During the 4th and 6th century, China was experiencing a time of war in which followers believed their devotional piety would offer guidance, health and wealth to their provinces and rulers.
An imperial order in 1890 outlined the objectives of education: the Confucian concepts of loyalty, obedience, and filial piety were to be transferred from the family to the nation.
7 ‘Proving themselves holy’ meant neither perfection nor an assumed air of false piety; it meant obedience to an extensive law code given to Israel through Moses.
The renowned Viennese painter later wrote the following testament of his student’s talent before the opening of Malnovitzer’s first major exhibition: "Born in Israel, Zvi is nevertheless at home in the European traditions of painting He is moved to painting by a humble piety and this is where his strength lies His talent enabled him to quickly grasp the new possibilities opening before him, and I feel sure that friends and admirers of his art – amongst whom I am proud to count myself – will not be disappointed with his artistic achievement.
“Piety, patriotism, ideology, training, and the opposite expressions of these, influence the archaeologist’s judgment, just as they do the historian’s”
In effect, they cleanse “the outside of the cup and of the dish, but inside they are full of plunder and immoderateness” in that their inner rottenness and putrefaction are hidden behind an outward display of piety.
The Koran's verses call for brotherhood and love between people, non-discrimination on the basis of gender, skin colour, religion or for any other reason, and urge dialogue, reasoned debate and spiritual counsel as well as collaboration in the quest for godliness and piety instead of sin and enmity
The article went on to emphasize three characteristics of a good elder: (1) He was to be adept at teaching; (2) he should teach truth and not error; and (3) humility and piety were “paramount and primary qualifications for eldership.”
In Islam, the onus of how a woman covers her body or chooses to wear the hijab — as a symbol of her piety or symbolic pride in her faith and culture — falls exclusively on her.
Raymond was the wealthier and more powerful of the two, but at first he refused to become king, perhaps attempting to show his piety and probably hoping that the other nobles would insist upon his election anyway.