And then it should be noted that what is regarded as sin in one age or country may be imposed as a moral or religious duty in another.
But it should be borne in mind that it was regarded and taught as a religious duty to suppress and conceal all such errors, and absolutely wicked, sinful, and dangerous to admit the possibility that the Holy Book can con-tain errors.
Christians believed that it was a religious duty to exterminate these enemies of God.
Providence, they argued, had never sanctioned the Papacy, but Providence had really ordained the State and had placed over it a king whom it was a religious duty to obey.
Nor is it of any avail to plead, as the Pûrvapakshin does, that Manu and other Smritis of the same kind fulfil in any case the function of elucidating the acts of religious dutyenjoined in the karmakânda.
Possessing such knowledge, a person desirous of final release may at once proceed to the enquiry into Brahman; and what need is there of a systematic consideration of religious duty (i.
Broadly stated, the canon law maintained the validity of all proper marriages solemnized without the priestly benediction, though spiritual punishment might be imposed for neglect of religious duty.
No doubt it was performed by all good Christians as a religious duty.
The performance of an office, a ceremony, or a religious duty.
If any relation of consequence can be asserted between them, the general happiness is to be regarded as a moral duty first, and only afterwards as a religious duty.
It is about five years since I first received the impression that it would be my religious duty to stand resigned to a service of the above kind.
Sixth Month:-- I trust my faith is afresh confirmed in the gift of the Holy Spirit to lead in the way of religious duty, and to give strength to do His will.
This society holds it for a religious duty to rejoice when any of their members are favored to enter a state of endless bliss.
It is a religious duty, and disobedience is a direct offense against him.
It follows from this view of the subject that obedience to the laws of the land is a religious duty, and that disobedience is of the specific nature of sin; this is a principle of vast importance.
Obedience to the magistrate and laws is a religious duty; and disobedience is a sin against God.
This is a necessary deduction from the doctrine that obedience to law is a religious duty.
It is a religious duty to preserve our own health: our religious teacher, then, must tell us what dishes are wholesome, and give us recipes in cookery, that we may learn how to prepare them.
It is a religious duty to assist our sick neighbors: the preacher must, therefore, teach us medicine, that we may do it understandingly.
The wife is bound to wait for her absent husband for eight years, if he be gone on religious duty; six, if in pursuit of knowledge or fame; and three, if for pleasure only.
In order to bring up more distinctly and systematically the subject of religious duty, I established, a long time ago, a religious meeting on Saturday afternoon.
It will be said that what I advocate now is in direct opposition to my ideal of marriage being a religious duty, which demands the consecration of women to the service of the family and the home.
Their theory of marriage is one of religious duty, and has much less to do with the accomplishments of passion; I think that is why Jewish marriages are so happy.
Philanthropy, in the Middle Ages, was a religious duty, but it was only in connection with the Church that it was practised in an organized way.
It was their conviction that Satan was embodied in the persons of the unhappy women who were called witches, and that to hound them to death was a religious duty.
Almsgiving, which was once regarded as a religious duty, has now become a positive evil.
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