The grounds for the Church's position are Scriptural ( Old Testament ), the teachings of the fathers and doctors of the early Church, the unbroken tradition of nineteen centuries, the decisions of the highest ecclesiastical authority and the natural law.

Individuals who survived to this, the latest and highest stage of evolutionary progress would be “ those in whom the power of self-preservation is the greatest — are the select of their generation .” Moreover, Spencer perceived governmental authority as borrowed from the people to perform the transitory aims of establishing social cohesion, insurance of rights, and security.

The highest political authority in the country is the High Representative in Bosnia and Herzegovina, the chief executive officer for the international civilian presence in the country.

In a stock corporation, the board is elected by the stockholders and is the highest authority in the management of the corporation.

The word “ classics ” is derived from the Latin adjective classicus: “ belonging to the highest class of citizens ”, connoting superiority, authority, and perfection.

The Catholic Church comprises those particular churches, headed by bishops, in communion with the Pope, the Bishop of Rome, as its highest authority in matters of faith, morality and Church governance.

Aquitaine ( yellow ) was outside Arnulfing authority and Neustria and Burgundy ( pink ) were united in opposition to further Arnulfing dominance of the highest offices.

During Vladimir Lenin's leadership of the Communist Party, the Central Committee functioned as the highest party authority between congresses.

" Güshi helped the Fifth Dalai Lama to establish himself as the highest spiritual and political authority in Tibet and destroyed any potential rivals.

He is also the highest authority of the Shinto religion as he and his family are said to be direct descendants of Amaterasu.

The Al-Azhar Supreme Council of Islamic Research, the highest religious authority in Egypt, issued a statement that FGM had no basis in core Islamic law, and this enabled the government to outlaw it entirely.

On 29 January 1999, the Court of Final Appeal, the highest judicial authority in Hong Kong interpreted several Articles of the Basic Law, in such a way that the Government estimated would allow 1. 6 million Mainland China immigrants to enter Hong Kong within ten years.

The Dutch Governor-General, highest authority in the colony and the Sultan of Jogjakarta.

During the early years of the Second Temple, the highest religious authority was a council known as the Great Assembly, led by Ezra of the Book of Ezra.

The Court of Final Appeal now serves as the highest judicial authority in the jurisdiction, although, as confirmed by the Court of Appeal, decisions of the Privy Council before 1 July 1997 on appeals from Hong Kong ' continue to be binding since the resumption of sovereignty on all courts of Hong Kong, save for the Court of Final Appeal ' i. e. these decisions remain part of the common law of the Hong Kong SAR unless and until overturned by the Court of Final Appeal.

The recognition of the Roman see as the highest ecclesiastical authority remained the cornerstone of his Western policy.

In 1979, Gorbachev was promoted to the Politburo, the highest authority in the country, and received full membership in 1980.

Rather it legitimized and institutionalized military rule by making the National Defense Commission ( NDC ) the most important state organ and its chairman the highest authority.

After three years of consolidating his power, Kim Jong-il became Chairman of the NDC on October 8, 1997, a position described by the NDC as the nation's " highest administrative authority ," and thus North Korea's de facto head of state.

" The position of Chairman of the National Defence Commission has been declared the " highest office of state " and has the " highest administrative authority " according to decrees issued by the Supreme People's Assembly.

* the highest competent authority of the country has taken steps to prevent or eliminate exploitation or occupation as soon as possible in the whole area and to effectively enforce the respect of ecological, geomorphological, or aesthetic features which have led to its establishment.

Distinctively, this female was essentially the highest authority both civilly and religiously in male-dominated ancient Greece.

Ptolemy has been referred to as “ a pro-astrological authority of the highest magnitude ”.

The pontifex maximus, however, was the de facto highest religious official, who held most of the king ’ s religious authority.

The Central Committee of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (, Tsentralniy Komitet Kommunistitcheskoi Partii Sovetskogo Soyuza – TsK KPSS ), abbreviated in Russian as ЦК, " Tse-ka ", was de jure the highest body of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU ) between Party Congresses.

From then on, until the ascension of Mikhail Gorbachev, the Central Committee played a minor role in the running of the party and state – the Politburo was the highest political organ in the Soviet Union.

However, according to Patricia Knight, they did, with the Italian Fascist government coming to own the highest percentage of industries outside the Soviet Union.

Such arrangements are not to be confused with supranational entities which are not states and are not defined by a common monarchy but may ( or not ) have a symbolic, essentially protocollary, titled highest office, e. g. Head of the Commonwealth ( held by the British crown, but not legally reserved for it ) or ' Head of the Arab Union ' ( 14 February-14 July 1958, held by the Hashemite King of Iraq, during its short-lived Federation with Jordan, its Hashemite sister-realm ).

In 2008, Ireland had the highest birth rate ( 18. 1 per 1, 000 ), lowest death rate ( 6. 1 per 1, 000 ) and highest net-migration rate ( 14. 1 per 1, 000 ) in the entire European Union – and the largest population growth rate ( 4. 4 %) in the 27-member bloc as a result.

By 1939, Italy had the highest percentage of state-owned enterprises after the Soviet Union.

Ribbentrop had used such extreme language, in particular his remark that if Germany had a different policy towards the Soviet Union then Poland would cease to exist, that it led to the Poles ordering partial mobilization and placing their armed forces on the highest state of alert on 23 March 1939.

Only posthumously did he receive the praise and appreciation which had escaped him in life: he was awarded a hero's funeral and numerous medals by the USSR, including the title of Hero of the Soviet Union, the highest distinction awarded for heroic feats in service to the Soviet state and society.

In 1941 Beria was made a Commissar General of State Security, the highest quasi-military rank within the Soviet police system of that time, effectively comparable to a Marshal of the Soviet Union.

A survey by the Observatory of Abnormal Practices ( OPA ) of the West African Economic and Monetary Union ( WAEMU ) found the Malian section of this road to have the highest number of police roadblocks with the highest average amount paid in bribes per trip in West Africa.

Missouri's highest recorded temperature is at Warsaw and Union on July 14, 1954 while the lowest recorded temperature is also at Warsaw on February 13, 1905.

With the highest sustained GDP growth in the European Union, reporting 10. 4 % in 2007 and the highest rating from V4 countries, the Slovak economy has been considered a tiger economy known as the Tatra Tiger.

* 1933 – Yevgeniy Abalakov is the first man to reach the highest point in the Soviet Union, Communism Peak ( now called Ismoil Somoni Peak and situated in Tajikistan ) ( 7495 m ).

That region is dominated by the peaks of the Pamir-Alay mountain system, including two of the three highest elevations in the former Soviet Union: Mount Lenin — and Mount Communism —.

Gagarin became an international celebrity, and was awarded many medals and titles, including Hero of the Soviet Union, the nation's highest honour.

William Rufus Shafter ( October 16, 1835 – November 12, 1906 ) was a Union Army officer during the American Civil War who received America's highest military decoration, the Medal of Honor, for his actions at the Battle of Fair Oaks.

In 1957 Berlinguer, as a member of the central school of the PCI, abolished the obligatory visit to the Soviet Union, which included political training, that was until then necessary for admission to the highest positions in the PCI.

The highest average discharge recorded,, is more than halfway up the river at Union Gap.

Seward studied law at Union College, graduating in 1820 with highest honors, and as a member of Phi Beta Kappa.

Brasstown Bald, the highest mountain in Georgia, rises in southeast Union County, straddling the Towns County line.

During the camp's fourteen-month existence, some 45, 000 Union prisoners suffered some of the worst conditions and highest casualties of any of the camps.