The Gospel of Luke and Acts both devote a great deal of attention to the oppressed and downtrodden.

Fox instead turned his attention – despite the politically volatile situation – to repealing the Test and Corporation Acts, which restricted the liberties of English Dissenters and Catholics.

Acts of vandalism against Buddhist amenities and " praying for the destruction of all Buddhist temples " have all drawn attention to this persistent antagonism between the two religions.

Joseph is given more extensive attention in the Acts of Pilate, but that work is considered late fiction.

The basis for these prohibitions is not detailed in Acts 15: 21, which states only: " For Moses of old time hath in every city them that preach him, being read in the synagogues every sabbath day ", stressing that they are Mosaic Commandments which Gentiles must pay attention to.

Shortt was not a very active MP, but his appointment to chair a Select Committee to review the operation of the Military Service Acts in 1917 brought him to the attention of Lloyd George.

* 1800 – The Acts of Union 1800 is passed in which merges the Kingdom of Great Britain and the Kingdom of Ireland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland.

About a fifth of the law code is taken up by Alfred's introduction, which includes translations into English of the Decalogue, a few chapters from the Book of Exodus, and the " Apostolic Letter " from Acts of the Apostles ( 15: 23 – 29 ).

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.

The Acts of the Apostles (, Práxeis tōn Apostólōn ; ), usually referred to simply as Acts, is the fifth book of the New Testament ; Acts outlines the history of the Apostolic Age.

The author is traditionally identified as Luke the Evangelist ; see Authorship of Luke – Acts for details.

It is said to be that the author of the Gospel of Luke is the same as the author of the Acts of the Apostles.

The question regarding the genre of Acts is complicated by the fact that it was written by the same author as the Gospel of Luke.

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.

Since Luke-Acts was originally a single work, it is important to note that the purpose of Acts is normally examined in conjunction with the Book of Luke.

“ 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 ).

These speeches, which are given in full, have been the source of debates over the historical accuracy of Acts.

There is here given the whole service for every Sunday and week-day, the proper antiphons, responsories, hymns, and especially the course of daily Scripture-reading, averaging about twenty verses a day, and ( roughly ) arranged thus: for Advent, Isaiah ; Epiphany to Septuagesima, Pauline Epistles ; Lent, patristic homilies ( Genesis on Sundays ); Passion-tide, Jeremiah ; Easter to Whitsun, Acts, Catholic epistles and Apocalypse ; Whitsun to August, Samuel and Kings ; August to Advent, Wisdom books, Maccabees, Prophets.

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.

Another method that is found in some Pentecostal churches is based on the account in Acts 19: 11 – 12 where people were healed when given handkerchiefs or aprons worn by the Apostle Paul.

The biblical narrative of Pentecost, where the 12 Disciples of Christ ( Acts 1: 13, 26 ) along with about 108 other individuals ( Acts 1: 15 ), including many women, among whom was Mary the mother of Jesus ( Acts 1: 14 ) received the Baptism in the Holy Spirit in the Upper Room, is given in the second chapter of the Book of Acts.

Today the composer ( past or present ) of the musical score to an opera or operetta is usually given top billing for the completed work, and the writer of the lyrics relegated to second place or a mere footnote, a notable exception being Gertrude Stein, who received top billing for Four Saints in Three Acts.

The legend that Joseph was given the responsibility of keeping the Holy Grail was the product of Robert de Boron, who essentially expanded upon stories from Acts of Pilate.

The first given evidence for a differentiation, between traditional Jewish " Shabbat " observance and the religious observance of the first day of the week, appears in Acts 20: 7 where the disciples met and " broke bread " together.

A more detailed account of Jesus ' bodily Ascension into the clouds is then given in the Acts of the Apostles ( 1: 9-11 ).

Huge bribes were given to politicians to support the Acts of Parliament necessary for the scheme.

Less than two generations after Ovid's publication, Acts 14: 11-12 relates the ecstatic reception given to Paul of Tarsus and Barnabas: " The crowds shouted ' The gods have come down to us in human form!

Most early rooted Massianic Hebrews refrain from the use of " J " and the name " Jesus " due to the importance of not calling on to him by any other name except " Yahuah "... “ Nor is there salvation in any other, for there is no other name under heaven given among men by which we must be saved .” ( Acts 4: 12 ).

The Lords Reading Clerk reads the Commission aloud ; the senior Commissioner then states, " My Lords, in obedience to Her Majesty's Commands, and by virtue of the Commission which has been now read, We do declare and notify to you, the Lords Spiritual and Temporal and Commons in Parliament assembled, that Her Majesty has given Her Royal Assent to the several Acts in the Commission mentioned.

Similarly to Acts of the Scottish Parliament, after a four-week waiting period Royal Assent to Acts of the Assembly will be given by means of Letters Patent using the following wording:

The answers of Hormisdas are given in the Acts of the Council of Constantinople held under Mennas, in which he states his trust in the prudence and experience of Epiphanius, and recommends lenity towards the returning, severity to the obdurate.

The name of the soldier who pierced Christ's side with a longche is not given in the Gospel of John, but in the oldest known references to the legend, the apocryphal Gospel of Nicodemus appended to late manuscripts of the 4th century Acts of Pilate, the soldier is identified as a centurion and called Longinus ( making the spear's " correct " Latin name Lancea Longini ).

The Acts were given their short titles by the Statute Law Revision Act 1948, s. 5, sch. 2.

Therefore, in his twenty-ninth year, Atiśa was formally declared a monk under an ordination of the great Śīlarakṣita, and given the new name of Dīpaṃkara Śrījñāna, meaning " He Whose Deep Awareness Acts as a Lamp.

Acts of Florida and Alabama civil-law notaries are given both domestic and international effect under their enabling statutes.

* We believe that the Baptism of the Holy Ghost, according to Acts 2: 4 is given to believers who ask for it.

When Jesus told Lazarus ’ sister, Martha, that Lazarus would rise again, she replied, " I know that he will rise again in the resurrection at the last day ". 11: 24 Also, one of the two main branches of the Jewish religious establishment, the Pharisees, believed in and taught the future resurrection of the body. Acts 23: 1-8

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 " Recusancy Acts ", which began during the reign of Elizabeth I and which were repealed in 1650, imposed a number of punishments on those who did not participate in Anglican religious activity, including fines, property confiscation, and imprisonment.

He strengthened royal authority in the north of England through reform of the Council of the North, extended royal power and introduced religious reform in Ireland, and was the architect of legislation, the Laws in Wales Acts 1535 – 1542, which promoted stability and gained acceptance for the royal supremacy in Wales.

The most notable among the Middle Persian texts are the Dēnkard (" Acts of Religion "), dating from the 9th century ; the Bundahishn (" Primordial Creation "), finished in the 11th or 12th century, but containing older material ; the Mainog-i-Khirad (" Spirit of Wisdom "), a religious conference on questions of faith ; and the Arda Viraf Namak (" Book of Arda Viraf "), which is especially important for its views on death, salvation and life in the hereafter.

These Acts sought to demonstrate that establishing royal jurisdiction over the Church would ensure progress in " religious reformation " where papal authority had been insufficient.

University College London ( UCL ) was founded in 1826 as the first publicly funded English university to admit anyone regardless of religious adherence ; and the Test and Corporation Acts, which had imposed a wide range of restrictions on citizens who were not in conformity to the Church of England, were abolished shortly afterwards, by the Catholic Relief Act of 1829.

The Test Acts were a series of English penal laws that served as a religious test for public office and imposed various civil disabilities on Roman Catholics and Nonconformists.

He was instrumental in the passing of the Truck Acts of 1831 and campaigned against the abuse of parliamentary election expenses and championed the right of people in Wales to have religious services in Welsh.

In 1535 he was one of the special commissioners at the trial of Sir Thomas More and at the trial of three Carthusian Monks, all of whom, because of their religious convictions, had been unable to swear allegiance to the Acts of Succession and Supremacy which had been passed the previous year.

In order to take his seat and become an active Parliamentarian, he needed to signify his allegiance to the Crown and on 3 May Bradlaugh came to the Table of the House of Commons, bearing a letter to the Speaker " begging respectfully to claim to be allowed to affirm " instead of taking the religious Oath of Allegiance, citing the Evidence Amendment Acts of 1869 and 1870.

Two sections in the Acts as they were passed caused significant controversy: section 17, which constitutionally entrenched the existing rights of the religious minority in each school district, whether Roman Catholic or Protestant, to establish publicly funded separate schools, with no discrimination in public funding against the separate schools, and section 21, which reserved management of Crown lands and natural resources to the Federal Government.

In his " Narrative of the Riots in Birmingham " ( 1816 ), stationer and Birmingham historian William Hutton agreed, arguing that five events stoked the fires of religious friction: disagreements over inclusion of Priestley's books in the local public library ; concerns over Dissenters ' attempts to repeal the Test and Corporation Acts ; religious controversy ( particularly involving Priestley ); an " inflammatory hand-bill "; and a dinner celebrating the outbreak of the French Revolution.

They were instructed to gain the colony's agreement to terms demanded by Charles in a letter he sent to the colonial government in 1662, in which he instructed the colony to adopt more tolerant religious laws, and to enforce the Navigation Acts.

The Book of Acts later goes on to describe Paul of Tarsus recounting that he was " educated at the feet of Gamaliel " about Jewish religious law, although no details are given about which teachings Paul adopted from Gamaliel, and hence how much Gamaliel influenced aspects of Christianity.

The Acts of the Apostles depicts instances of early Christian persecution by the Sanhedrin, the Jewish religious court at the time, however the Historical reliability of the Acts of the Apostles is disputed.

Acts that are haraam are typically prohibited in religious texts and is the highest status of prohibition given to anything that would result in sin when a Muslim commits it.

With the royal government's religious favoritism fresh in their memory, the Founders sought to prevent the return of the Test Acts by adding this clause to the Constitution.

Therefore Agrapha are not Sayings found in religious romances such as those found in apocryphal Gospels, the apocryphal Acts, or the Letter of Christ to Abgar, etc.

Unlike Peter and other apostles in the early Christian church, who devoted themselves entirely to their religious ministry and lived off the money donated by church members ,( Acts 6: 2 ) Paul frequently performed outside work, not desiring to be a financial burden to the young churches he founded.