Clearly if this were a forgery, the church would have no power to decree rites nor authority in controversies of faith.
In Priestcraft in Perfection, 1710, and An Historical and Critical Essay on the Thirty Nine Articles of the Church of England, 1724, Collins attacks the first clause of Article 20 of the 39 articles: "The Church hath power to decree rites or ceremonies, and authority in controversies of faith".
Local authorities, sensing the controversy over using taxpayers' money to sue their own citizens, are not transparent about the costs of these claims.
We can be sure that however they choose to resolve this particular controversy, authorities will continue working hard to sanitize the Chinese Internet experience.
And though he has made peace with religious authorities over the controversy, he makes clear that Hurwitz made history.
The defining characteristic of the site is that topic experts will have final, enforceable authority to "resolve" controversy and kick out trolls.
Similarly, when there is controversy, and authorities are divided, it is an error to base one's view on the authority of just some of them.
This belief, which is contrary to standard medical practice, remains an additional point of controversy with authorities, especially in cases concerning children.
In an effort to put an end to generations of controversy, the authorities in Nepal are to launch an operation to try to ascertain the precise height of the world's biggest mountain.
Even as the vigils were taking place, the Russian authorities shrugged off the controversy, saying that the group's protest at an Arctic oil platform owned by state-controlled firm Gazprom had been "pure provocation".
