Original sin
... Measuring original sin is not straightforward In principle, we want to measure external liabilities in own currency as a share of total external liabilities We use data gathered by the BIS on the currency denomination of bonds and money market instruments We also consider BIS data on cross-border ba ...
... Measuring original sin is not straightforward In principle, we want to measure external liabilities in own currency as a share of total external liabilities We use data gathered by the BIS on the currency denomination of bonds and money market instruments We also consider BIS data on cross-border ba ...
Agenda Item Summary Sheet
... A prayer given to a public body at the outset of a meeting is commonly referred to as "legislative prayer" and is not automatically unconstitutional. Such a practice must follow a very narrow path in order not to violate the Establishment Clause of the U. S. Constitution. Some courts have permitted ...
... A prayer given to a public body at the outset of a meeting is commonly referred to as "legislative prayer" and is not automatically unconstitutional. Such a practice must follow a very narrow path in order not to violate the Establishment Clause of the U. S. Constitution. Some courts have permitted ...
Christian church itself has used capital punishment
... capital punishment is the best way to protect and deter. • There are parts of the Bible (OT mostly) that clearly advocate the use of capital punishment and therefore it is allowed by God. ...
... capital punishment is the best way to protect and deter. • There are parts of the Bible (OT mostly) that clearly advocate the use of capital punishment and therefore it is allowed by God. ...
Indulgence
In the teaching of the Catholic Church, an indulgence is ""a way to reduce the amount of punishment one has to undergo for sins"" which may reduce either or both of the penance required after a sin has been forgiven, or after death, the time to be spent in Purgatory. In the language of the Catechism of the Catholic Church an indulgence is ""a remission before God of the temporal punishment due to sins whose guilt has already been forgiven, which the faithful Christian who is duly disposed gains under certain prescribed conditions through the action of the Church which, as the minister of redemption, dispenses and applies with authority the treasury of the satisfactions of Christ and the saints"".The recipient of an indulgence must perform an action to receive it. This is most often the saying (once, or many times) of a specified prayer, but may also include the visiting of a particular place, or the performance of specific good works. Indulgences were introduced to allow for the remission of the severe penances of the early Church and granted at the intercession of Christians awaiting martyrdom or at least imprisoned for the faith. They draw on the Treasury of Merit accumulated by Christ's superabundantly meritorious sacrifice on the cross and the virtues and penances of the saints. They are granted for specific good works and prayers in proportion to the devotion with which those good works are performed or prayers recited.By the later Middle Ages the abuse of indulgences, mainly through commercialization, had become a serious problem which the Church recognized but was unable to restrain effectively. Indulgences were from the beginning of the Protestant Reformation a target of attacks by Martin Luther and all other Protestant theologians. Eventually the Catholic Counter-Reformation curbed the excesses, and indulgences continue to play a role in modern Catholic religious life. Reforms in the 20th century largely abolished the quantification of indulgences, which had been expressed in terms of days or years. These days or years were meant to represent the equivalent of time spent in penance, although it was widely taken to mean time spent in Purgatory. The reforms also greatly reduced the number of indulgences granted for visiting particular churches and other locations.