusalem knew that the Holy Fire was fraudulent.

" " McClain's and Gilley's duet partnership became so successful, they released a duet album the following year, " It Takes Believers ", which spawned the Top-5 hit, " Candy Man " (# 5 on the Billboard Country Chart ).

The party is close to a Shia clerical body in Bahrain, the Islamic Scholars Council, which describes Al Wefaq as the ' Bloc of Believers '.

According to some sources, the known problems with the beatification of Seraphim of Sarov did happen exactly due to his general support and sympathy towards the Old Believers tradition, in which case the negative assessment of the old rite, ascribed to him, would have been interpreted as inventions of his followers, who tried to put their teacher in the most favorable light in the eyes of the official church functionaries.

Believers in ancient astronauts have also attempted to use the stones as evidence of a lost, advanced civilization brought to man from other planets and mytho-historians have claimed them as evidence that ancient myths are accurate histories, neither of which are positions supported in the scientific or academic communities.

" Obviously Five Believers " is a song by Bob Dylan which appears on his 1966 album Blonde on Blonde.