The remote origins of the theory are rooted in the medieval idea that God had bestowed earthly power on the king, just as God had given spiritual power and authority to the church, centering on the pope.

Traditionally Mark's authority and survival has derived from its Petrine origins ( see above " Authorship ").

It is thus odd to find it used here to describe the leaders of what purports to be an independent band of invaders, who origins and authority are not otherwise specified.

... Concepts that have proven useful in ordering things easily achieve such an authority over us that we forget their earthly origins and accept them as unalterable givens.

Both tugay and tuğ-as military terms may owe their origins to the older Turkish word tuğ, meaning horsetail, which was used as a symbol of authority and rank in Ottoman and pre-Ottoman times.

Archaic and Classical Greek hero-cults became primarily civic, extended from their familial origins, in the sixth century ; by the fifth century none of the worshipers based their authority by tracing descent back to the hero, with the exception of some families who inherited particular priestly cult, such as the Eumolpides ( descended from Eumolpus ) of the Eleusinian mysteries, and some inherited priesthoods at oracle sites.

But the questions of origins, heredity, learning, character, authority, and competence are pertinent to subselves.

The possibility that such finds could verify theories of formative civilizational ties with contemporary civilizations in China and the Korean Peninsula, with commensurate influence on thought about the origins of the Imperial Household itself, is generally considered to be the greater part of the jealousy with which the agency guards its authority over this large number of tombs ( many of which are likely imperial only in name ), and prevents scientific inquiry into these sites.

The dharma class of texts were noteworthy also because they did not depend on the authority of particular Vedic schools, becoming the starting point of an independent tradition that emphasised dharma itself and not its Vedic origins.

He had the reputation there of appointing men of humble origins to positions of authority.

The Anglican Church, at its origins, claimed this type of authority over the people of England, but the idea is no longer popular within the Church, owing in particular to a lack of commonly-accepted traditions and to disputes as to some peripheral doctrines.

Because of evangelical Friends ' origins within the Gurneyite faction during the 19th century series of schisms that divided the Society, some Evangelical Friends rely relatively less on the authority of the Inner Light and more on their belief in the authority of a literal reading of the Scripture.

In the view of the main authority on medieval Galloway, Richard Oram, these events provide the key to understanding the origins of the Fergusian Kingdom of Galloway.

In general, Protestants, armed with the authority of tradition, championed the idea of Australia as an integral part of the Empire ; and Catholics, freed from that authority by their Irish origins and their working-class affiliations, looked to the future by placing Australia first and the Empire second.

All yoga forms are believed to raise kundalini energy, and have their origins in the pillars and Yoga Sutra of Patanjali, a foundational yoga scripture believed to have been compiled around the 2nd century BCE.

Once this foundational knowledge is attained and one ascertains the truth of Islam and the Divine origins of the Qur ' an, the intellect then interacts with scripture such that both reason and revelation come together to be the main source of guidance and knowledge for Muslims.

His nature writings became a " synthesis of natural theology " with scripture that helped him understand the origins of the natural world.

The title is a figure of speech from Hebrew scripture ( see feet of clay ) and the script used in the book to represent Morporkian being written by a golem resembles the Hebrew alphabet, a reference to golems ' origins in Jewish folktales.

Jean Astruc ( Sauves, Auvergne, 19 March 1684 – Paris, 5 May 1766 ) was a professor of medicine at Montpellier and Paris, who wrote the first great treatise on syphilis and venereal diseases, and also, with a small anonymously published book, played a fundamental part in the origins of critical textual analysis of works of scripture.

A theory of origins based on scripture which begins with the ultimate complexity of all living things at the time of creation.

Roman also writes that the historical origins of contemporary Cuban democracy are the ideas of the centrality of unity and consensus, and the rejection of a distinction between political and civil society.

At its origins, a doctorate was simply a qualification for a guild — that of teaching law.

There is also a legend of the origins of the Lex Frisionum, the written Frisian law.

In South Africa, the right to armorial bearings is also determined by Roman Dutch law, due to its origins as a 17th-century colony of the Netherlands.

Hawala has its origins in classical Islamic law and is mentioned in texts of Islamic jurisprudence as early as the 8th century.

The British Statute of Anne 1710 and the Statute of Monopolies 1623 are now seen as the origins of copyright and patent law respectively.

Ibn Taymiyya argued against the shirking of Sharia law, and against practices such as the celebration of Muhammad's birthday or the construction of mosques around the tombs of Sufi sheikhs, believing that these were unacceptable borrowings from Christianity: Many Muslims ' do not even know of the Christian origins of these practices.

Jurisprudence already had this meaning in Ancient Rome even if at its origins the discipline was a ( periti ) in the jus of mos maiorum ( traditional law ), a body of oral laws and customs verbally transmitted " by father to son ".

Some scholars have upset the standard account of the origins of International law, which emphasises the seminal text De iure belli ac pacis by Grotius, and argued for Vitoria and, later, Suárez's importance as forerunners and, potentially, founders of the field.

Others, such as Koskenniemi, have argued that none of these humanist and scholastic thinkers can be understood to have founded international law in the modern sense, instead placing its origins in the post-1870 period.

The " European commenda " limited partnerships ( Islamic Qirad ) used in civil law as well as the civil law conception of res judicata may also have origins in Islamic law.

American tort liability for defamatory speech or publications traces its origins to English common law.

The origins of European engagement in marriage practice is found in the Jewish law ( Torah ), first exemplified by Abraham, and outlined in the last Talmudic tractate of the Nashim ( Women ) order, where marriage consists of two separate acts, called erusin ( or kiddushin, meaning sanctification

* The Annals of Improbable Research tracks down the origins of Murphy's law

The origins of this sport is claimed to be derived from the Athenians when Themistocles, marching his army against the Persians, chanced upon two cocks fighting and charged his army saying “ Behold, these do not fight for their household gods, for the monuments of their ancestors, for glory, for liberty or the safety of their children, but only because one will not give way to the other .” Inspired, his army defeated the Persians and after ordained by law, cockfighting was annually practiced as " an institution partly religious and partly political at Athens, and continued there for the purpose of improving the seeds of valour in the minds of the Athenian youth ".

Volksdeutsche of Polish ethnic origins were treated by the Poles with special contempt, but were also committing high treason according to Polish law.

In Roman Catholic usage, synod and council are theoretically synonymous as they are of Greek and Latin origins, respectively, both meaning an authoritative meeting of bishops for the purpose of church administration in the areas of teaching ( faith and morals ) or governance ( church discipline or law ).

While the AOC system has origins in the 15th century, the Languedoc-Roussillon has some appellations like the Cabardès which have existed by law only since 1999 ( Joseph 2005: 190 ).

The law of Primogeniture in Europe has its origins in Medieval Europe ; which due to the feudal system necessitated that the estates of land-owning feudal lords be kept as large and united as possible to maintain social stability as well as the wealth, power and social standing of their families.

Scholars of comparative law and economists promoting the legal origins theory of ( financial ) development usually subdivide the countries of the civil law tradition as belonging either to the French, Scandinavian or German group ( the latter including Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, Japan, Taiwan and South Korea ).

The origins of class field theory lie in the quadratic reciprocity law proved by Gauss.

He was a strong believer in the view that Islamic law owes its origins to Roman Law but in the opinion of Patricia Crone his arguments here are " uncharacteristically weak ".