Halfway Covenant
(noun)
A form of partial church membership in the Puritan church created by New England in 1662.
Examples of Halfway Covenant in the following topics:
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Religion in Early New England
- They followed John Calvin's idea that the covenant was between one person and God; everyone in the Puritan community was supposed to live a Christian life, and in exchange, God would bless everyone with health and wealth.
- As church membership dropped in the late 17th century, the Puritan leaders created the Halfway Covenant—any adult person who had at least one parent as a church member could join the Puritan church without having to "prove" that they were predestined to enter Heaven.
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A Halfway Revolution
- The New Deal is often called the "halfway revolution," because many argue that the New Deal did not go far enough.
- The New Deal has often been called the "halfway revolution. " Essentially, this critique of the New Deal claims that the New Deal did not go far enough in its social or economic reforms.
- Despite the criticisms that the New Deal did not go "far enough," the New Deal was at least a "halfway" revolution, a major step for liberalism in the United States.
- One of the reasons FDR only achieved a "halfway" revolution was because of the opposition he had from both ends of the political spectrum.
- In this way, it is argued that the New Deal was only a "halfway revolution. "
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Redeeming Before Maturity
- These have very strict covenants.
- To be free from these covenants, the issuer can repay the bonds early, but only at a high cost.
- In this case, the price at which bonds are redeemed is predetermined in bond covenants.
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Series
- Before you can get there, you must get halfway there.
- Before you can get halfway there, you must get a quarter of the way there.
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Carolingian Painting in the Early European Middle Ages
- This mosaic no longer survives, but an over-restored one remains in the apse of the oratory at Germigny-des-Prés (806) which was discovered in 1820 (under a coat of plaster) and shows the Ark of the Covenant adored by angels .
- Mosaic of the Ark of the Covenant, Germigny-des-Prés, c. 806, but restored.
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Widespread Belief
- This is next to the pulpit and baptismal font in Covenant Presbyterian Church, Long Beach, California, USA;
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The Distance Formula and Midpoints of Segments
- By looking at each coordinate, you can see that the $x$-coordinate is halfway between $x_{1}$ and $x_{2}$, and the $y$-coordinate is halfway between $y_{1}$ and $y_{2}$.
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Advantages of Bonds
- Furthermore, bonds come with indentures (an indenture is a formal debt agreement that establishes the terms of a bond issue) and covenants (the clauses of such an agreement).
- Covenants specify the rights of bondholders and the duties of issuers, such as actions that the issuer is obligated to perform or is prohibited from performing.
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Privacy Rights and Sexuality
- The right to sexuality does not exist explicitly in international human rights law; rather, it is found in a number of international human rights instruments including the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights.
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Call Provisions
- These have very strict covenants, restricting the issuer in its operations.
- To be free from these covenants, the issuer can repay the bonds early, but only at a high cost.