Sentence examples for holy mandate from inspiring English sources

Preserving its values in the face of outer temptations and negative influences often leads to a withdrawal into a community that supports what it perceives to be its holy mandate.

Sunday the band minus Tony, the guitarist, who was in Michigan working on getting his family over here went to see Metallica, and when James Hetfield bequeathed to them a hesher's dream, a black ESP, along with the holy mandate to write sweet riffs, the band jokingly announced that they'd achieved their dreams and could go back to Baghdad now.

The Holy See's mission mandate at the UN states that it seeks to end violence against women and children – the focus of this year's CSW – but surely it, and other delegations, know that violence will never be eliminated until women have power over their own bodies.

Extremists interpret jihad as mandating offensive holy war, though they may disagree about when and against whom it should be waged.

"Yet there is no evidence of any step being taken by the pope, as the stature of the Holy See should have mandated... Instead of acting according to the biblical verse 'thou shalt not stand against the blood of thy neighbour' the pope kept silent - and perhaps even worse".

The triumph of the Knights of St John, who were put in charge of Malta by mandate of the Holy Roman Emperor Charles V in 1530, consolidated their ruling position as the guardians of the Christian faith in the country until the invasion by French troops at the end of the 18th century.

In the past, the Holy See wanted the city run under an international mandate so the church could exert more direct influence over its sacred sites.

His book Thoughosthees: When Muslims Leave Islam is out in November, published by Hurst & Co. Roberto Dassoni is a filmmaker and photographer.

Hong believed his mandate to rule stemmed from his relation to which holy figure?

It is there on old paper maps, of the Holy Land, of the Roman and Ottoman empires, of the British mandate.

If Jesus is a representation of the Holy Spirit, the painter is thereby, in Julius's contractual terminology, "mandated" to represent the world.