ADVENTISTS AND MILITARY SERVICE
and Military Service" was published on behalf of the Biblical Research Committee of the Inter-European Division (EUD-BRC), the church leadership of the Seventh-day Adventists in Western and Southern Europe [...] that Christians should be subject to authority, "for they do not bear the sword in vain" ( Romans 13:1-4 ), the apostle means that the state received its sword from God to maintain order in civil society [...] but 'because the laws of their country required it'" (126f.). Conscription existed in most European countries. Adventists were also affected by it and followed their conscription order, according
Find out moreReligious Liberty - A SECOND SESSION AFTER SUNSET FOR ADVENTIST DOCTORS
religion—from 1981: “In accordance with article 1 of the present Declaration...the right to freedom of conscience, religion or belief shall include inter alia...: (h) To observe days of rest and to celebrate [...] leaders, requested the AIDLR’s advocacy and mediation on the doctors’ issue of conscience at the European Society of Anesthesiology (ESA), based in Brussels, Belgium. Dr. Liviu Olteanu, the Secretary General [...] the ESA exam. Dr. Olteanu requested of the ESA, in 2016, “to reschedule the written test of the European Exam for Anesthesia and Intensive Care after sunset, on Saturday” ; every year, the tests have
Find out moreA Press Release on the “Brussels terrorist attacks” submitted by Dr. Liviu Olteanu
United Nations, the Council of Europe, the European Parliament and the OSCE., and Director of Public Affairs and Religious Liberty of the Inter-European Division (EUD). Aujourd’ hui je suis Brussels! [...] of persons, and we pray and express compassion and solidarity with the Belgium people and the European and international families affected. These barbaric attacks, perpetrated by terrorists, create confusion [...] freedoms and religion. We believe that education and training in the culture of diversity, the inter-religious and intercultural dialogue, the respect and protection of human rights, religious freedom
Find out moreMay 21 in the Adventist History
North American and European Division conferences, the Asiatic Division Mission, and all other union and local conferences and missions. In the same year the South American Division was authorized. May [...] organized, a constitution and bylaws for a European Division Conference were submitted to the General Conference delegates and accepted the next day. The division conference was an administrative unit i [...] in the Pacific about 930 miles (1,500 kilometers) northeast of Sydney. The island has an area of 13.3 square miles (34.4 square kilometers) and a population (1990) of 1,800. In 1788 Norfolk Island became
Find out moreEU Election 2014. We try, we try again...
Fundamental Rights of the European Union , drafted by the European Convention, solemnly proclaimed on 7 December 2000 by the European Parliament, the Council of Ministers and the European Commission (full legal [...] the Europeans. My generation has lived the 'Europe of the Identity Card as a document sufficient to cross the borders of neighboring states with Italy, my country. Of course I speak of the European countries [...] of Lisbon, on 1 December 2009). This premise allows us to configure the results of the May elections according to an interpretation which takes into account the difficulties of European history, and together
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