Jaimini's central concern is dharma, which is defined as the desired object (artha), whose desirability is testified only by the injunctive statements of the scriptures (chodana-lakshano).
The many conflicting statements of the scriptures are all said to agree in converging on one central theme: the concept of brahman, the one Absolute Being from whom all beings arise, in whom they are maintained, and into whom they return.
There is no greater coward than a criminal who enters a house of God and slaughters innocent people engaged in the study of scripture," he said in a statement.
Nanak's experience of the Divine is captured in the creedal statement of the Sikh Scripture.
In a statement released Sept. 1, Davis affirmed that definition as "a central teaching of Scripture and of Jesus Himself regarding marriage".
"I never imagined a day like this would come, where I would be asked to violate a central teaching of scripture and of Jesus himself regarding marriage," she said in a statement.
All "orthodox" philosophies can trace their basic principles back to some statement or other in the Vedas, the texts that are generally awarded the status of scripture in Hinduism but not in Buddhism or Jainism.
"I never imagined a day like this would come, where I would be asked to violate a central teaching of Scripture and of Jesus Himself regarding marriage," Davis said in a statement Tuesday.
"The traditional doctrine of the church in view of the teaching of Scripture, upholds marriage as between a man and a woman in faithful, lifelong union," the statement also notes.
Parallelism, the interpretation of scripture by means of scripture, is a corollary of the belief in the unity of scripture.
