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Obey God and obey the Apostle and those who have been given authority [uulaa'l-amr] among you" (Quran 4:59). For Sunnīs, the expression "those who have been given authority" ( uulaa al-amr ) refers to the rulers (caliphs and kings), but for Shīʿas it refers to the Imams . [ 8 ]
More significantly, in the section titled, "The Obedience of Subjects unto Kings, Princes and Rulers," Tyndale states that the "powers that be" (36) are powers ordained by God, and that resistance to earthly authority is resistance to God's authority, but the bishops have usurped earthly authority from secular rulers, and therefore, they must ...
God's sovereignty, as the right to exercise his ruling power over his creation, is contingent upon his creation. God's sovereignty only takes effect once creation exists for it to be expressed upon. If the sovereignty of God is considered one of his attributes, it is a temporal one. [9]
Christ sits at the right hand of God, crowned in glory as "King of kings and Lord of lords". [22] "God put this power to work in Christ when he raised him from the dead and seated him at his right hand in the heavenly places, far above all rule and authority and power and dominion, and above every name that is named, not only in this age but ...
A young girl and her mother watch as law enforcement and first responders surround Apalachee High School in Winder, Georgia, on September 4, after a shooting was reported.
Congressional leaders announced the coffin bearing Carter's remains will lie in state in the Capitol Rotunda from Jan. 7 to Jan. 9 in the run-up to the state funeral. JAN. 20:
Coercive temporal authority over their bodies or estates could only be given by concession from the temporal ruler. Moreover, even spiritual authority over members of the Church, i.e. baptized persons, could not be exclusively claimed as a right by the Church tribunals, if the subject matter of the cause were purely temporal.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -The U.S. Secret Service’s acting director told a U.S. House of Representatives panel on Thursday that he has overhauled the agency's security practices after a gunman shot ...