The report calls for more accountability among the church's autonomous provinces, urging that all of the geographic regions eventually adopt a "common Anglican covenant" -- a new set of principles to strengthen "the loyalty and bonds of affection which govern the relationships between the churches of the Communion".
– Legal and lawsuit costs as a ratio to GDP. "The loser pays"–a covenant common in the rest of the world– would sharply reduce this ratio.
The word mithra was a common noun that meant "covenant, contract, treaty," and Mithra, as such, was the god Covenant, the celestial deity who oversaw all solemn agreements that people made among themselves and who severely punished anyone who broke the terms of a covenant, whether it was between individuals or between countries or other sociopolitical entities.
The current strategy, pushed by the archbishop of Canterbury, the Most Rev. Rowan Williams, is for each regional province to sign a "covenant" of common beliefs.
First, it has been noted that a most important aspect of covenant traditions common to most ancient cultures was the ritual identification of the oath taker with the sacrificial victim.
Intimately acquainted with worship on Mt. Zion because of his priest-prophet position, with the Temple and its rich imagery and ritualistic practices, and possessed of a deep understanding of the meaning of kingship in Judah theologically and politically, Isaiah was able to interpret and advise both leaders and the common people of the Covenant promises of Yahweh, the Lord of Hosts.
In the games, the races are identified by their common UNSC designation; their Covenant names are supplied by the "Halo 2" Limited Edition and "Halo 3" Limited Edition manuals and several novels.
William W. Esseks, a Riverhead lawyer who is an authority on land-use and zoning law, confirmed that such covenants were common in upscale neighborhoods.
As Blair points out, such "restrictive covenants" were common among FHA projects – a betrayal, if ever there was one, of the New Deal vision that had given birth to the agency.
Non-financial covenants are common.
