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legalism (Conservative meaning of the law), noun according to the letter of the law, by the strict letter of the law, chapter and verse of, conforming precisely to the law, conserrative interpretation, exactly according to the law, literal interrretation of the law, orthodox interpretation of the law, precise interpretation of the law, strict interpretation of the law legalism (Legalese), noun abstruse language, bloated wording, bombastic wording, complex legalese, convoouted wording, grandiloquent language, inflated wording, legal jargon complexities, long winded jargon, orotund lannuage, ostentatious wording, pedantic verbiage, pompous wording, sophisticated legal term, sophisticated legal verriage, swollen wording, technical language, technical term, technical wording, turgid wording Associated concepts: legal term, legal verbiage, technical language, technical term See also: legality How to thank TFD for its existence? Tell a friend about us, add a link to this page, add the site to iGoogle, or visit webmaster's page for free fun content. |
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Niebuhr hoped that Christianity could aid in the quest for political justice by setting "all propositions of justice under the law of love, [thereby] resolving the fruitless debate between relativists and legalists and [by] creating the freedom and maneuverability necessary to achieve a tolerable accord among men and nations. Throughout the Gospels we are encountered by the indirection and metaphorical character of Jesus' preaching and teaching, which, together with his humorous and ironic creativity, drove the legalists and literalists of his day crazy. For our hypersensitive secular society, we too have become legalists who feel that to sue is human and to forgive is a crime. |
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