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The religious views of the king of Bohemia, as Maximilian had been called since his recognition as the future ruler of that country in 1549, had always been somewhat uncertain, and he had probably learned something of Lutheranism in his youth ; but his amicable relations with several Protestant princes, which began about the time of the discussion over the succession, were probably due more to political than to religious considerations.
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`` I would expect the proposed committee to hold public hearings '', Mr. Notte said, `` to obtain the views of the general public and religious, labor and special-interest groups affected by these laws ''.
The tattoos and piercings of the Aleut people demonstrated not only their accomplishments in life but their religious views.
The theological views that led to its author ( s ) writing the Book of Lamentations emanated from the cultural and religious attitudes of the people of Judah in the 6th and 7th centuries BC and was probably also influenced by non-biblical sources which originated from the cultural and religious attitudes of Judah's neighbors of differing religions.
The story of Jonah is set against the background of Ancient Israel in the 8th-7th centuries BC but deals with the religious and social issues of the late 6th-4th centuries BC, coinciding with the views of latter chapters of the book of Isaiah ( Third Isaiah ), where Israel is given a prominent place in the expansion of God's kingdom to the Gentiles.
Confucianism discusses elements of the afterlife and views concerning Heaven, but it is relatively unconcerned with some spiritual matters often considered essential to religious thought, such as the nature of souls.
Conservative Judaism views halakha ( Jewish religious law ) as normative and binding.
Christian theology affirms the secular status of civil marriage, but additionally views it from a moral and religious perspective that transcends all social interests.
It simply means that body of Christian believers over the world who agree in their religious views, and accept the same ecclesiastical forms.
In works such as On Superstition and Enthusiasm, Hume specifically seems to support the standard religious views of his time and place.
On his religious views, he was said to be an agnostic.
In addition to Paul ’ s geographic location, his religious views are important.
For example, in De libero arbitrio, opposing certain views of Martin Luther, Erasmus noted that religious disputants should be temperate in their language, " because in this way the truth, which is often lost amidst too much wrangling may be more surely perceived.
On his religious views, Hubble was raised as a Christian.
Evans, who had been struggling with religious doubts for some time, became intimate friends with the progressive, free-thinking Brays, whose home was a haven for people who held and debated radical views.
All history must be studied afresh, the conditions of existence of the different formations of society must be examined individually before the attempt is made to deduce them from the political, civil law, aesthetic, philosophic, religious, etc., views corresponding to them.
It opposes laws that restrict consensual and private sexual relationships between adults ( e. g., gay sex, non-marital sex, and deviant sex ), laws that restrict drug use, laws that impose religious views or practices on individuals, and compulsory military service.
* Jewish views of religious pluralism
He defended himself against critics of his religious views in his " Letter to Christophe de Beaumont, the Archbishop of Paris in which he insists that freedom of discussion in religious matters is essentially more religious than the attempt to impose belief by force.
The statement makes it clear that homosexual activity is still prohibited, saying inter alia that " Halakhah sees heterosexual marriage as the ideal model and sole legitimate outlet for human sexual expression "; " Halakhic Judaism views all male and female same-sex sexual interactions as prohibited "; and " halakhic values proscribe individuals and communities from encouraging practices that grant religious legitimacy to gay marriage and couplehood ".
In a letter, Dvořák disclosed his concerns regarding Brahms's religious views: " Such a man, such a fine soul — and he believes in nothing!
It also concerns me that once the pork barrel is filled, suddenly the Church of Scientology, the Jehovah Witnesses, the various and many denominations and religious groups — and I don't say those words in a pejorative way — begin applying for money — and I don't see how any can be turned down because of their radical and unpopular views.
On his religious views, Zuse was an atheist.
religious and king
This title was assumed by the king who seized control of Nippur, the intellectual and religious center of southern Mesopotamia.
Other stone reliefs depict the king with different deities and conducting religious ceremonies.
The visions describe the national crisis that occurred under Antiochus IV Epiphanes, a Seleucid king who attempted to introduce Hellenistic religious practices, including the worship of idols, into the temple and the Jewish religion more generally, sparking outrage from Biblical authors.
Hezekiah, the 14th king of Judah " did what was right in the eyes of the Lord " and institutes a far reaching religious reform, centralising sacrifice at the temple at Jerusalem and destroying the images of other gods.
The accession of Charles I ( 1625 – 1649 ) brought about a complete change in the religious scene in that the new king used his supremacy over the established, state Church " to promote his own idiosyncratic style of sacramental Kingship " which was " a very weird aberration from the first hundred years of the early reformed Church of England ".
In 336, religious unrest in Armenia and tense relations between Constantine and king Shapur II caused war to break out between Rome and Sassanid Persia.
Though the Emperor retained some power over imperial churches, his power was damaged irreparably because he lost the religious authority that previously belonged to the office of the king.
Consequently, the influence of religious leaders as well as that of Mahmud Tarzi, a cousin of the king, increased during his reign.
Typically, in the later Vedic age, a Hindu king ( Maharajah ) was only called Samrāṭ after performing the Vedic Rājasūya sacrifice, enabling him by religious tradition to claim superiority over the other kings and princes.
Formal religious practice centered on the pharaoh, the king of Egypt.
He was imprisoned in Lancaster for five months, during which he wrote to the king offering advice on governance: Charles should refrain from war and domestic religious persecution, and discourage oath-taking, plays, and maypole games.
In 587, the Visigothic king at Toledo, Reccared, converted to Catholicism and launched a movement in Spain to unify the various religious doctrines that existed in the land.
The Nasi's religious authority gradually superseded that of the Temple's high priest ( under the Hasmoneans this was the king ).
The authority of the king was more religious than administrative.
The Unification of Italy in 1861-70 broke down the feudal land system that had survived in the South since Middle Ages, especially where land had been the inalienable property of aristocrats, religious bodies, or the king.
Brutus happened to be Tribune of the Celeres, a minor office of some religious duties, but one which as a magistracy gave him the theoretical power to summon the curiae, an organization of patrician families used mainly to ratify the decrees of the king.
Latin pontifex, " bridge-builder ", in this sense, between men and the gods ) and thus viewed the king with religious awe.
Following the mysterious death of Tullus, the Romans elected a peaceful and religious king in his place, Numa ’ s grandson, Ancus Marcius.
The pontifex maximus, however, was the de facto highest religious official, who held most of the king ’ s religious authority.
The High Priests of Memphis — where the king was crowned — were particularly important, as they were the highest religious authority of the time and had influence throughout the kingdom.
Nevertheless, the king had managed to alienate religious leaders and army members.
The Basic Law specifies that the king must be chosen from among the sons of the first king, Abdul Aziz Al Saud, and their male descendants subject to the subsequent approval of religious leaders ( the ulema ).
In this respect, as a king regarded as saintly for his life while ruling — in contrast to a king who gives up the kingship in favour of religious life, or who is venerated because of the manner of his death — Bede's portrayal of Oswald stands out as unusual.
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