He found what he called a " Don't ask, don't tell " conspiracy because believers did not want to hear of loss of faith.

Examples of making du ' a for religion would include things such as if a Muslim asked God to increase their faith or ask God to forgive them for their sins.

Pope Clement VI, Letter Super Quibusdam ( to Consolator the Catholicos of Armenia ), September 20, 1351: " In the second place, we ask whether you and the Armenians obedient to you believe that no man of the wayfarers outside of the faith of this Church, and outside the obedience of the Pope of Rome, can finally be saved … In the ninth place, if you have believed and do believe that all who have raised themselves against the faith of the Roman Church and have died in final impenitence have been damned and have descended to the eternal punishments of hell.

Therefore, they are wont to ask very often what will be the lot and condition of those who have not submitted in any way to the Catholic faith, and, by bringing forward most vain reasons, they make a response favorable to their false opinion.

Those who do personally share Catholic belief in the Eucharist ( as the body and blood of the risen Christ, accompanied by his soul and divinity, under the appearances of bread and wine ) are permitted to receive the sacrament when there is danger of death or, in the judgement of the diocesan bishop or of the episcopal conference, some other grave necessity urges it and on condition that " the person be unable to have recourse for the sacrament to a minister of his or her own Church or ecclesial Community, ask for the sacrament of his or her own initiative, manifest Catholic faith in the sacrament and be properly disposed ".

# With neighbours like Bangladesh, Bhutan, Maldives, Nepal and Sri Lanka, India does not ask for reciprocity, but gives and accommodates what it can in good faith and trust.

Questioned as to whether his faith had ever been tested, Cameron spoke of the birth of his severely disabled eldest son, saying: " You ask yourself, ' If there is a God, why can anything like this happen?

While he started with a strong faith, with time Parker began to ask questions.

… we could properly ask, ' What is the cause of management's fantastic faith in the machinery?

As I said earlier, we can only pose the question correctly and clearly, and have faith one will ask the question in the right way.

Finally, in the third hearing of the trial Paula ended her testimony by “ ask Our Lord to forgive for these dreadful sins and errors and requests … a merciful punishment .” The appeals to Christianity and profession of faith allowed Paula to return to her previous life as a slave with minimal punishment.

This is a gallant authorial gesture, as when a professor at Cornell, Nabokov had complained from the lectern of authors who ask readers to accept a character's gifts on faith: " The author has hinted already that Gurov focus of Chekhov's Lady with the Little Dog was witty in the company of women: and instead of having the reader take it for granted ( you know the old method of describing the talk as ' brilliant ' but giving no samples of the conversation ), Chekhov makes him joke in a really attractive, winning way.

Only in danger of death or if, in the judgement of the local bishop, there is a grave and pressing need, may members of these Churches who cannot approach a minister of their own Church be admitted to receive the Eucharist, if they spontaneously ask for it, demonstrate that they have the catholic faith in the Eucharist, and are properly disposed.

I also ask you to think over the method I have suggested and to give an opportunity on my return to discuss the situation and the posssibilites calmely. With my best wishes. Yours sincerely. GOERDELER Goerdeler had great faith in his idea that if only he could meet with Hitler and explain to him that his leadership was grossly inadequate on military and economic grounds, then Hitler could be persuaded to resign in his favor, thereby ending Nazi Germany through non-violent means.

Even though God will give heavenly wisdom to us " generously and ungrudgingly ," in order to have it, we must " ask in faith.

A unionized employer may also ask the Board to hold an election to determine whether its employees want to continue to be represented by their union ; it must show that it has a good faith uncertainty as to the union ’ s majority status.

" Cardinal Paul Poupard added that " the faithful have the obligation to listen to that which secular modern science has to offer, just as we ask that knowledge of the faith be taken in consideration as an expert voice in humanity.

To say nothing in contradiction of those things which we do have, but to ask for proof of those things which we cannot have ; To keep silent with regard to the memory of men, but to demand the memory of documents ; and although you have the revered testimony of a distinguished gentleman and the sworn oath and good faith of a respectable municipality, To reject those things which in no way may be corrupted, but to demand records which you say yourself are accustomed to tampering.

Combining prosperity teaching with revivalism and faith healing, these evangelists taught " the laws of faith (' ask and ye shall receive ') and the laws of divine reciprocity (' give and it will be given back unto you ')".

Johannes suddenly interrupts the wake, approaches Inger's coffin, and proclaims that she can be raised from the dead if the family will only have faith and ask God to do so.

:: You ask for faith, where is Your own?

Those, in whom the light of faith truly shines, never reach such unashamedness as to ask God: " Give us this ," or — " Remove from us this.

often tempted to ask questions but he never did.

The strict adherence to these constraints, and to the requirement never to ask about anyone else's work, was well accepted in a country where there were many wartime posters stating Careless Talk Costs Lives.

In the last year at the gymnasium, Linnaeus ' father visited to ask the professors how his son's studies were progressing ; to his dismay, most said that the boy would never become a scholar.

To die well, a gladiator should never ask for mercy, nor cry out.

It is impossible to say whether he was in practice, and meaningless to ask, since he was never prepared to use his power directly to change the course of events ... "

Azad argued that Kalat would never be able to survive as a sovereign, independent state and would have to ask for British protection.

Another tactic commonly taught is never to ask a question ; the officer may simply sit the suspect down in an interrogation room, sit across from him and do paperwork, and wait for the suspect to begin talking.

: Mr Praline: I thought you'd never ask.

" to which Cleese said " I thought you'd never ask!

I swear — by my life and my love of it — that I will never live for the sake of another man, nor ask another man to live for mine.

The colleague died, the box was never collected, Mr. Gabb died and his executrix Miss Revees asked Croker to ask the museum if they could identify them.

Sometimes, the scammer will ask for a ( non-refundable ) deposit to place the order, and the product never comes in.

And as women have never consented to, been represented in, or recognized by this government, it is evident that in justice no allegiance can be claimed from them ... Our numerous and yearly petitions for this most desirable object having been disregarded, we now ask your august body, to abolish all laws which hold married women more accountable for their acts than infants, idiots, and lunatics.

" I'll never talk about it at this level again but let me ask you.

I have seen, and heard, much of Cockney impudence before now ; but never expected to hear a coxcomb ask two hundred guineas for flinging a pot of paint in the public's face.

On one occasion when asked what he thought the future might bring, he replied " Dear boy, you should never ask an historian to predict the future-frankly we have a hard enough time predicting the past.

However, though rather fond of such customers such as US Marshall Phil Yonne, who treat her " like gentlemen ", she never felt love for anybody-until the seven-year old Paul comes in to ask for a drink of water.

" We never let a press conference go by without getting someone to try to ask him about statehood.

When Harry Beecham returns to ask Sybylla to marry him, she concludes that she would only make him unhappy and sends him away, determined never to marry.

** At San Anton, every night about seven, everyone would be summoned for prayer ... Dobbie would stand ... and ... pray ... and .... ask the Almighty to bless the convoy ... but he never prayed to stop the bombing ... that was God's will ... God helps those that help themselves ...

One lobbyist said, " I've had members pull me aside and ask me to talk to another member of Congress about a bill or amendment, but I've never been asked to work on a bill — at least like they are asking us to whip bills now.

Whatever definition is proposed, we can still ask how it is that we understand the thing that is featured in the definition: we can never satisfactorily define a concept, still less use it to explain understanding.

The theory states that we never see or directly perceive material objects but only sense-data or sense perceptions. Rather than start with the varied things we see — say, pens, rainbows, and after-images — philosophers tend to ask facilely for a general kind of thing and wind up unfair to the facts and to language while using " a certain special, happy style of blinkering philosophical English ," Austin says.

When Mark returns to Arizona, he wonders if Susan would again make the same choice to save him instead of Henry, but knows it is something he'll never ask her.

She had never wanted to be a mistress, and when foreign ambassadors visited her to ask her to use her influence, she told them she had none and that she did not wish to have any.