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Invocationes dei have a long tradition in European legal history outside national constitutions. In ancient times and the Middle Ages, gods or God were normally invoked in contracts to guarantee the agreements made, [3] and formulas such as "In the name of God the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit" were used at the beginning of legal documents to emphasize the fairness and justness of the ...
The status of divorce being illegal in the Philippines is largely due to the influence of the Roman Catholic Church. The only other country to ban divorce is the Vatican City. It was legal in the Philippines during the American colonial period and the Japanese occupation during the World War II era. It became illegal with the enactment of the ...
The Constitution of the Philippines (Filipino: Saligang Batas ng Pilipinas or Konstitusyon ng Pilipinas) is the supreme law of the Philippines. Its final draft was completed by the Constitutional Commission on October 12, 1986, and ratified by a nationwide plebiscite on February 2, 1987. The Constitution remains unamended to this day.
In 2007, columnist Geronimo L. Sy wrote in the Manila Times that the Philippines didn't have a national motto (which he called a "national slogan") and that many of the societal problems plaguing the country were because of a lack of common direction that a national motto would embody, [8] despite the Flag and Heraldic Code being made law nine ...
Beginning with the Catholization of most of the Philippines in the 16th century, political power was shared by the Catholic Church and the Spanish civil authorities. The Filipino Jesuit historian Horacio de la Costa mentions that the rules governing the cooperation of the two entities was set in the Patronato Real de las Indias, a combination of law and jurisprudence that governed the delicate ...
What does the Constitution say about religion? ... References to the Creator and Nature's God in the Declaration reflect a general theism that could be acceptable to Christians, Unitarians, deists ...
The Philippines is ranked as the 5th largest Christian-majority country on Earth in 2010, [note 1] with about 93% of the population being adherents. [1] As of 2019, it was the third largest Catholic country in the world and was one of two predominantly Catholic nations in Asia. [2]
The biblical record is dubious — in Genesis, God says husbands should rule their wives. But it’s clear America’s founders didn’t consider men and women politically equal at all.