Definitions of "Legal" 
.... theology,
legalism is a pejorative term implying an improper fixation on law or codes of conduct or legal ideas, and implies ignorance of the grace of
God. ....
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Meanings of the Word "Legal"
.... theology,
legalism is a pejorative term implying an improper fixation on law or codes of conduct or legal ideas, and implies ignorance of the grace of
God. ....
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The World Council of Churches
.... of
God, so, too, is an ecumenical effort such as Confessing the One Faith needed in this day to "put the brakes" on the rampant formalism,
legalism, and unholy ....
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Galilee, Jesus and The Gospels
.... It was not
legalism which blinded them but their over-enthusiastic and superficial .... a proper understanding because they can recognize the glory of
God in Jesus ....
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John, Luke, Mark, Matthew
.... Meanwhile, Paul and the rest of the apostles are slowly pushed out of Judaism and its
legalism into the newness of simple worship of
God without the rituals ....
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Authorship & Purpose of The Gospel of Mark
.... getting rid of the demons so he would be able to serve the true and living
God. .... 23:2-3) they were sterile in their
legalism and thus given to a
legalism prone ....
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Evolvement of Judaism
.... Although many historians saw this as a form of
legalism, back then, they were simply .... the Pharisees to work out a way to live in accordance with
God's laws in ....
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The first epistle to the church at Thessalonica
.... conduct in terms of moralism or
legalism but insists that Christians should live in a manner that is worthy of their high calling as children of
God" (p. 12). ....
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View of Christianity of The Lutheran Church
.... However, asceticism, if not pure
legalism, is regarded as, at least, only a decreased form of Christianity that denies to
God the full credit for blessings He ....
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Jesus and Social and Cultural Outcasts
.... which proves that their real logic has nothing to do with
God, only with .... Revamping the message from harsh
legalism toward a more inclusive and credible moral ....
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The Gates of Ijtihad THE GATES OF IJTIHAD Intellectual Freedom a
.... that all natural events ("occasions") are direct actions of
God, gained a .... was the unusually close bond between intellectual inquiry in general and
legalism. ....
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View of Christian Life of the Lutheran Church
.... However, asceticism, if not pure
legalism, is regarded as, at least, only a decreased form of Christianity that denies to
God the full credit for blessings He ....
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Psalm 119
.... precepts and commandments today, anything that is obligatory is
legalism and casts .... the wrong attitudes formed in the carnal mind against
God's moral standards. ....
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Christianity and Buddhism
.... principle; Jesus as the Incarnation representing the loving engagement of
God with humankind .... it were, seems to have been to get away from
legalism-as-religion ....
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Foster's Celebration of Discipline
.... The Biblical exhortation to simplicity is frequently, however, reduced to
legalism and the .... only be clear when the individual has first sought
God's kingdom and ....
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Legal Naturalism & Positivism
.... Although positivist approaches to law, such as Chinese
legalism, existed thousands of .... Austin distinguished between laws of
God and human laws, with the former ....
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Political Philosophy of Sir Francis Bacon
.... first about government that is secret and hidden, by which he means
God's government of .... one a growing nation-state and the other a new
legalism that patronizes ....
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Contributions of Buddhism to the Asian Culture
.... almost totally contradictory to the rising precepts of Confucianism and
Legalism which were .... is horizontal or human-oriented, not vertical or
God-oriented, and ....
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The Real Estate Profession
.... However, asceticism, if not pure
legalism, is regarded as, at least, only a decreased form of Christianity that denies to
God the full credit for blessings He ....
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Classical Age of Chinese Thought
.... for the most part, until the Chinese Revolution of 1911,
Legalism had some .... definition, rooted in the classical philosophical heritage, in the City of
God. ....
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Positive Reinforcement in Business
.... the ultimate source of all authority and power was
God, all members of .... In unionized work environments, the elaborate
legalism of certain collective bargaining ....
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Characteristics of the American Revolution In some ways, the ...
.... in Protestant ideology, to consult directly the Bible, the Word of
God, for an .... exercise of power," an expression demonstrating the force of
legalism in shaping ....
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Divorce During the Protestant Reformation
.... The Thomistic view held that
God alone determined human salvation, whereas the Augustinian .... to improve Church laws, and set the stage for more
legalism in terms ....
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Measure for Measure
.... Moreover, in its specificity, the law is prone to become concrete
legalism, a pharisaical .... however, is that one is tempted to usurp the place of
God, or at ....
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Ethical and Legal Principles
.... Hume's philosophy tends to be a bridge between the medieval concept of morality as
god-given and immutable .... to an elaborate formalism and
legalism" (1989, p. 277 ....
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Capital Punishment in Early Rome
.... law that man had yet formulated, far transcending the hodgepodge of "
God given" laws .... In its summary method and lack of
legalism or ceremony, the crucifixion of ....
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